1 IC. SAXIKKACACK-K. (sAXIKKAfiK KAMII.Y.) 



6. TTARELLA, L. Talsi: Miikk-wuut. 



Calvx campamilate, iieuih' free frmii llic miin, o-iiartetl. Petals 5, entire. 

 Stamens 10. Stvle.-f 2. ('ap.^uli- iiKMiil)iaiiar"i)iis, 2-valved, the valves very 

 uneiiual, 1 -tcUid, few-seeiled. Seod.s ^ioltular, smooth. — IVreiinial iierlw, 

 witli seai)e-like stems, chiefly radical and peUided leaves, and small racemose 

 flowers. 



1. T. COrdifolia, L. Leaves round-cordate, crenately or acutely lobed 

 and tootlicil, hairy aliove, puhescent l)cneatii, on long hairy petioles; scape 

 (6'- 12' iiigli), naked, or bearing 1 -2 alternate leaves aliove the inid<lle; j-a- 

 cemes simple or branched, mauy-Howered ; petals oblong, white or purplish. 

 — Kocky woods and banks along the mountains. April - May. 



7. MITELLA, Tourn. Mitre-wokt. 



Calvx coherent with the ba.se of the ovary, 5-cleft. Petals 5, pinnatifid. 

 Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule 2-beaked, 1 -celled, 2-valved at the apex, 

 manv-seeded. Seeds smooth, borne on two parietal placeuta;. — Pereunial 

 herbs, with broadly cordate and lobed leaves, aud small flowers iu a terminal 

 raceme. 



1. M. diphylla, L. Hairy; radical leaves cordate, acute, coarsely ser- 

 rate and slightly 3-lobed, ou long petioles ; stem leaves 2, opposite, sessile ; 

 raceme slender, loosely many-flowered. — Shady woods, on the niouutaius of 

 North Carolina. ]\Iay. — Stem 6'- 12' high. Flowers white. 



8. CHRYSOSPLENIUM, Tourn. Golden Saxifrage. 



Calvx tube coherent with the ovary, 4-5-lobed ; the lobes obtuse and yel- 

 low within. Petals none. Stamens 8-10, very .«!hort, inserted on a conspic- 

 uous disk. Styles 2. Capsule very short, 2-lobed, 1-celled, with 2 yiarietal 

 placentje, 2-valved at the apex, many-seeded. — Smooth succulent herbs, with 

 roundish leaves, and solitary greenisli flowers. 



1. C. Americanum, vSchweinitz. Stems pro.stratc, forking; leaves 

 mostly opjiosite, roun<lish, slightly lobed ; flowers in the forks of the stem. — 

 Cold and shady banks of streams, on the mountains. April -May. % — 

 Stems 4' - 6' long. 



9. ITEA, L. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, free from the ovary. Petals 5, lanceolate. 

 Stamens 5, shorter than the petals. Styles 2, united. Capsule 2 celled, 2-fur- 

 row-ed, .se]iticidally 2-valved, several-seeded. — A slender branching shrub, 

 with simjile oblong or oval serrate pubescent leaves, and long mostly drooping 

 racemes of white fragrant flow-ers terminating the branches. 



1. I. Virginica, L. — Swam])S and wet banks. May- June. — Shrub 

 4° - 10° high. Leaves 1 V - .3' long. 



10. HYDRANGEA, Gronov. 



Calyx tube hemispherical, 8-10-ribbed, coherent with the ovary; the limb 

 4 - .5-toothed, persistent. Petals ovate, valvate in the bud. Stamens 8-10, 

 filiform. Capsule crowned with the two diverging styles, 2-celled, many-.seeded, 



