. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MITELLA MIT£LLA (diminutive of mitra, a cap; applied to the form of the young pod). Saxifragdceo!. BIitrewoet. Bishop' s-oap. Six or 7 species of low, slender peren- nials, with somewhat creeping rootstocks and racemes of small and greenish or white fls. Closely related to Tiarella, but the petals of the latter
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MITELLA MIT£LLA (diminutive of mitra, a cap; applied to the form of the young pod). Saxifragdceo!. BIitrewoet. Bishop' s-oap. Six or 7 species of low, slender peren- nials, with somewhat creeping rootstocks and racemes of small and greenish or white fls. Closely related to Tiarella, but the petals of the latter are entire, while in Mitella they are beautifully pinnatifid. Lvs. round, heart-shaped, alternate, ex- cept in one species, on root- stock or runners, with slen- der petioles; those on flow- ering stems opposite, if any- calyx short, .5-lobed, the lobes valvate in the bud, preading; petals 5, inserted on throat of calyx,very slen- der; stamens 10 or 5, very short: fr. soon widely de- hiscent. Natives of N. Amer., 2 species in — Offered by some dealers in native plants. A. Scapes ttsiially leafless. B. Wis. numerous. trifida, Graham. Lvs. round-reniform or cordate, crenately toothed and some- times incised or lobed, 1-3 in. across: scape 9-12 in. long: scattered on one side of spike; petals 3-5-parted, small; stamens 5, opposite the calyx lobes. N. Calif, to Brit. Col. and Rocky Mts. B. Fls. fell' {about 5). nuda, Linn. Fig, lilS. Lvs. rounded or kid ney-shaped, deeply and dou bly crenate: raceme 4-6 in, long. Does well in moist shady situations. May-July Westward to Brit. Col. A, G. 13:518. Scapes bearing leaves B. lA'S. on scape alter- nate. caulescens, Nutt. Raceme loose : stamens alternate with the pinnatifid petals. Brit. Col. to Ore. BB. ii'S. on scape opposite. diphylla, Linn. Lvs. acutely heart-shaped, some- what 3-5-lobed, toothed: ra- ceme 6-8 in. long. May. Eastern U. S. V. 12 A good plant for the rockery. m. B. Coulston. MITREWOET. Mite
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