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TELLIMA* grandifldra. 



Large-flowered Tellima. 



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DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 





Nat. ord. Saxifrageje. 



TELLIMA R. Brown. — Calyx conicus, inflatus, semisuperus, 5-den- 

 tatus. Petala 5, lacinlata. Stamina decern. Styli 2. Stigmata angulata. 

 Capsula semisupera, vestita, unilocularis, apice bivalvis, placentis parietalibus 



polyspermis. Herbse (^Americce septentrionalis) percnnesj semper virentes. 



Folia long^ petiolatay lohata. Flores racemosij hcrbacei. 



T, grandijiora. Douglas journ. ined. 



Mitella grandiflora. Purshfi. Am, sept. 1. 314. Spreng. syst. 2. 361. 



Herba sempennrens, acaulis, radicibus fibrosis, fasciculatis. Folia 

 subrotundo-cordata, subquinqueloba , dentata, succulenta, plana, pilosius- 

 cula, longe petiolafa, petiolis villosis. Scapi 2-pedales, erectly foliosi, 

 pilosi, apice racemosi. Racemi secundi, Bractese minutce, squamiformes. 

 Flores herbacei, f(£num novum leviter olentes* Calyx semisuperus, parte 

 adherente ohconico pubescente ; liberd inflatd, ovata, 5-dentatd. Petala 

 laciniata, inter denies calycis inserta. Stamina 10, cequalia, inclusa, calycis 

 fauce infrcL petala inserta. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium semisuperum, 

 ovatum, bilobum, placentis duabus parietalibus polyspermis in parte su- 

 periors tantum, Styli duo. Stigmata simplicia, subcapitata^ angulata. 

 Capsula membranacea, semisupera, unilocularis , apice bivalvis; placentis 

 duabus parietalibus. Semina parva, fusca, testd cartilagined extus reticu- 

 lata ; embryo in axi albuminis carnosi, radiculd hilo oppositd. 



A hardy perennial plant, found originally by Mr 



Menzies on the north-west coast of North America 

 and subsequently discovered by Mr. Douglas in the same 

 country, in the midst of dense shady woods, growing 

 among Hypnum, near streams, and sent to the Horticul- 

 tural Society in 1826. Its flowers appear in April and 

 May : they exhale a faint odour of new hay; and, although 



_ * Tellima appears to be an anagram of Mitella, the genus from whicl 

 this is divided by Mr. Brown. 



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