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tree’’ of the settlers. All parts intensely bit- 
ter; even the berries, which in @. elliptica are 
sweet and edible, although the bark and leaves 
partake of the bitterness of the other species. 
Orver 2. CORNICULAT. Calyx gamo- 
sepalous; stamens equaling or double the num- 
ber of the petals: always correspondent. Ovar- 
ies compound of several carpidia, each carpid- 
ion o-ovulate. 
Family 1. SAXIFRAGACEZ. 
Number of carpidia less than that of the 
petals. Fruit a capsule. 
1, Saxifraga L. SaXIFRAGE, 
Stamens 10. Pistils two. Ovary 2-celled. 
Fruit a loculicidal capsule.— 2. 
1. §. Vireinrana Michx. Petals white.— 
Lagunitas Creek. Sunnyside. Spring. 
2. Boykinia Nutt. 
Stamens five. Pistils two. Ovary 2-celled. 
Fruit a 2-celled capsule.— 7. 
1. B. occwsnrauis Torr. & Gray. Petals 
white.—Lagunitas Creek. Summer. 
3. Tellima BR. Brown. 
Stamens 10. Pistils 2-3. Petals lobed. 
Ovary 1-celled; styles short; stigmas capitate. 
Capsule valvularly dehiscent near the apex. 
— 2. 
