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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  (rarely 
  crimson), 
  linear-lanceolate, 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  calyx 
  

   lobes. 
  Boggy 
  ground. 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  virginiensis 
  Michx. 
  EARLY 
  SAXIFRAGE, 
  MAYFLOWER. 
  

   Perennial. 
  Apparently 
  stemless, 
  with 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  spatulate, 
  obovate, 
  

   or 
  wedge-shaped 
  basal 
  leaves, 
  and 
  a 
  scape 
  3-9 
  in. 
  high, 
  which 
  bears 
  

   a 
  dense 
  cluster 
  of 
  small 
  white 
  flowers, 
  becoming 
  at 
  length 
  a 
  panicled 
  

   cyme. 
  Petals 
  white, 
  oblong, 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Rocks 
  and 
  

   dry 
  hillsides 
  N. 
  

  

  H. 
  TIARELLA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  in 
  racemes. 
  Calyx 
  white, 
  5- 
  

   parted, 
  nearly 
  hypogynous. 
  Corolla 
  of 
  5 
  very 
  narrow 
  petals, 
  

   with 
  slender 
  claws, 
  alternating 
  with 
  the 
  calyx 
  lobes. 
  Stamens 
  

   10, 
  springing 
  from 
  the 
  calyx 
  tube 
  and 
  extending 
  outside 
  the 
  

   flower. 
  Styles 
  2, 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  ; 
  ovary 
  1-celled, 
  2-beaked. 
  

   In 
  fruit 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  carpels 
  grows 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  

   other, 
  thus 
  making 
  up 
  the 
  main 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  thin, 
  dry 
  pod, 
  

   which 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  seeds 
  attached 
  near 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

  

  1. 
  T. 
  cordifolia 
  L. 
  FALSE 
  MITERWORT. 
  Stem 
  5-12 
  in. 
  high, 
  

   usually 
  leafless, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  1 
  or 
  2 
  leaves. 
  Rootstock 
  bearing 
  

   runners 
  in 
  summer. 
  Leaves 
  heart-shaped, 
  sharply 
  lobed, 
  the 
  lobes 
  

   with 
  acute 
  or 
  mucronate 
  teeth, 
  somewhat 
  hairy 
  above, 
  downy 
  be- 
  

   ueath. 
  Raceme 
  short 
  and 
  simple. 
  Rocky 
  woods, 
  especially 
  N. 
  

  

  HI. 
  HEUCHERA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennials, 
  with 
  a 
  tall 
  scape 
  and 
  roundish, 
  heart-shaped 
  

   basal 
  leaves. 
  Flowers 
  rather 
  small, 
  greenish 
  or 
  purplish, 
  in 
  a 
  

   long 
  panicle. 
  Calyx 
  5-cleft, 
  the 
  tube 
  somewhat 
  perigynous. 
  

   Petals 
  5, 
  small, 
  spatulate, 
  inserted 
  with 
  the 
  5 
  stamens 
  on 
  the 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  calyx 
  tube. 
  Capsule 
  1-celled, 
  2-beaked, 
  splitting 
  

   open 
  between 
  the 
  beaks. 
  

  

  1. 
  H. 
  americana 
  L. 
  COMMON 
  ALUM 
  ROOT. 
  Scapes 
  2-4 
  ft. 
  high, 
  

   rather 
  slender, 
  often 
  several 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  root, 
  hairy 
  and 
  glandu- 
  

   lar. 
  Basal 
  leaves 
  large 
  and 
  long-petioled, 
  abundant, 
  somewhat 
  

   7-lobed. 
  Flowers 
  whitish 
  with 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  purple, 
  in 
  a 
  loose 
  panicle. 
  

   Stamens 
  projecting 
  considerably 
  outside 
  the 
  flower, 
  their 
  anthers 
  

   of 
  a 
  bright 
  terra 
  cotta 
  color. 
  The 
  root 
  is 
  very 
  astringent 
  and 
  is 
  

   somewhat 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  home 
  remedy. 
  Shaded 
  banks, 
  fence 
  rows, 
  and 
  

   thickets 
  ; 
  common 
  W. 
  

  

  