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Parnassus, on which a plant called Grass of Parnassus was said 
by Diotcorides to grow. Toum.) 
* **• * aroliiiifcna, Michx. Petals sessile, more than twice 
ih<* length of the calyx, many-veined; abortive filaments 3 in each 
distinct almost to the base (with yellow glandular tips).— 
^ • i hank*, New Lngl to Michigan. July. —Leaves thickish, ovate 
or n umled, sometimes heart-shaped, usually but one on the stalk, 
w down and clatping. Stalk 8' -18' high. Flower V broad. 
J l> ' P»luMris Petals sessile, rather longer than the 
P T *’ * 4 ® rt * r< filaments 9-13 in each set, slender.— 
pper .Mich.gsn; and to be sought elsewhere along our northern bor- 
® m. Stalks 3'-8' high. Leaves all heart-shaped. 
Ordek 18. IIYPERICACiLE. (St. John’s-wort Fam.) 
Herbs or shrubs. Kith opposite entire doited leaves and 
*° regular hypogynous flowers, the petals convolute 
111 ’ ° rfeW S ‘ amenS CoUecled in 3 «* more 
IZT Z P ° d hcelhd With 2 " 5 Varietd pla- 
^ ^ ^-celled by the meeting of 
. tn * •• deh ^ence septicidal. - Sepals 
T " the ^ Petals 4 o 5 
nKMlv deciduous. Pod2-5- (rarely 6-7-) lobed whh ’ 
T" 9,y,eS ’ WhicH ^ 31 first "^time's unLd’ 
** »ith pellucid or dark Wands" 10 ^ !" aCnd Juice > dot * 
1 \* (tn Synopsis, 
3 ^paUr^PetoU5 al ‘ob| PCta,S4 ’ 0bli<lUe,yellow - 
3 Etooas. Sepal, 5 P.,.? * ° bhque > y e| low. 
pi... ah ^ 3 
smaller p . ° Uter Tery broa d and leaf-like • the • 
die fikm P * 4 ’ ° bl ' que ’ ver y deciduous St ’ h mner mUCh 
*-laments m clusters, but scarcelvf , Staraens numerous; 
1-celled, 2-3- (rarely^ 4 Z “ at the ba ^- 
" <1 l ®»«d Peart, solitary 
