. 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 . 6. Parnassia asarifolia \'ent. Kidne\ leaved Grass-of-Parnassus. Fig. 2150. Jard. Ma p!- 39- Scape io'-2o' liigli, 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'-3' wide; flower about i' broad; calyx-lobes oval, much shorter than the strongly
. 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 . 6. Parnassia asarifolia \'ent. Kidne\ leaved Grass-of-Parnassus. Fig. 2150. Jard. Ma p!- 39- Scape io'-2o' liigli, 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'-3' wide; flower about i' 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 \'irginia. North Carolina and South Carolina. July-Sept. Family 47. SAXIFRAGACEAE Dumort. Anal. Fam. 36. 1829.* SaXU-KAGE 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, or 3-foIiolate. Placentae axial; carpels equal or nearly so. Stamens 10. Caly
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