Tellima. SAXIFRAGACEiE. 



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longitudinally splitting clown one side. Petals 5, filiform or capillary, in.sertt.(l in 

 the sinuses of the calyx, recurved, persistent. Stamens 3, inserted in the throat (jf 

 the calyx opi)osite the uppermost and lateral lobes : filaments short : cells of the 

 author confluent into one. Ovary elongated-oblong or clavate, much attenuate at 

 base, above 2-cleft, 1 -celled with 2 parietal placentae: styles slender: stigmas capi- 

 tellate. Capsule obversely sagittate (the base tapering into a stipe partly invested 

 by the withering cleft calyx, &c.), membranaceous, strongly few-veined lengthwise, 

 dehiscent between the diverging equal beaks. Seeds immerous, globose ; the close 

 lirm coat minutely muricate. — A single species. 



1. T. Menziesii, Torr. & Gray. A hispidly pubescent perennial; a foot or two 

 high, with slender creeping rootstocks and some summer runners, and the foliage 

 and inflorescence of a Tiarella or IleucJiera : leaves round-cordate, more or less 

 lobed and crenately toothed, slender-petioled, all alternate, those of the stem 2 to 4 : 

 scarious stipules more or less manifest : loose raceme a span or two long : flowers 

 and capsule nearly half an inch long, greenish or somewhat tinged with purple. — 

 Fl. i. 582. Tiarella Menziesii, Pursh, Fl. i. 313. Heuchera Menziesii, Hook. Fl. 

 i. 237, t. 80. 



Forests of Mendocino Co. (Bolander), and north to Puget Sound. Propagating freely by ad- 

 ventitious buds, produced at the apex of the petioles of the radical leaves, and rootiug when these 

 fall to the ground. 



5. TELLIMA, R. Brown. 

 Calyx campanulate or turbinate, 5dobed ; the base of the tube coherent with tlie 

 base or lower half of the ovary , the short triangular lobes valvate in the bud. 

 Petals 5, inserted in the throat or sinuses of the calyx, laciniate-pinnatifid, 3-7- 

 lobed, or entire, distant and sometimes involute in the bud. Stamens .10, short, 

 included: anthers 2-celled. Ovary short, 1-celled, "wdth 2 or 3 parietal placentae: 

 styles 2 or 3, very short . stigmas capitate. Capsule conical, either all but the base 

 or only the upper half free, slightly 2 - 3-beaked, opening between the beaks. Seeds 

 very numerous, and with a close coat. — Perennials (all W. North American) ; with 

 round-cordate and toothed or palmately divided chiefly alternate leaves, few on the 

 simple stems, their petioles M'ith stipuledike dilatations at l)ase, and the flowers in a 

 simple terminal raceme ; petals white, Avhitish, or pink. — Benth. & Hook. Gen. 

 PI. i. 637. Tellima & Lithojjhragma (Nutt.), Torr. k Gray, Fl. i. 583. 



§ 1. Petals laciniate-pinnatifid, sessile ivith a broad base, small : sti/les and placendr 

 generally 2 : plant and the {didl-colored) floivers proportionalli/ large. — 

 EuTELLiMA. (Tellima, R. Brown.) 



1. T. grandiflora, Dougl. A foot or two high, from short and rather stout 

 tufted rtxitstocks, hirsute or pubescent : leaves rounded-cordate and more or less 

 lobed, 2 to 4 inches in diameter : calyx inflated-campanulate, from a quarter to 

 nearly half an inch long, enclosing the short three-fourths free capsule : seeds short- 

 oblong, minutely rugose. — Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 1178. Mitella grandifinra, Pui-sh. 



"Woods, from Santa Cruz Co. nortlnvard, extending to Alaska. 



§ 2. Petals 2)(dmateli/ 3 - 1 -cleft or sometimes entire, on a slender claw, large for the 

 size of the fiou'er, bright tvhite or rose-color: sti/les and placentce commonly 3 : 

 stem and rootstock slender. — Lithophragma, Nutt. 



* Petals {ivhite or nearly so) with the limb merely 3-lobed or entire, dilafid : radical 

 leaves undivided and round-reniform : no qrain-like bulhlets on the roofstnrh. 



