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o Caltha (Xuppe) Le 
Perennial herbs with short vertical rootstocks and fascicled stout 
rootS. Leaves mostly basal, rather fleshy, subentire, more or less 
cordate at base. i} lowers solitary or several ona Scapose or leafy stem, 
Sepals petaloid, in ours white or pink, 5-15 in two series. Fetals 
wanting, stamens numerous, Carpels several, forming follicles in fruit. 
le Co leptosepala DC. Marsh liarigold, 
Leaves all basal, petioles 6-12 
cm. long, rather stout, blades suborbicular to oval, 3-6 om, long, 
glabrous, the lobes rounded, overlapping, sinuately dentate-crenate, the 
teeth commonly callous-tinpeds; peduncle stout, 5-15 om, long; sepals 8-10, 
oblong, 8-12 mm. long, 2.5-4 m, wide, the inner narrower; stamens 3-4 ms 
tall, yellow, the filaments subequal to or longer than the anthers, and 
somewha’ narrower; pistils 4-6, erect, distincts follicles spreading, 
about 12 mm, long, shortly Stipitate, beaked by the persistent style, 
Rare in sphagnum bogs at high elevations. Snov Peak, 6000 fte; 
near Oxford -:. Se, 50U0 ft. 
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