Rodgersia
(named in honour of Admiral Rodgers, of the United States Navy, commander of the expedition during which the plant was first discovered). ORD. Saxifrageae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, erect, herbaceous perennial, with a thick, scaly rhizome. It thrives best in a compost of rich loam and peat, and may be increased by divisions.
R. japonica (Japanese). A synonym of R. podophylla.
R. podophylla (stalked-leaved). Rodgers' Bronze-Leaf. fl. of a yellowish-white colour, somewhat nodding, ebracteate; calyx tube very short, turbinate; lobes five, spreading, valvate; petals wanting; stamens ten; filaments elongated; cymes scorpioid, disposed in ample, naked panicles. June and July. l. three to five, large, alternate; radical ones larger, long-stalked, palmately or peltately five-sected; cauline ones three-lobed; segments sessile, argutely serrated, incised at apex; petioles dilated at base; stipules membranous, adnate to the petioles. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Japan, 1880. (B. M. 6691; G. C. n. s., xx. 141.) SYN. R. japonica (R. G. 708).