WHITE 



Steinbrech — stonebreak — the Germans appropriately entitle this 

 little plant, which bursts into bloom from the minute clefts in 

 the rocks and which has been supposed to cause their disintegra- 

 tion by its growth. The generic and common names are from 

 saxujH — a rock, diVid /range re — to break. 



FOAM-FLOWER. FALSE MITRE-WORT. 



Tiarella cordifolia. Saxifrage Family. 



Stem. — Five to twelve inches high ; leafless, or rarely with one or two 

 leaves. Leaves. — From the rootstock or runners ; heart-shaped ; sharply 

 lobed. Flcnvers. — White; in a full raceme. Calyx. — Bell-shaped; five- 

 parted. Cprolla. — Of five petals on claws. Stamens. — Ten ; long and slen- 

 der. Pistil. — One, with two styles. 



Over the hills and in the rocky woods of April and May the 

 graceful white racemes of the foam-flower arrest our attention. 

 This is a near relative of the Mitella or true mitre-wort. Its 

 generic name is a diminutive from the Greek for turban, and is 

 said to refer to the shape of the pistil. 



MITRE-WORT. BISHOP'S CAP. 



[PI. Vill 

 Mitella diphylla. Saxifrage Family. 



6'/(?;;/.--Six to twelve inches high ; hairy ; bearing two opposite leaves. 

 Leaves. — Heart-sjhaped ; lobed and toothed ; those of the stem opposite and 

 nearly sessile, /^/(ttcwj. — White ; small; in a slender raceme. Calyx. — 

 Short ; five-cleft. Corolla. — Of five slender petals which are deeply incised 

 Stamens. — Ten; short. PistiL — One, with two styles. 



The mitre-wort resembles the foam-flower in foliage, but 

 bears its delicate, crystal-like flowers in a more slender raceme. 

 It also is found in the rich woods, blossoming somewhat later. 



LARGER WHITE TRILLIUM. 



TriUiiim ^randijlontiii. Lily Family. 



.9/^,;/. — Stout ; from a tuber-like root stock. L^ea7>es. — Ovate ; three in a 

 whorl, a short distance below the flower. Flo7vcr. — Single ; terminal ; large; 

 white, turning pink or marked with green. Calyx. — Of three green, spread- 

 ing sepals. Corolla. — Of three long pointed petals. Stamens, — Six. Pis- 



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