LiTHOPHRAGMA. SAXIFRAGACE7E. 683 



ovate, veined. Petals filifonn, much lonn;er than the lobes of the calyx, 

 very slightly dilatcil and flattened toward ihe summit. AntlierH peltate and 

 4-lobcd after tlie emission of the jMillen. Ovary pubescent. CapsuU; tsub- 

 stipitate, emerijin;^ during its growth from the lis>ure in llie persistent r alvx- 

 tube, which partly surrounds iis base. — Tlie Tulmiea of II(j<jker being iden- 

 tical with the earlier-published Cladothamnus of JJongard, we have dedicat- 

 ed this well-marked genus, as we consider it, to Mr. Tolmie, the surgeon of 

 the Hudson's Bay Com])any at Puget Sound; in order that his name, like 

 that of Men/ies, Douglas, Drummond, and .Scouler, may be permanently 

 associated with the plants of the region in which \iiey have all made so 

 many interesting discoveries. 



6. TELLIMA. R. Br. in Richards, appx. p. 53; Lindl. hot. reg. t. 1178. 



Tellima § Amilleta, Endl. 



Calyx campanulate, obconic and coherent with the ovary at the bjtse, 

 free and inflated above, 6-toothed : aestivation valvate. Petals 5, inserted in 

 the throat of the calyx, laciniate-pinnatifid, sessile. Stamens 10, included: 

 filaments sliort : anthers ovate, i-cclled. Styles 2, short, distinct : stigmas 

 capitate, obscurely 3-lobsd. Capsule 1-cellcd, with 2 parietal many-seeded 

 placentae, 2-beaked, opening (prematurely ?) between the beaks. Seeds 

 horizontal. — A perennial herb, with roundish-cordate palmately-lobed incise- 

 ly toothed leaves ; the cauline ones similar, 2-4, alternate : petioles somewhat 

 stipuliform at tlie base. Flowers large, in an elongated simple somewhat 

 spicate raceme. Petals small, greenish. Pedicels nodding in flower, at 

 length erect. Bracts minute. 



— r. grandijlora (Dougl.) — Lindl. ! I. c. ; DC. ! prodr. 4. p. 49 ; Bon gar d ! 

 veg. Sifcha, I. c. p. 139 ; Hook.! fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 239. Mitella grandi- 

 flora, Pursh ! fl. 1. p. 314. Tiarella alternifolia, Fisch. ! in DC. I. c. 



Shady woods, N. W. Coast, Menzies ! Eschschollz J Siteha, Bon gar d ! 

 Oregon, Douglas ! Dr. Scouler ! Mr. Tolmie ! Nuttall ! — Stem stout, about 

 2 feet high, and, with the petioles and leaves, somewhat hirsute. Raceme 

 many-flowered. Flowers about half an inch in length and breadth. — We 

 have not examined this plant in a living state ; but in our numerous dried 

 specimens we observe that the ovary, when only half grown, o])ens at the 

 top by a longitudinal fissure, which extends along the inside of the styles 

 quite to the summit, so that these may be laid open. We notice the same 

 thing to some extent in Lithophragma beterophylla. We have not seen the 

 mature fruit. 



7. LITHOPHRAGMA. (Tellima § Lithofragma, Nutt. in jour. acad. 



Philad. 7. p. 26, excl. syn. Mitella trifida.) 

 Tellima § AUetima, Endl. 

 Calyx cyathiform or campanulate, not inflated, coherent with or free from 

 the lower part of the ovary ; the limb short, 5-cleft, valvate in aestivation. 

 Petals 5, inserted in the sinuses of the calyx just below the margin, cunei- 

 form, unguiculate, much exserted, 3-cleft, or rarely entire, deciduous. Sta- 

 mens 10, included, inserted in the throat of the calyx : filaments very short : 

 anthers cordate, 2-celled. Styles 3, short : stigmas obtuse or somewhat di- 



