Saxifragacese 133 



f-2 inches in diameter, rounded, crenate or 

 lobed, on petioles 1-3 inches long. Flowers 

 few, in a loose raceme, saucer-shaped : calyx 

 about J of an inch broad, greenish-yellow; 

 petals spreading about twice as long as 

 the sepals, greenish-yellow, pinnately divided 

 into thread-like divisions, resembling snow 

 crystals in form. 



Common in the cool woods and shaded 

 mossy bogs throughout the Rockies; flower- 

 ing in June. 



Flowering branches scape-like, 

 Pectiantia 



pentandra 4-12 inches high, naked. Leaves 

 (Hook.) broadly crenate with 9-11 more 



Rydb. or i ess distinc,t round lobes, 



Mitrewort. . , . 1-1 i 1 , 



thin, 1-2 \ inches broad on peti- 

 oles, 2-4 inches long. Flowers J of an inch . 

 broad in a slender loose raceme, green or 

 often purplish inside; sepals broadly tri- 

 angular-ovate, obtuse, and recurved; petals 

 yellowish, deeply cut into slender thread- 

 like divisions, twice as long as the calyx; 

 stamens 5, opposite the petals. 



