7 Trollius L. Globe Flower. 
Low pereniials from short rootstocks. Leaves basal and cauline, 
palmately divided, the basal leaves long-petioled, the cauline sessile, 
subtending the flower, both sheathing at the base. Flower solitary on 
& short peduncle. Sepals 5-15, petal-like. Petals 5-8, shorter than 
the stamens. Stamens numerous. Pistils several. Fruit a cluster of 
follicles. 
1. T. laxus Salisb. var.albiflorus Gray. —-——>Stems 10-40 cm. tall, 
; - the old leaf bases persis- 
tent; leaves and stems from a sheathing scale 2-4 cm. long, the lowest 
cauline leaf frequently scale-like; basal leaves sheathing at the base, 
commonly 2 blades pentagonal in outline, 5- 
lobed to the base, the lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse or wedge-shaped, 2-3e> 
lobed to the middle, irregularly serrate above the middle, the teeth 
apiculate, stem leaves 2, alternate or appearing nearly opposite _-shomeiy > 
i bere ; ‘peduncle 
5-5 Cme long, 15-20 cm. in fruit, erect; sepals 5-8, 2-2.5 cme long, sordid 
white, spreading, obovate or oblanceolate, obtuse; petals oblong, 5 mm. long; 
anthers linear, 2 mm. long, on hair-like filaments; follicles 15-20, erect, 
about 1 cm. long, lightly joined at the base, the stubby persistent style 
recurving somewhat; seeds 1.5 ma. long, oblong~elliptical, lightly rugose 
longitudinally, black. ——__y(f. albiflorus :ydb.). 
Frequent in marshy ground near snowbanks and along subalpine streams; 
blooms very early. 
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