. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. MITELLA MIT£LLA (diminutive of mitrn, a cap; applied to the form of the young pod). Saxifra!irlce(r. Mttrewort. Bishop's-CAP. Six or 7 species of low, slender peren- nials, with somewhat creeping rootstocks and racemes of small and greenish or white fls. Closely relate
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. MITELLA MIT£LLA (diminutive of mitrn, a cap; applied to the form of the young pod). Saxifra!irlce(r. Mttrewort. Bishop's-CAP. 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 t'ue petals of the latter are entire, while in Mitella they are beautifully pinnatifid. Lvs. round, lieart-shaped. alternate, ex- MOLUCCELLA 1025. vate in the bud, ; petals 5, inserted of ealyx,very slen- leus 10 or ,5, very . soon widely de- Natives of N. species in hy some dealers plants. A. Scapes usually leafless. B. Fls. 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 Rockv Mts. Fls (about uiida, Linn. Fig. 1413. 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. hian leaves. caulescens, Nutt. Raceme iivc> : stamens alternate nil I In- pinnatifid petals, to Ore. HB. Lis. on scape opposite. diphylla, Linn. Lvs. acutely heart-shaped, some- what 3-5-lobed, toothed: ra- 6-8 in. long. May. Eastern U. S. V. 12 A good plant for the rockery. ji. B. CouLSTON. MITKEWORT. Mitella. FalseMitrewort is Tinre/fa. MITKIOSTlGMA {Greek, milre-sliaped stigma ; from the conspicuous stigma, which is club-shaped, the 2-cut summit suggesting a cap). Mubidceoe. This includes the charming evergreen tender shrub known
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