. 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. Botany. 3. Hydatica petiolaris (Raf.) Small. .Michaux's Saxifrage. Fig. 2165. Saxifraga leucanthemifolia Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i: 268. 1803. Not LePeyr. 1803. Hexaphoma petiolaris Raf. Fl. Tell. 2: 67. 1836. Saxifraga Michauxii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 118. 1894. Spalutaria petiolaris Small, N. A. Flora 22=: 150. 1905. H. petiolaris Small, FI. SE. U. S. Ed. 2, 760. 1911. Ere
. 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. Botany. 3. Hydatica petiolaris (Raf.) Small. .Michaux's Saxifrage. Fig. 2165. Saxifraga leucanthemifolia Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i: 268. 1803. Not LePeyr. 1803. Hexaphoma petiolaris Raf. Fl. Tell. 2: 67. 1836. Saxifraga Michauxii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 4: 118. 1894. Spalutaria petiolaris Small, N. A. Flora 22=: 150. 1905. H. petiolaris Small, FI. SE. U. S. Ed. 2, 760. 1911. Erect, viscid-pubescent,6-20'high. Basal leaves clustered, oblanceolate or oblong, acute or obtuse at the apex, z'-f long, nar- rowed into a margined petiole, coarsely and deeply dentate; flowering stem naked below, leafy-bracted above; inflorescence widely paniculate; flowers 2"-t," broad, irregular; petals clawed, white, the 3 larger ones sagit- tate or truncate and usually with a pair of yellowish spots at the base, the outer 2 spatulate and unspotted, narrowed at the base; calyx-tube free from the ovary, its lobes reflexed; follicles lanceolate, sharp- pointed, little divaricate, about 2I" long. In dry rocky places, mountain summits of Virginia to Georgia. May-Sept. 6. SAXIFRAGA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 398. 1753. Perennial herbs, with flowering stems arising from the small rootstocks and alternate, entire or 3-7-lobed leaves. The flowers solitary or in terminal cymes, rarely represented by bulblets. Calyx-lobes 5, erect, usually with a terminal gland. Corolla white, regular, the petals somewhat narrowed at the base, but usually clawless. Stamens 10; filaments subulate. Ovary about one-half inferior, the carpels united to about the middle. Follicles well united, erect, except the more or less spreading tips, partly included in the calyx-tube. [Greek, stone-breaking, from reputed medicinal qualities.] .\bout 20 species, most abundant in the cooler parts of the norther
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