This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[L. saxum, stone ; and frangere, to break.] A kind of plant growing in the crevices of rocks or on high hills, once supposed to have the power of dissolving or breaking stone in the bladder. They are mostly perennial herbs.
 
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