120 SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



heart-shaped, shallowly lobed and toothed, 1 to 3 in. across, 

 on shaggy petioles 2 to 5 in. long. Flowers greenish, small, 

 in narrow graceful racemes 4 to 8 in. long. Petals 5. Ovary 

 mostly inferior, short and broad, becoming a globular capsule 

 which soon opens, exposing the numerous seeds. (Pectian- 

 tia brczveri Rydb.) 



The slenderly lobed, green petals at once distinguish this 

 species since these characters do not recur in any other 

 Yosemite plant. It grows in moist, shady places throughout 

 the Sierra Nevada at altitudes of about 4000 to 8000 ft. 



6. TELLIMA. 

 Ours dainty perennial herbs with slender rootstocks bear- 

 ing bulblets and rounded mostly basal leaves, the few flowers 

 loosely spaced in a terminal raceme. Stipules small, fringed. 

 Petals 5, clawed, much exceeding the sepals. Stamens 10, 

 short. Ovary mostly inferior, 3-valved, 1-celled. (Litho- 

 phragma.) 



1. T. affinis Boland. Woodland Star. Basal leaves long- 

 petioled, roundish, parted into lobed or toothed divisions, Y 

 to 1 in. across; stem-leaves 1 to 4, alternate, parted nearly 

 to base. Flowers white or pinkish, on pedicels mostly longer 

 than the top-shaped calyx. Petals about Y% in. long, irregular- 

 ly cleft into several narrow lobes. Ovary half inferior. 



The stems of this plant are rough with short hairs and 

 commonly 10 to 20 in. high. The leaves are also rough-hairy 

 and often bronze-brown beneath. It grows on moist banks 

 in Yosemite Valley, along Moss Creek, and elsewhere at 

 moderate altitudes. A name by which it is sometimes known 

 is "Star-of-Bethlehem," but that belongs to a species of 

 Ornithogalum, a member of the Lily Family often grown in 

 gardens. 



2. T. scabrella Greene. Basal leaves kidney-shaped, with 

 a broad sinus, Y* to Yi in - across, on petioles *4 to 2 in. long, 

 shallowly lobed, the lobes nearly entire; stem-leaves 1 to 3, 

 alternate, 3-cleft into narrow often toothed lobes. Flowers 

 3 to 6, white, nearly sessile. Petals entire, Ya m - ^ong, includ- 

 ing the claw. Ovary nearly free. 



The slender, minutely roughened stems of T. scabrella are 6 

 to 12 in. high. It is the Sierran representative of T. cymbalaria, 

 of the Coast districts, differing in its more slender habit, 

 smaller size, and very short pedicels. Our species grows at 

 Bridal Veil Falls, near Nevada Falls, and on the McClure 

 Fork of the Merced at 9500 ft. (Jepson), always in moist soil. 



