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MITELLA PENTANDRA. FiIvrE-sTAMENED 
~ MYTeELLA. 
CO eS a ie 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. —Saxirracesx. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus, superus. Pet. 5, pinnatifida. Stam. nunc 
: Stigmata 2, sessilia. “Capsula unilocularis, bivalvis, 
obtusa. 
Specific Character. 
Mrreria * pentandra ; pubescenti -scabra, foliis cordato- 
lobatis crenatis, floribus pentandris, filamentis brevis- 
simis, stigmatibus bilobis. 
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. Descr. Root perennial, oblique, rather thick, and throw- 
ms-out numerous, branched jibres, bearing, at its upper 
_ €xtremity, many leaves, all of them radical, and inter- 
_ Spersed with many brown, ovate, shining, membranaceous 
_ Scales. ~The form of these leaves is cordate ; they are lobed 
_ atthe margin, with from five to seven rounded, crenated, 
_ & crenato-serrated lobes, having many scattered, or rather 
Mgid hairs. Petioles generally longer than the leaves, 
Somewhat hispid. Among the leaves, there arise from the 
foot also, many flower-stalks or scapes, four or five times 
 Snger than the leaves, erect, slender, downy at the base, 
and here and there below the middle, having a few brown, 
Concave scales. Flowers in racemes, which are erect, ie 
the 
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From mitra, amitre ; the two-valved capsule bearing some resemblance 
0 little mitre. 
