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 PARNASSIACEAE. Vol. II. gland-tipped staminodia at the base, united into a scale below, or distinct. Fertile stamens 5, alternate with the petals. Ovary superior or half inferior, i-celled; style very short or none; stigmas usually 4; ovules 00. Capsule i-celled, with 3 or 4 placentae projecting within, loculidically 3-4-valved. Seeds numero
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 PARNASSIACEAE. Vol. II. gland-tipped staminodia at the base, united into a scale below, or distinct. Fertile stamens 5, alternate with the petals. Ovary superior or half inferior, i-celled; style very short or none; stigmas usually 4; ovules 00. Capsule i-celled, with 3 or 4 placentae projecting within, loculidically 3-4-valved. Seeds numerous. Seed- coat winged. L. Sp. PI. 273. 1753. [From the Greek, mount; the plant called I. PARNASSIA [Tourn Characters of the family as given above. Grass of Parnassus by Dioscorides.] About 15 species, natives of the or 7 others occur in northwestern Ami Petals sessile ; leaves ovate, oval, orbicular or cordate. Staminodia 3-5 at the base of each petal. Flower 9'-: 8' broad ; petals much exceeding the calyx-lobes. Staminodia not longer than the stamens, stout. Staminodia longer than the stan\ens. slender. Flower 4'-5' broad ; petals equalling the calyx-lobes. Staminodia 5-15 at the base of each petal, slender, united into a scale below. Flower i' broad ; leaves cordate at base. Flower 4'-$' broad ; leaves narrowed at base. Petals clawed; leaves reniform ; staminodia 3 at each petal, distinct. th temperate and arctic zones. Besides the following. 6 1 and one in Florida. Type species: Parnassia palustris L. 1. 2. P. grandifolia. 3. J. P. palustris. ;. 5. I. Parnassia caroliniana Michx. Caro- lina Grass-of-Parnassus. Fig. 2145. Parnassia caroliniana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 184, 1803. Scape 6'-24' high, with a nearly sessile ovate clasping leaf below the middle. Basal leaves long-petioled, ovate, broadly oval or orbicular, obtuse at the apex, rounded or sometimes cordate at the base, or decurrent into the petiole, 1-2' long;
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