. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2l6 SAXIFRAGACEAE. Vol. II. I. Antiphyllaoppositifolia (L.) Fourr. Purple or Mountain Saxifrage. Fig. 2152. Saxifraga oppositifolia L. Sp. PI. 402. 1753. Antiphylla oppositifolia Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyons IL 16: .386. 1868. Tufted, stems prostrate, densely leafy, 2'-io' long. Leaves sessile, ovate, obovate or nearly orbicular, purplish, persistent, keeled, f
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2l6 SAXIFRAGACEAE. Vol. II. I. Antiphyllaoppositifolia (L.) Fourr. Purple or Mountain Saxifrage. Fig. 2152. Saxifraga oppositifolia L. Sp. PI. 402. 1753. Antiphylla oppositifolia Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyons IL 16: .386. 1868. Tufted, stems prostrate, densely leafy, 2'-io' long. Leaves sessile, ovate, obovate or nearly orbicular, purplish, persistent, keeled, fleshy, opposite, or im- bricated in 4 rows on the sterile shoots, obtuse, punctate with 1-3 pores, i"-2i" long, the margins ciliate; flowers solitary, peduncled or nearly sessile, 4"-6" broad; calyx-lobes obtuse, much shorter than the obovate purple petals; calyx free from the ovary and capsule; follicles abruptly short-pointed; seeds rugose. On wet rocks, Mt. Mansfield and Willoughby Moun- tain, Vt. ; Anticosti, Newfoundland and throughout arctic America to Alaska, south in the Rocky Moun- tains to Wyoming and to Oregon. Also in Europe and Asia. 3. LEPTASEA Haw. Saxifr. Enum. 39. 1821. Perennial, gregarious or matted herbs, with copjously leafy caudices and offsets and less leafy flower-stalks, and alternate fleshy or parchment-like entire or 3-pronged leaves, the flowers solitary or in terminal simple or compound cymes. Calyx-lobes S, often spread- ing or reflexed. Corolla white or yellow, regular, the petals with claw-like bases or claws. Stamens 10; filaments subulate or clavate. Ovary almost superior, the carpels united to above the middle. Follicles erect, except for the more or less spreading tips. [Greek, referring to the small size of the plant.] About 18 species, natives of boreal regions and the higher mountains of North America, Europe and Asia. Type species : Saxifraga aizoides L. Leaves entire. Flowers typically solitary or 2 together;
Size: 1428px × 1749px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1913
