. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 214 PARNASSIACEAE. Vol. 6. Parnassia asarifolia Vent. Kidney- leaved Grass-of-Parnassus. Fig. 2150. Parnassia asarifolia Vent, Jard. Malm. pi. 5p. 1803. Scape io'-2o' high, bearing a clasping nearly orbicular leaf at about the middle. Basal leaves long-petioled, orbicular or much broader than long, rounded, broadlj' kidney-shaped at the base, often 2'-^' w
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 214 PARNASSIACEAE. Vol. 6. Parnassia asarifolia Vent. Kidney- leaved Grass-of-Parnassus. Fig. 2150. Parnassia asarifolia Vent, Jard. Malm. pi. 5p. 1803. Scape io'-2o' high, bearing a clasping nearly orbicular leaf at about the middle. Basal leaves long-petioled, orbicular or much broader than long, rounded, broadlj' kidney-shaped at the base, often 2'-^' wide; flower about l' broad; calyx-lobes oval, much shorter than the strongly veined elliptic petals, which are rather abruptly narrowed into a claw; staminodia 3 in each set, slender, about the length of the sta- mens, or somewhat shorter, distinct to the base. In wet places, mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. July-Sept. Family 47. SAXIFRAGACEAE Dumort. Anal. Fam. 36. 1829.* Saxifrage Family. Herbs with basal or alternate or opposite leaves. Flowers perfect or polygamo- dioecious, solitary, racemose, cymose or paniculate. Calyx 5-lobed or 5-parted (rarely 4-12-lobed or parted), free, or adnate to the ovary, usually persistent. Petals usually 4 or 5, rarely none. Stamens equal in number or twice as many as the petals, in apetalous species as many or twice as many as the calyx-lobes, peri- gynous or epigynous ; filaments distinct. Disk generally present. Carpels i-several, often 2, distinct or united, mostly fewer than the stamens; styles as many as the carpels or cavities of the ovary. Fruit a capsule or follicle. Seeds commonly numerous; endosperm generally copious, fleshy; embryo small, terete. About 90 genera and 650 species, of wide geographic distribution, mainly natives of the tem- perate zones, rare in the tropics. Large herbs ; leaves 3-ternate ; flowers polygamous. i. Astilbe. Small herbs ; leaves simple, entire, toothed or cleft, o
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