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 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 oppositifolia L. Sp. PI. 402. 1753. Antiphylla opposilifotia Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyons n. 16; 386. 1868. Tufted, stems prostrate, densely leafy, 2-10' 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
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 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 oppositifolia L. Sp. PI. 402. 1753. Antiphylla opposilifotia Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyons n. 16; 386. 1868. Tufted, stems prostrate, densely leafy, 2-10' 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. ; Aaticosti. Newfoundland and throughout arctic America to .\laska, south in the Rocky Moun- tains to Wyoming and to Oregon. Also in Europe and Asia. Summer. 3. LEPTASEA Flaw. Saxifr. Enum. 39. 1821. Perennial, gregarious or matted herbs, with copiously 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. 5, 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 referring to the small size of the plant.] less spreading tips. [Greek, of North America, Europe Flowers typically solitary or 2 together : Flowers typically several; calyx-lobes e( Leaves 3-pronged at the apex. alyx-lobes ciliate. 1. L. Hirculus, 2. L. ai::oides. 3. L. tricitspidaia. I. Leptasea Hirculus (L.) Small. Yellow Marsh Saxifrage. Fig. 2153. Saxifraga Hirculus L.
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