. 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. I. Micranthes nivalis (L.) Small. Clustered Alpine Saxifrage. Fig. 2156. Saxifraga nivalis'L. Sp. Fl. 401. 1753. Micranthes nivalis Small, N. A. Flora 22-: 136. 1905. Seldom over 6' high. Scape viscid, haked, or bracted at the base of the capitate sometimes branched inflorescence; leaves ovate or oval, narrowed into a margined petiole, thick; flowers white, 3&q
. 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. I. Micranthes nivalis (L.) Small. Clustered Alpine Saxifrage. Fig. 2156. Saxifraga nivalis'L. Sp. Fl. 401. 1753. Micranthes nivalis Small, N. A. Flora 22-: 136. 1905. Seldom over 6' high. Scape viscid, haked, or bracted at the base of the capitate sometimes branched inflorescence; leaves ovate or oval, narrowed into a margined petiole, thick; flowers white, 3"-S" broad, in a compact cluster; calyx-lobes ovate or oblong, spreading, obtuse, about one- half the length of the oblong or oblong-ovate petals; ovary half-inferior; follicles deep purple, divergent. Labrador and arctic America, south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona. Also in northern and alpine Europe and Siberia. Summer. Said to flower beneath the snow. 2. Micranthes texana (Buckl.) Small. Texan Saxifrage. Fig. 2157. Saxifraga texana Buckl. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1861 : 455, 1862. Micranthes texana Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 501. 1903. Scape sparingly pubescent up to the inflorescence, 2'-y' high. Leaves ovate to obovate, narrowed into broad petioles, entire or shallowly toothed, i'-2i' long; inflorescence with the branches ending in congested cymules; flowers white, regular, 2"-3" broad; calyx- lobes erect, broadly oblong to ovate, somewhat shorter than the suborbicular or obovate petals; follicles erect or nearly so. On hillsides or in sandy barrens, Missouri and Texas. Micranthesvirginiensis(Michx.) Small. Early Saxifrage. Fig. 2158. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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