POPULAR FLORA. 
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2. Three-leaved S. Stems spreading, 3 ( to 8' high; leaves wedge-obovate or oblong, the lower ones 
in whorls of 3; the earliest flower with the parts in fives, the rest generally in fours; petals white. 
Rocky woods, S. and W. and in gardens. S. ternatum. 
3. Handsome S. Stems 4' to 12'high; leaves thread-shaped; flowers crowded; petals rose-purple. 
Rocky places, S. W. and cultivated. & pulchellum. 
4. Great S. or Live-for-ever. Stems 2° high; leaves oval; flowers in a close compound cyme, 
purple. Gardens. S. Telephium. 
42. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Order SAXIFRAGACEiE. 
Herbs, or in the case of Hydrangea, &c. shrubs, differing from the last in having the 
pistils fewer than the petals, and generally more or less united with each other and with 
the tube of the calyx. Petals 5 (rarely 4), on the calyx. Stamens 5 or 10, or in Mock- 
Orange many. 
Herbs. Leaves generally alternate. Petals 5. Styles only 2. 
Stamens 10, short. Petals entire. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Pod 2-beaked or pods 2, 
many-seeded, ( Scixifraga ) Saxifrage. 
Stamens 5. Petals small, entire (greenish or purplish), between the short lobes of the 
bell-shaped calyx. Pod 1-celled, 2-beaked, many-seeded. Flowers in a long 
panicle, ( Heiichera ) Alum-root. 
Stamens 10, short. Petals pinnatifid, whitish, slender. Styles and pod short, one- 
celled, the latter few-seeded at the bottom, opening across the top. Stem 
2-leaved below the slender raceme, ( Mitella ) Mitre wort. 
Stamens 10, and the 2 styles much longer than the slender-clawed petals. Pod slen¬ 
der, few-seeded at the bottom? Flowers white in a short raceme on a 
naked scape, ( Tiarellci) False-Mitrewort. 
Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Tube of the calyx coherent with the ovary. Seeds many. 
Flowers small, in compound cymes; some of the marginal ones generally large and 
neutral (Fig. 169), or in cultivation nearly all the flowers becoming so. 
Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 8 or 10. Styles 2, diverging, and between them the 
little pod opens, ( Hydrangea ) Hydrangea. 
Flowers large, somewhat panicled. Petals 4 or 5, white, showy. Stamens 20 or 
more. Styles 3 to 5, united below: pod with as many cells, very many- 
seeded, ( Philadclphus ) Mock-Orange. 
Saxifrage. Scixifraga. 
1. Early Saxifrage. Leaves all clustered at the root, obovate, toothed; -scape 4' to 9' high, many- 
flowered ; flowers white, in early spring. Damp rocks. S. Virginiensis. 
2. Swamp S. Leaves all at the root, lance-oblong, 3' to 8' long; scape 1° or 2° high, clammy, bearing 
many small clustered greenish flowers. Bogs and wet ground, N. S. Pennsylvania. 
Hydrangea. Hydrangea. 
1. Garden Hydrangea. Leaves very smooth; flowers mostly large neutral ones, blue, purple, or 
pink. A well-known garden and house plant. H. Ilortensia. 
2. Wild H. Leaves thin, nearly smooth, sometimes heart-shaped; flowers mostly perfect, white. 
H. arborescens. 
