The tiny deep red-purple flowers of the King’s Crown are crowded into dense roundish heads at the ends of unbranched stems 4-12 in. high. They bloom in midsummer and are found only on alpine peaks at 9000-14000 ft. The plant is used in Greenland as a salad, and the leaves in poultices for headache. The root has a pleasant rose-like odor, which gives rise to the name Roseroot, sometimes used for this species. Stonecrop Sedum stenopetalum Plate 30, fig. 8 The yellow flowers of the Stonecrop occur in loose clusters at the ends of stems 1-8 in. high. The plants possess succulent leaves which store water and thus enable them to grow in dry, rocky or gravelly situations. They are found at 4000-12000 ft. and bloom all summer. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY Fairy Saxifrage Saxifraga chrysantha Plate 30, fig. 2 The dainty little Fairy Saxifrage grows but 1-3 in. high from a cluster of tiny leaves, and bears at the end of a slender stem a single yellow blossom. The lower half of the petal is dotted with many orange spots. The flowers bloom in midsummer. They are alpine dwellers only and are found among rocks at 11000-14000 ft. The name “saxifrage” is from the Latin meaning “rock-breaker” and refers to the habit some saxifrages have of living on rocks. Brook Saxifrage Saxifraga punctata Plate 30, fig. 5 The Brook Saxifrage takes its name from its love of springy places and stream banks. The flowers are white and delicate and bloom in early summer. The plants are 1-3 ft. tall and occur at 8000-12000 ft. Dotted Saxifrage Saxifraga bronchialis Plate 30, fig. 7 The Dotted Saxifrage has white or pale pink flowers with orange and purple dots on the petals. They bloom all summer. The plants are small and slender, 3-8 in. high and occur on rocks and gravel-slides at 6000-13000 ft. [Illustration: Plate 30 STONECROP FAMILY 1 Rose Crown: Clementsia rhodantha 3 King’s Crown, Roseroot: Rhodiola rosea 8 Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 2 Fairy Saxifrage: Saxifraga chrysantha 4 Gooseberry: Ribes lacustre 5 Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga punctata 6 Gooseberry: Ribes leptanthum 7 Dotted Saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis 9 Purple Saxifrage: Saxifraga Jamesii 10 Whiplash Saxifrage: Saxifraga flagellaris] Purple Saxifrage Saxifraga Jamesii Plate 30, fig. 9