. 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. Botany. ;arberrv family I. Diphylleia cymosa ^lichx. Umbreila- leaf. l-"ig. 1959. D. cymosa Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i : 203. 1803. Erect, stout, l°-2° high, glabrous or nearly so Basal leaves solitarj-, long-petioled, ;°-2° in diameter, peltate near the center, deeply 2-cleft, many-lobed, the lobes acute or acuminate, sharply dentate; cauline leaves 2, similar, smaller,
. 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. Botany. ;arberrv family I. Diphylleia cymosa ^lichx. Umbreila- leaf. l-"ig. 1959. D. cymosa Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i : 203. 1803. Erect, stout, l°-2° high, glabrous or nearly so Basal leaves solitarj-, long-petioled, ;°-2° in diameter, peltate near the center, deeply 2-cleft, many-lobed, the lobes acute or acuminate, sharply dentate; cauline leaves 2, similar, smaller, peti- oled, constricted in the middle and generally pel- tate near the margin; cyme many-flowered, 2-3' broad; liow ers white; petals flat, oblong, obtuse; fruiting pedicels slender, i' long or more; berries blue, globose to oblong, 6" long. In woods. Virginia to Georgia and Tennessee, along â ' ^ mainly at higher altitudes. 5. JEFFERSONIA B. S. Barton, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 3: 342. 1793. Glabrous perennial herbs, with basal palmately-veined or palmately-lobed leaves, and solitary white flowers borne on slender scapes. Sepals 4, occasionally 3 or S, petaloid, caducous. Petals 8, flat, longer than the sepals. Stamens 8; filaments slender; anthers dehiscent by valves. Pistil i; ovary ovoid, many-ovuled; stigmas 2-lobed. Capsule leathery, pyriform, half-circumscissile near the summit. Seeds oblong, arillate. [In honor of Thomas Jefferson.] North. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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