WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
Dalibarda {Daliharda repens). Rose family. June to 
September. 
A perennial with stems a few inches high, rising from a root- 
stalk, and bearing half-inch flowers with five rounded petals 
and calyx deeply five- or six-parted; stamens many. The fuzzy 
leaves are heart-shaped, with rounded teeth, on slender stalks. 
Woods. Named after the botanist Dalibard. 
Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia caroliniana). Saxifrage 
family. June to September. 
Named from Mt. Parnassus. It has clustered leaves at the 
base, and often one clasping the stem (scape). The scapes 
sometimes reach a foot or two, each bearing a flower one to 
one and one-half inches broad, with five rounded petals, five 
perfect stamens and many rudimentary ones. The leaves are 
thick, broadly oval or egg-shaped, obtusely pointed, somewhat 
heart-shaped. Wet places. 
Early Saxifrage {Saxifraga virginiensis) . Saxifrage family. 
March to May. 
A perennial, hairy herb under a foot high with little flowers 
in loose clusters; five narrow, somewhat spoon-shaped petals; 
calyx with five blunt lobes; ten stamens. The leaves have 
teeth, sometimes rounded. Dry hillsides, often among rocks, 
whence its name, unless, as some authors think, the stone- 
breaking refers to medicinal qualities. 
Swamp Saxifrage (Saxifraga pennsylvanica) . Saxifrage 
family. May. 
A taller plant with stem sometimes three feet high. The 
whitish flowers (two lines broad) have ten stamens and five 
narrow petals; the five lobes of the calyx are bent back. Leaves 
broadly lance-shaped, blunt-pointed. Wet ground. 
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