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2 Stamens 5 
4 Placentae axial 
(, Tender plants 15-30 om. tall ,the rootstocks small, 
/O bearing small bulblets 
@ Flowers white, 15-20 or more; styles 2 9. Hemieva, 
@ Flowers violaceous, 2-5, rarely more; style Y Suksdorfia : 
|, “stout plants 60-90 om. tall with stout 
elongated rootstocks -20 /O. Boykinia 
10 4 fh 5 ae sleaves commonly 10 20 /C moyen 
. 4 Placentae parietal or appearing basal 
(, Petals palmately or pinnately divided into 
linear lobes, mostly longer than the sepals; 
, ( capsule appearing as a shallow cup when 
open ' Mitella 
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Petals entire, /shorter than the Sepals, some- 
times wanting; capsule appearing as an 
10 ovoid cup when open |. Heuchera 
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I, Parnassia (Tourn.)L. Grass of Parnassuse 
Glabrous, somewhat fleshy herbs, pesemeie? from short rootstocks. 
Leaves basal, long petioled. Flowers solitary on slender scapes. Sepals 
and petals 5, the latter conspicuously veined. Stamens 5, alternate with 
glandular, staminodia. Ovary superior or nearly so, with commonly four 
stigmas and as many placentae, forming a l- capsule, loculicidal towards : 
the apex. chambered ' 
1. P. fimbriata Koenig. Seres=ot- Par —feremmiaic) 
0-50 cm. tall » *Peetetock -rabher-ciondeg; leaves NUNCTOUS im~R~besebetudie, the 
blades kidney-shaped, incurved, entire, commonly 2.5-4 cm. broad, on petioles 
10-15 cm. long; scapes usually several, each bearing a cordate sessile leaf» 
above the middle; sepals oblo 
united at the base to form short hypanthium; petals oblong-obovate, 10-12 mm. 
long, veins about 7, margins conspicuously fringed below the middles stamens 
about half the length of the petals, filaments dilated at the base, erect prior 
to anthesis then lying flat, staminodia palmately lobed, green, conspicuous; 
pistil ovate, superior, the stigmas sessile, placentae usually 4; capsule 
subglobose, about 9 mm. long. ; 
Particularly along mossy subalpine streams and in subalpine meadows but 
ranging throughout our region from 3000-6500 feet or more. 
ng, 4-5 mm. long, obtuse, membraneus on the margin, 
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