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campanulate, nearly regtilar, somewhat less than one-fourth of an inch 

 long, five-lobed; petals five, very small, greenish and alternate with the 

 lobes of the calyx which they do not exceed in length. Stamens five, 

 projecting out from the calyx more than one-half their length, anthers 

 orange. 



In dry or rocky woods and banks, Ontario to Connecticut, west to 

 Minnesota, south to Alabama and Louisiana. Flowering from May to 

 August. 



Two-leaved Bishop's Cap; Miterwort 

 Mitella diphylla Linnaeus 



Plate gob 



Stems erect, often several together from a perennial root, S to 17 

 inches high, pubescent, each stem bearing a pair of opposite, sessile or 

 nearly sessile leaves near or above its middle. Basal leaves broadly ovate, 

 cordate at the base, acute or long pointed at the apex, three to five-lobed, 

 toothed, rather rovigh-hairy on both sides, i to 2 inches long. Flowers 

 small, white, rather distant from one another, in a very narrow, elongated, 

 erect raceme, 3 to 8 inches long; calyx tube bell-shaped, five-lobed; petals 

 five, finely pinnatifid. Fruiting capsules one-celled, two-valved at the 

 apex, many seeded, somewhat flattened and broad, seeds smooth, black 

 and shiny. 



In rich woods, Quebec to Minnesota, North Carolina and Missouri. 

 Flowering in April and May. 



In cold woods and bogs of the northern ]3art of the vState occurs a 

 smaller species of Miterwort, M i t e 1 1 a n u d a Linnaeus, with reniform- 

 orbicular, basal leaves and the stems usually without leaves; flowers 

 greenish yellow. Another species, M. oppositifolia Rydberg, has 

 been described from central New York which difters from M. diphylla 

 only in having long-petioled stem leaves, lanceolate calyx lobes and filiform 

 divisions to the petals. 



