148 White to Green and Brown Flowers 



The Mitrewort is one of the few absolutely green flowers 

 that grow in the mountains; it derives its name of Mitella, 

 or Bishop's Cap, from the form of the seed-pod. It differs 

 from Nancy-over-the-ground, first, in that its blossoms are 

 much more fragile and green, and secondly, in that it is 

 more leafy and is covered with tiny hairs. 



Mitella nuda, or Bishop's Cap, has a stoloniferous stem. 

 The leaves are circular and deeply cordate at the base, bluntly 

 toothed at the edge, and covered on both sides with scat- 

 tered hairs. The greenish flowers are similar to those of 

 the preceding species. 



Mitella pentandra, or Five-stamened Mitrewort, has 

 leaves which are circular in outline, but usually three-to-five 

 lobed and unequally toothed at the edge. The flowers have 

 a bell-shaped calyx with very short lobes and compound 

 petals. The five stamens are placed opposite the petals. 



Mitella trifida, or Alpine Mitrewort, is sparingly covered 

 with coarse white hairs, and the flowers grow in a one-sided 

 cluster, each tiny stalk being subtended by a white bract. 

 Both the bell-shaped calyx and the three-toothed petals are 

 white. 



MARSH GRASS OF PARNASSUS 



Parnassia montanensis. Saxifrage Family 



Stems: bearing one clasping ovate leaf. Leaves: ovate, petioled, 

 obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base. Flowers: elliptic, few-veined; 

 petals five ; stamens numerous, in clusters at the base of each petal. 



Why "Grass," and why " of Parnassus"? Assuredly 

 the traveller will be surprised when he finds what kind of 

 flower bears this exceedingly unsuitable name, for the Grass 

 of Parnassus is like a delicate white buttercup, the veins in 

 its petals being strongly marked, and numerous stamens 



