422 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



fixed, 2-dymous or subsagittate introrse 2-rimose. Germen im- 

 mersed in receptacle, 1 -celled ; placentas 2, or more rarely 3, parietal 

 broad ; ovules oo ; styles 2, 3, short, recurved, stigmatose at apex. 

 Capsule partly superior, cruciately gaping at equal or unequal-lobed 

 apex. Seeds oo , oblong or compressed, smooth outside, hairy or 

 muricate, albuminous. — Annual or perennial herbs ; leaves alternate 

 or opposite, petiolate exstipulate simple crenate ; flowers small 

 axillary or terminal, solitary or in 1- or 2-parous cymes {Europe, 

 Northern and Middle Asia, Temperate North and South America). See 

 p. 327. 



3. Tellima R. Br. — Receptacle subcampanulate, broadly inflated 

 or dilated. Sepals 5, inserted at top of receptacle, valvate. Petals as 

 many, inserted with calyx in throat of receptacle, entire, 3-fid or 

 pinnatifid, sessile or unguiculate, afterwards reflexed or revolute. 

 Stamens 10, 2-seriate, inserted with perianth, small included; 

 anthers introrse 2-celled. Germen at base adnate to receptacle, half 

 superior, 1 -celled ; styles 2, or more rarely 3, short, stigmatose at 

 angulate or thickened apex ; placentas 2, or more rarely 3, parietal 

 oo -ovulated. Capsule partly inferior, included membranous at apex, 

 2, 3-beaked, 2, 3-valved. Seeds oo , small albuminous. — Erect 

 herbs ; leaves alternate lobed or dentate ; stipules 0, or adnate to 

 base of petiole ; flowers nutant in elongate terminal racemes ; pedicels 

 bracteolate {North West America). See p. 327. 



4. Mitella T. — Receptacle shortly and openly cupulate, beyond 

 dilated germen ; sepals 5, inserted in mouth, spreading, imbricate, 

 or finally valvate. Petals 5, inserted in throat, 3-fid or pectinate- 

 pinnatifid elongated slender; lacinise linear-capillary. Stamens 10 

 2-seriate, or 5 sometimes alternating, sometimes {Mitellopsis) opposed 

 to petals ; filaments short ; anthers introrse 2-celled. Germen partly 

 inferior, 1 -celled ; styles 2, short, stigmatose at capitellate apex ; 

 placentas parietal 2, co -ovulate. Capsule exserted at apex, 2-valved. 

 Seeds oo , small, erect, or subtransverse ; testa shining. — Herbs ; 

 rhizome perennial ; leaves cordate, lobed or crenate ; stipules adnate 

 to long petiole ; flowers remote usually secund and nodding, in thin 

 elongated racemes, scapiform, and bare or 1 -leafed at base {North 

 America, North Eastern Asia). See p. 328. 



