SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Saxitragace&. 



Alumroot ^~ s tut an ^ * a ^ plant bearing some re- 



Heuchera semblance to Mitella nuda on a large 



Americana scale; but the flowers are distinctly differ- 

 Whitish green en ^. they are borne in a long loose cluster, 

 May-July usua n y 4_5 on one o f the small brandling 



stems, small, bell-shaped, with inconspicuous green 

 petals, very prominent stamens tipped with orange 

 anthers, of which there are but live. The leaves are 

 heart-shaped and scalloped ; the teeth blunt. The stem 

 is more or less hairy, and is 2-3 feet high. Named for 

 Johann Heinrich von Heucher, a German botanist of the 

 early eighteenth century. Rocky woodlands N. Y. and 

 Conn., west to Minn., southwest to Ala. and La. 



An insignificant plant of cold bogs or 

 Golden Saxi- .,, . , , . 



fraee w pl aces > with a slender low-growing, 



Chrysospleninm forking stem, with roundish fine-scalloped 

 Amcricanum generally opposite-growing leaves, and 

 Yellow or pur- ^ ne yellowish or purplish green flowers 

 April-June ^ ith oran S e anthers, growing close be- 

 tween the points where the leaves join 

 the plant stem. In wet shady places, Me., south along 

 the mountains to Ga., and west to Mich. and. Minn. 

 Stems 3-7 inches long. The name means golden spleen, 

 from reputed medicinal qualities. 



An interesting perennial herb with sin- 

 nlssus " S le cream white flowers delicately veined 

 Parnassia with green, about 1 inch broad. A single 



Caroliniana ovate olive green leaf clasps the flowering 

 White green- s tem; the others are long, slender-stemmed 

 and heart-shaped, and spring from the 

 September root. The flow r er has five petals and five 

 straw yellow anthers terminating the fer- 

 tile stamens and. alternating with the petals ; a number 

 (perhaps 15) of abortive stamens encircle the green 

 pistil. The blossom is visited by bees and the smallest 

 butterflies (skippers); chief among the visitors are the 

 larger ones named Colias philodice (yellow), and Pieris 

 rapce (white). 8-20 inches high. In swamps and wet 

 meadows, Me., south to Va., west to S. Dak. and Iowa. 



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