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HEUCHERA ACERIFOLIA. 



Knglish Name— MAPLELEAF ALUMROOT. 



Frexch Na3I£ — HsvcHEnE Ebable. 

 Ger3IAn Najie — Alaus-vvurzel. 

 Offici>'Al Name — Heuchera radix. 



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VuLUAR Names Alumroot, Sauieley Ground 



Maple,, CliflVeed, Split-rock, &c. 



Authorities for the Genus — Lin, IMich. Purslv 

 Niittal, Eaton, Torrey, EUlotty Dlspens. Murray, 

 Stokes, B. Barton, \V, Barton, Bigelow seq., Zol- 

 lickoffer, Coxe, &c. 



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Genus Heucheha — Calix persistent, canipanulate, 

 five cleft. Five entire equal lanceolate petals inserted 

 oa the calix. Five stamina inserted on the calix. 

 Pistil centra!, free, round, cleft, t\vo styles. Capsule 

 bifid, bilocular, many seeded. Leaves radical, coy- 

 flute Gnd Jagged, with radiating- lierveSy scape wilU 

 a ter7ninal -panicle o/Jloivers, 



Species H. Acerifolia — Petioles hirsute, leaves 

 smooth, glaucous beneath, acutely five cleft^ unequally 

 toothed, teeth mucronate: scape smooth, panicle elon- 

 gated, laxlflore, minutifiore, petals short, stamina ex- 

 serted. 



DESCRIPTION— Root perennial, yellowish, hori- 

 zontal, crooked, with few fibres. Radical leaves on 

 long petioles, slender and covered with shoi: sL'T 



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