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; 2nd ed. . another species occurs in the southern Alleghanies. Type species: Aslilbe rivii-laris D. Don. I. Astilbe biternata (\ent.) Britton. False Goats Eeard. Astilbe Tiarella bilernala Vent, Jard. Malm. pi. i4. Aruncus var. hermaphrodita Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 294. decandra D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 211. biternata Britton, Bull. Torr.
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; 2nd ed. . another species occurs in the southern Alleghanies. Type species: Aslilbe rivii-laris D. Don. I. Astilbe biternata (\ent.) Britton. False Goats Eeard. Astilbe Tiarella bilernala Vent, Jard. Malm. pi. i4. Aruncus var. hermaphrodita Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 294. decandra D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 211. biternata Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 475. 1893. Erect, 3°-6° high, more or lesspubescent. Leaves petioled, 2-3-ternately compound, often 2° broad;leaflets thin, stalked, ovate, cordate,truncate or rounded at the base, thelateral ones usually oblique, acumi-nate at the apex, sharply serrate orincised, 2-5 long; panicles often 1°long; flowers sessile or nearly so,about 2 broad, yellowish white;petals of the staminate flowers spatu-late, those of the perfect ones muchsmaller or none; stamens 10; follicles2, acute, glabrous, about i5 long. In woods, mountains of \!rginia toNorth Carolina, Georgia and with the aspect of Aruncus. 2. ANTIPHYLLA ?Ta\v. Saxifr. Fniim. 43. 1821. Perennial densely malted herbs, with copiously leafy stems and sterile branches, nakedor sparingly leafy flower-stalks and opposite (except sometimes on the flovvcr-stalks) often4-ranked imbricated broad keeled ciliate leaves each with an almost apical pore, the flowerssolitary, erect. Calyx-lobes 5, strongly ciliate. Corolla mostly blue or purple, sometimeswhite, regular, the petals much longer than the calyx, narrowed into claw-like bases. Sta-mens 10; filaments subulate to triangular. Ovary less than one-half inferior, the carpelsunited to above the middle. Follicles erect, except the more or less spreading tips. [Greek,opposite leaved.] About 4 species, natives of northern regions. Type species: opp
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