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; 2nd ed. . Genus 8. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. 223 8. CHONDROSEA Haw. Saxifr. Enum. 10. 1821. Perennial herbs, with dcnsL-ly leafy short caiidices and offsets and sparingly leafyflower-stems, and alternate serrate leaves with each tooth wdiite-encrusted, the flowers interminal compound cymes. Calyx-lobes S, erect. Corolla white or sometimes colored,regtilar, the petals broad, clawless. S
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; 2nd ed. . Genus 8. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. 223 8. CHONDROSEA Haw. Saxifr. Enum. 10. 1821. Perennial herbs, with dcnsL-ly leafy short caiidices and offsets and sparingly leafyflower-stems, and alternate serrate leaves with each tooth wdiite-encrusted, the flowers interminal compound cymes. Calyx-lobes S, erect. Corolla white or sometimes colored,regtilar, the petals broad, clawless. Stamens 10; filaments lanceolate to about one-half inferior, the carpels united to above the middle. Follicles united upto the more or less spreading tips. [Greek, referring to the of the leaves.] About 9 species, most abundant in the mountains of middle Europe. Type species : Chondroseapyramidalis Maw. I. Chondrosea Aizoon (Jacq.) Haw. Livelong Saxifrage Saxifraga Aizoon Jacq. Fl. Austr. 5: 18. pi. ./sS. Aicoon Haw. Saxifr. iZnum. 11 1S21. Leaves clustered in a dense rosette at the base of thebracted flowering stem; plant spreading by offsets, so thatseveral are often joined together. Leaves 4-i2 long,spatulate, thick, obtuse and rounded at the apex, themargins serrulate with sharp hard white teeth; scapeerect, viscid-pubescent, 4-io high; flowers several ornumerous, corymbose, yellowish, about 3 broad; ovale-obiong, obtuse, viscid, shorter than the obo-vate, often spotted petals; capsule tipped by the divergentstyles, its base adnate to the calyx. On dry rocks, Mt. Mansfield, Vermont; Quebec to Labra-dor, west to Lake Superior and Manitoba. Also in alpine andarctic Europe. Summer. 9. THEROFON Raf. New Fl. N. A. 4: 66. 1836. [BoYKiNiA Kutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 113. 1834. XotRaf.]Glandular-pubescent perennial herbs, with alternate peti-olcd orbicular or reniform leaves, and small while perfectflowers in
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