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THE FLORA. 



inserted on the throat of the calyx. Stamens 5 or 10, included. Styles 

 2, very short. Capsule short, 2-beaked, 1-celled, 2-valved. — H Small, 

 slender herbs, with roundish, lobed, and cordate leaves, mostly from the 

 root. Flowers small, in a slender raceme. N. 



1 M. diphyria. Scape 12-20' high, with 2 opposite leaves nearly sessile, and many 



white flowers above with curiously cleft petals. Mai/, June. (See Fig. 477.) 



2 M. nu'da. Scape leafless, thread-like, 5-7 'high, few-flowered. Ma?/, June. 



Both species send out runners from the base. 



2. TIAEELXA. False Mitrewort. Gem-fruit 



Calyx 5 -parted, lobes obtuse- 

 Petals 5, entire, the claws in- 

 serted on the calyx. Stamens 

 10, exserted. Styles 2. Cap- 

 sule 1-celled, 2-valved, 1 valve 

 much larger. — U Fls. white. 

 KM. 



T. cordifo'lia. Scape about 10' 

 high, sometimes bearing a leaf, 

 the flowers white in all their 

 parts, forming a cylindrical ra- 

 ceme. In rocky woods, with 

 the Mitrewort., very common at 

 the North. May, June. 



3. PHILADELTHUS. False 

 Syringa. 



Calyx 4-5-parted, tube ad- 

 herent to the ovary, persistent. 

 Corolla 4-5-petaled. Styles 4, 

 more or less united. Stamens 

 20-40, shorter than the petals. 

 Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved, 

 many-seeded. — Handsome 

 flowering shrubs, with opposite 

 leaves. Petals convolute in 

 the bud. 



Fig. 4S2. "Eadiant" panicle of Oak-leaved Ilydran 

 gca; the larger flowers neutral. 



