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4 or 5 (or rarely none) ; perigynous. Stamens as many 

 or twice as many as petals, and alternate with them; 

 perigynous. Carpels 2-5, more or less united. Ovary 

 with parietal or axial placentae ; ripening into follicles, 

 a capsule or a berry. 



Herbs; fruit a capsule or follicle. 



Inflorescence paniculate 1. Heucnera. 



Inflorescence racemose. 



Hootstalk scaly 2. Mitella 



Rootstalk bulbif erous 3. Tellium 



Shrubs; fruit a berry 4. Ribes 



1. HEUCHERA. Alum-root. 



Erect or ascending perennial herbs with scaly rootstalks. 

 Leaves all basal: long-petioled and palmately-veined; mostly 

 round-cordate. Flowers small, in a panicle or raceme. Sepals 

 5. Petals 5. entire. Stamens 5, opposite the petals. Styles 2, 

 slender; persisting as beaks of the capsule. Ovary 1; 1-celled, 

 with 2 parietal placentae. 



Stamens and styles included (at least at first) . . 1. H. parvifolin 

 Stamens and styles exserted 2. H. rubescens 



1. H. imrvi folia utahensis (Rydb.) (H. utahensis Rydb.) 

 Leaves round-cordate, crenately 5-7-lobed, the basal lobes 

 usually overlapping; the blades smooth and shining; petioles 

 2-4 inches long. Inflorescence narrow but open, on a naked 

 scape that sometimes reaches a length of 2 feet. Flowers 

 yellowish -green. Sepals triangular. Petals spatulate, slightly 

 shorter than the sepals. Moist mountain-slopes in rich soil, 

 usually in light shade. May-July. 



2. H. rubesocns Torr. Leaves thick; dark green and shining 

 above and often red beneath; 1 inch broad or less; round-cor- 

 date, obscurely 5-lobed, each of the coarsely dentate lobes 

 terminating in a bristle; glabrous or slightly pubescent. 

 Flowers pink or red; panicled. Forming mats in crevices of 

 rocks on vertical cliffs. June-August. 



2. MITELL.A. Mitre-wort. 



Herbs, perennial from a rhizome. Leaves ovate or round- 

 cordate; mostly basal on long petioles. Inflorescence race- 

 mose; scape-like. Flowers small: white or greenish. Calyx 

 5-cleft, partly adherent to the depressed ovary. Petals 5; 

 fringed, toothed or entire. Stamens 5 or 10; included. Styles 

 2, very short. Ovary 1-celled with 2 parietal pla.centae. Seeds 

 many; smooth and shining. 



1. M. violacea Rydb. (M. stenopetala Piper; Ozomelis 

 violacea Rydb.) Rhizome short and thick. Leaves all basal; 

 large and leathery; blades round-cordate, the crenate margins 

 ciliate; obscurely round-lobed; under surface reddish; petioles 

 2-4 inches long. Flowers nearly sessile, borne on one side 

 of the raceme. Sepals whitish. Petals 1% times the length 

 of sepals; 3-cleft, filiform or entire. Stamens 5. Stigmas 

 entire. In shaded places in rich, moist soil near mountain 

 streams. 



