An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 SAXIFRAGACEAE. 7. Micranthes Geum (L.) Small. Kidney-leaved Saxifrage. Fig. 2162. Saxifraga Geum L. Sp. PI. 401. 1753. M. Geum Small, X. A. Flora 22=: 148. 1905. Densely glandular-pubescent, scapose, scape erect, 3-10' high. Leaves all clustered at the base, cordate, kidney- shaped or orbicular, V-i' wide, coarsel
An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 SAXIFRAGACEAE. 7. Micranthes Geum (L.) Small. Kidney-leaved Saxifrage. Fig. 2162. Saxifraga Geum L. Sp. PI. 401. 1753. M. Geum Small, X. A. Flora 22=: 148. 1905. Densely glandular-pubescent, scapose, scape erect, 3-10' high. Leaves all clustered at the base, cordate, kidney- shaped or orbicular, V-i' wide, coarsely crenate all around, borne on stout densely pubescent petioles l'-2i' long; inflorescence terminal, paniculate; bracts small, linear, obtuse; branches of the panicle ascending, 2-6-flowered; flowers 2'-i' broad; petals white, oblong or ovate-oblong, with a yellow spot at the base and several smaller purplish spots at the middle; calyx-lobes lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, reflexed; capsule ob- long, its beaks slightly divergent. Xewfoundland and in the parts of Europe. June-July. mountainous 5. HYDATICA Xeck.: S. F. Gray, Nat. Air. Brit. PI. 2: 530. 1821. Sp.^'\ Haw. Saxifr. Enum. 47. 1821. Xot Pers. 1791. Perennial herbs, with leafy caudices and solitary or tufted scapes and basal usually spatulate toothed leaves, the flowers in open panicled cymes, their parts sometimes changed into bulblets. Calyx-lobes s, reflexed. Corolla white or mainly so, irregular, the petals all clawed, the 3 upper with ovate, lanceolate or sagittate blades, the 2 lower ones with elliptic or spatulate blades, or in plants that bear terminal flowers, the lower petals somewhat simu- late the upper ones. Stamens lo; filaments subulate. Ovary chiefly superior, the carpels united at the base or to below the middle. Follicles erect, except the ascending or diverging tips. [Greek, referring to the turgid follicles.] boreal parts of both hemispheres. Type Inflorescence with bulblets. i_ H. foliolosa.
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