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 2. Mitella nuda L. Stoloniferous or Naked Bishop's Cap or Mitrewort. Fig. 2184. Mitella nuda L. Sp. PI. .108. 1753. Stem usually stoloniferous, scape erect, very slender, pubescent, 3-7' high. Basal leaves reni- form-orbicular, obtuse, cordate at the base, crenate or doubly crenate, I'-li' wide, pubescent with scat- tered hairs on both sides
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 2. Mitella nuda L. Stoloniferous or Naked Bishop's Cap or Mitrewort. Fig. 2184. Mitella nuda L. Sp. PI. .108. 1753. Stem usually stoloniferous, scape erect, very slender, pubescent, 3-7' high. Basal leaves reni- form-orbicular, obtuse, cordate at the base, crenate or doubly crenate, I'-li' wide, pubescent with scat- tered hairs on both sides; stem-leaves usually none; flowers pedicelled, greenish, about 2' broad; capsule similar to that of the preceding species. In cold woods and peat-bogs, Newfoundland and Labrador to the Pacific Coast, south to New England, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. . to 3000 ft. in the Adirondacks. Also in northeastern Asia. April-June, or blooming again in the Mitella intermedia Bruhin, from the vicinity of Cen- terville, Wisconsin, differs from M. nuda in the acute- lobed leaves and the subulate divisions of the petals. 14. CHRYSOSPLENIUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 398. 1753. Low decumbent or erect somewhat succulent mainly semi-aquatic herbs, with petioled opposite or alternate crenate leaves, with no stipules. Flowers minute, greenish, axil'ary or terminal, solitary or clustered, perfect. Calyx-tube urn-shaped or obconic, adnate to the ovary, its limb 4-5-lobcd. Petals none. Stamens 8-10 (rarely 4-5), inserted on the margin of a disk; filaments short. Ovary i-celled, flatlish, 2-lobed; styles 2, short, recurved; ovules ». Capsule membranous, short, inversely cordate or 2-lobed, 2-valved above, few- or many-seeded. Seed-coat muricate or pilose. [Greek, golden spleen, from some reputed medicinal qualities.] About 15 species, natives of the north temperate zone and southern South America. Besides the following, 2 others occur in northwestern .\merica. Type
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