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MITELLA diphylla. 
Two-leaved Mitella. 
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. SAxiFRAGE. Jussieu gen. 308. 
Dic. I. Fructus superus capsularis, apice birostris. 
MITELLA. Cal. 5-fidus, persistens, Petala 5, laciniata ant 
pinuatifida, summo calyci inserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna. Stam. ìbi- 
dem inserta. Caps. l-loc., 2-valvis, valvis zqualibus. Folia sim- 
plicia, pleraque radicalia; flores in scapo nudo aut opposite diphyllo 
laxe spicati terminales. Jussieu. 
M. diphylla, foliis sublobato-acutangulis dentatis, caule erecto supernê 
opposité diphyllo, Pursh amer. sept. 1. 313. . ` 
Miteila diphylia. Linn. sp. pl. 1. 580. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 1. Hort. 
Kew. 2. 83. ed. 2. 3.73. Gart. sem. 1. 208. t. 44. f. 6. Mich. bor- 
amer. 1. 270. Rob. ic. 80. Lamarck illustr. 1. tab. 373. fig. 1. 
Willd. sp. pl. 9. 659. Schkuhr handb. 1. 375. t. 190. 
Cortusa americana altera, floribus minutìm fimbriatis, Mentz. peg. t. 
10. 
C. americana, spicato flore, petalia fimbriatis. Herm. par. 180. 
Sanicnla s, Cortusa indica, flore spicato fimbriato. Dodart mem. 999. 
Herba perennis, pubescens pilis brevibus interspersis tripld longiori- 
bus; caulis semipedals ad dodrantalem, parim supra medium opposito- 
bifolius. Folia cordato-subtrilaba lobis acutangulis, inciso-dentata nist in sins 
baseos ubi integerrima, pilosa, nervosa, subrugosa, radicalia erecta, 2-5, longè 
petiolata, stipulis binis ovato-lanceolatis membranaceis ciliatis cuspidatis suprà 
glabris; caulina superna, subsessilia, uncialia v. magis. Racemus continuus, 
distans foliis, remotiùs multiflorus, sparsus, erectus: fores ( 14-16) par- 
vuli, albidi, pedicellis calyce brevioribus teretibus villosis suffultis bracteâ subæ- 
quali ovato-rotundâ denticulatá glabrâ apice erosá velacuminata. Cal. pubescens, 
scgmentis ovatis cum acuminulo, erectissimis, albicantibus. Cor, albas pet. 
unguiculata ad divisuras calycinas posita, ungues his æquales, ¿ mine ; - 
rotunde v. elliptice, pinnato-multifide lacinulis capillaribus | tam, inclusa 
calyci, ejusque tubo incrassato ad punctum ubi inseruntur. petala circumposita. 
Fil. brevia, subulata, apice inflexa: anth. subrolunde, lutee. Germ. ova- 
tum, conicum, virens, minut? pubescens: stig. 2 obtusa, erquantia stamina. 
Native of North America, where it grows in shady 
laces, near springs, among rocks. Cultivated in 1731 by 
filler, in Chelsea Garden. Perfectly hardy; but loves a 
soft loamy soil and shady situation. Is propagated, by 
parting the root in autumn. Flowers about May. he 
genus belongs to the tribe of Saxifrages. . EE 
A perennial rooted herb, coated with shortish hair of 
unequal lengths. Radical leaves from two to five, with 
