SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Saxifragaceae. 
Pretty little plants, about six inches tall, 
Dotted Saxifrage forming matted clumps of stiff, rather 
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ee ag dark green foliage, the twigs crowded with 
(Saxifraga leathery, toothless leaves, bristly along 
bronchialis) the edges and tipped with a little stiff 
Miao point. The pretty flowers are about half 
Mastic an inch across, their white petals dotted 
with dark red or purple towards the tips, 
sometimes dotted with yellow near the center, with yellow 
anthers and a pale green ovary, partly inferior. These 
little plants sometimes cover rocky slopes for long dis- 
tances with their leafy mats and are common in the moun- 
tains at moderate altitudes. 
There are several kinds of Muscaria, perennial, matted 
herbs; leaves alternate, usually three-lobed, mostly from 
the root; flowers white, single, or a few in terminal clusters; 
sepals five; petals five, without claws; stamens ten; ovary 
about one-half inferior. 
- Pretty little plants, from two to six 
Tufted Saxifrage inches tall, with small leaves, with from 
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: Red three to five lobes or teeth, forming matted 
(Saxifraga) patches of pretty foliage, from which 
White spring many slender, slightly hairy flower- 
Summer 
stems, with a few bracts or leaves, and 
bearing one or more pretty flowers, less 
than half an inch across, with white petals, yellow anthers, 
and a greenish-yellow ovary. This grows in rocky crevices 
in the mountains, across the continent, also in arctic and 
alpine Europe and Siberia. 
There are a good many kinds of Lithophragma, peren- 
nials, bearing bulblets on their slender rootstocks and 
sometimes also on the stems; leaves more or less divided, 
mostly from the root; stipules small; flowers few, in a 
loose, terminal cluster; sepals five; petals five, white or 
pink, with claws; stamens ten, short; ovary superior or 
partly inferior, with three short styles. 
A little woodland plant, delicate and 
pretty, with a slender, hairy stem, from 
Northwest, etc. 
Woodland Star 
Lithophrégma 5 f Beyer 
heteroph3lla nine inches to two feet tall, springing 
White from a pretty cluster of hairy leaves, 
Spring, summer 
Gxueeen variable in shape, but usually with three 
or five lobes. The starry flowers are 
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