46 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



greenish, sometimes reddish. Leaves, large, 4 to 8 inches 

 long, obscurely toothed, upon short and broad petioles. Time, 

 May, June. 



Calyx, 5 -parted, its lobes recurved. Petals, 5, greenish. 

 Stamens, 10. Styles, 2. Flowers, small, in a clustered, spread- 

 ing panicle or cyme. 



For this genus, a large growth, I to 2 feet high. Rather com- 

 mon, and not pretty. 



24. Golden Saxifrage. Water Carpet 



Chrysosplenium Americanum. — Family, Saxifrage. Color, 

 greenish and yellowish, or purplish. Leaves, mostly opposite, 

 small, thick, round or heart-shaped, slightly lobed. Time, 

 April, May. 



Petals, none. Calyx, with 4 or 5 lobes, green outside, yel- 

 low within. Stamens, 8 to 10, on a large disk. Styles, 2. 

 Flowers, small, scattered, with short stalks or none, in leafy 

 clusters. Stems 3 to 8 inches long. 



The true plant stems lie along the ground. The name is mis- 

 leading, for yellow is not the predominant color of the flower. 



25, Mermaid-weed 



Proserpinaca pa/iisfris. — Family, Water -milfoil. Color, 

 greenish. Leaves, lance-shaped, alternate, sharply toothed. 

 When the lower are under water they are cut into comb-like 

 divisions. Time, summer. 



Calyx, tubular, 3-sided, its border 3-divided ; no petals. 

 Stamens and stigmas, 2. Fruit, angled. Flowers, small, incon- 

 spicuous, I to 4, sessile in the axils. Stemi, low, creeping at 

 base. 8 to 20 inches high. 



New England to, Florida and westward. 



26. Round-leaved Sundew 

 Drosera rotundifolia. — Family, Sundew. Color, white. 



