136 Saxifragaceae 



Flowering branches 6-15 inches 

 Tiarella 



unifoliata hi h ' i-4-leaved. Leaves broad- 

 Hook, ly cordate, coarsely 3~5-lobed 

 Foam with broadly ovate-acute lobes, 

 doubly crenate with mucronate 

 teeth; stem leaves short- petioled, basal, on 

 petioles 2-6 inches long. Flowers in a narrow 

 panicle ; sepals whitish ovate-oblong, T \ of an 

 inch long, the linear-subulate, white petals 

 and stamens fully three times as long; car- 

 pels oblong- acute, nearly half an inch long 

 in fruit. 



Abundant in damp rich woods throughout 

 the region often- times carpeting the ground ; 

 flowering in June, 



Light yellowish-green; stems 8- 

 Hemieva 



ranunculi- IO inches high from a rosy- 

 folia bulbous rootstock. Leaves ter- 

 (Hook.) nately divided to the base, the 



middle division broadly wedge- 



Hemieva. 



shaped, |-i inch long, rounded, 

 3-lobed, the lateral ones oblique and 4-lobed ; 

 basal, on petioles 2-4 inches long, stem 



