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PARNASSIA FiMBRIATA. 



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Pentandria Tetragynia. Nat. Ord* Droserace/E. 



Gen. Char. C«/. pentaphyllus. Petala 5. 5*?7/fl'w^5, unguibuspetalo- 



rum oppositae, in setas apice glandulosas (plerumque) desinentes. 

 Stamina 5. Aiithera: postica?. Stigmata 4, sessilia. Capsula 4- 

 valvis, l-Iocularis, val vis medio septifer is* Scmina {XTiMvii^ [DeC.) 



Vavnassla ^mbriata s squamis subpalmatis eglandulosis, petalis busi 



ciliatis, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis reniformibus, caulina 

 cordata sessili. (Tab. XXIIL) 



Parnassia fimbriata. Kon. in Ann. of Bot. v. 1. p. S91. Smith in 



J^ees^ Cycl. Decand. Prodr. v. \. p. 320. . 



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Hab. In ora occidentali Americae Septentrionalis. jD. Menzies. In 



montibus " Roclcy Mountains " dictis. D. Driimmond. 



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Radix horizontalis, subfusiformis, fibrosa, superne basibus petioTorum 



vetustorum vestita. Caulis pedalis ad sequlpedalem, erectus, 

 gracilis, subangulatus, prope vel supra medium, unifoliatus. jFo- 



lia radicalia 3 — 6, longe petiolata, renifor 

 nervosa* caidinum narvum. cordatum. s< 



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solitarius. Calyx S-partitus, vel fere pentaphyllus. Petala 5, 

 alba, obovata, subunguiculata, patentia, nervosa, ad basin pul- 

 cherrime ciliata. SquanKS 5, viridi-flavescentes, fusco-punctat^, 

 petalis opposite, carnosse, cuneatse, apice quinqueloba?, intus 

 linea elevata longitudinal! instructas. Stamina 5, demum pa- 

 tentia : AntherdB oblongo-ovales, pallide flavse, punctat^e. Pistil- 



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lum : Germen ovatum : Bti<imata 4, sessilia. 



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No botanist that I am aware has ever seen this very curious 

 species of Parnassia in a living state, except Mr. Menzies, 

 who had the gratification of discovering it on the north-west 

 coast of America^ and Mr. Drummond^ who more recently 



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found it in the interior, growing in pastures and marshy 

 grounds, on the sides of mountains, particularly near the 

 banks of lakes and rivulets. From a drawing and descrip- 



