Vor. II.J SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. 
3. Parnassia Kotzebuei C.&S. Kotzebue’s 
Grass-of-Parnassus. (Fig. 1854.) 
Parnassia Kotzebuei C. & S. Linnaea, t: 549. 1826. 
Scape slender, 3’—7’ high, leafless, or sometimes with a sin- 
gle sessile oval leaf near the base. Basal leaves short-peti- 
oled, membranous, ovate or oval, narrowed or sometimes 
cordate at the base, 3//-12’’ long; flower 4’/—5’’ broad, calyx- 
lobes oblong, equalling or slightly shorter than the elliptic 
white 3-5-veined sessile petals; staminodia 3-5 at the base of 
each petal, rather slender. 
Mt. Albert, Quebec; Labrador, arctic America to Alaska and in 
the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Perhaps not distinct from P. 
parviflora, Summer. 
4. Parnassia palustris IL. Marsh 
or Northern Grass-of-Parnassus. 
(Fig. 1855.) 
Parnassta palustris I. Sp. Pl. 273. 1753. 
Scape slender, 3/-12’ high, bearing a 
elasping ovate leaf below the middle, or 
rarely leafless. Basal leaves slender-peti- 
oled, ovate, obtuse at the apex, usually cor- 
date at the base, 9’’-18’” long; flower 6//— 
12/’ broad; calyx %-% shorter than the 
elliptic few-veined sessile petals; stamino- 
dia 9-15 at the base of each petal, slender. 
In wet places, Newfoundland, Quebec and 
Labrador to the Canadian Rocky Mountains 
and Alaska, south to Minnesota, Michigan, 
and in the Rocky Mountains to Wyoming. 
Also in Europe and Asia. July—Sept. 
5. Parnassia parviflora DC. Small- 
flowered Grass-of-Parnassus. 
(Fig. 1856.) 
Parnassia parviflora DC. Prodr. 1: 320. 1824. 
Scape 4/-12’ high, very slender, usually bearing 
a clasping oval leaf at about the middle. Basal 
leaves petioled, oval or ovate, narrowed at the base, 
not cordate, 6’/-12’’ long; flower 4//-8’’ broad; 
sepals equalling or somewhat shorter than the 
elliptic sessile petals; staminodia 5-7 at the base of 
each petal, slender. 
In wet places, Quebec to Labrador and the Pacific 
Coast, south to Minnesota, Michigan, and in the Rocky 
Mountains to Wyoming. July-Sept. 
