The saxifrage plant family of the order SAXIFRAGALES, class Magnoliopsida. The leaves are alternate and sometimes deeply lobed or form rosettes. The flowers have both male and female parts and 4 or 5 sepals and petals; they are usually in branched clusters. The fruit is a capsule with many seeds.
    

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A mock orange plant (Philadelphus coronarius): flowering branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.

Eight plants, including three orchids and a rose: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga hirculus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1802.

Four British garden plants, including a clematis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga rotundifolia): flowering and fruiting plant rising from earth mound with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

Two flowering plants: primroses (Primula species) and saxifrages (Saxifraga species). Coloured lithographs by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

A species of the genus Chrysosplenium: flowering plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga nivalis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

Saxifragaceae

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Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

Two flowering plants: primroses (Primula species) and saxifrages (Saxifraga species). Coloured lithographs by E. Champin, c. 1850, after herself.

A species of the genus Chrysosplenium: flowering plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Four British garden plants, including a clematis: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga nivalis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.