An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ll-shaped, .5-cleft, the tube adhering to the ovary. Petals small, offenshorter than the sepals. Stamens 5; styles 2, slender; capsule 1-celled. 1. H. americana, L. (Fig. 5, pi. 60.) Alum Root. Stem 2 to 3ft. high, stout, hairy. Ix;aves all or nearly all from the base, on longleaf-stalks, round or roundish with 5 to 9 rounded lobes and with bluntteeth; the veinlets radiating from the stem insertion. Calyx broadlybell-s
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ll-shaped, .5-cleft, the tube adhering to the ovary. Petals small, offenshorter than the sepals. Stamens 5; styles 2, slender; capsule 1-celled. 1. H. americana, L. (Fig. 5, pi. 60.) Alum Root. Stem 2 to 3ft. high, stout, hairy. Ix;aves all or nearly all from the base, on longleaf-stalks, round or roundish with 5 to 9 rounded lobes and with bluntteeth; the veinlets radiating from the stem insertion. Calyx broadlybell-shaped; petals very small, greenish. Stamens extending much be-yond the calyx and petals. Dry woods. Conn., and southward. May-August. 2. H. pubescens, Pursh. Downy Heuciiera. Plant much like thel)rece(ling, ni<;re decidedly downy, the lobes of the leaves deeper. Petalscxccedimj the calyx lobes, purplish. Stamens scarcely longer than thepetals. Mountains of Pennsylvania and southward. May-June. 4. MITELLA, L. Herbs with the general character of Saxifrage. Leaves mostly basalbut, in our species, the llower scape has, near the center, a pair of broad SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 301. Plate 601. Tiarella cordifolia. 2. Saxifraga virginiensis. 3. IMitella mula. 4. 5. Heuchera americana. 302 SAXIFRAGACEAE leaves (one or even both wanting in M. nuda). Petals fringed. Ovary1-lobed, 1-valved. 1. M. diphylla, L. (Fig. 4, pi. 60.) Two-leaved Bishops Basal leaves broadly heart-shaped. Flowering stem 10 to18 in. high, with a pair of broad leaves less than half way up. Flowersclustered along the upper part of the slender stem. Petals white, twoor three times longer than the sepals, beautifully fringed. In rich spring. In all our range. 2. M. nuda, L. (Fig. .3, pi. 60.) Bishops Cap. stem 3 to 7 in. high. Leaves all basal or with one small leafhalf way up the stem; rounded, heart-shaped at base, hairy. The hairyflower stem bears about ha
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