Saxifragaceae 



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glandular-pilose beneath; scapes 20-30 cm. long, glandular- pinnately parted into linear-subulate glandular-dotted seg- 

 pilosulous, many-flowered; calyx-lobes depressed-deltoid, ments; styles 2, short, the stigmas spreading, depressed-globose, 

 acuminate, spreading, with a slightly recurved tip; petals sometimes retuse; seeds not papillose. Apr. Shikoku. 



10. PARNASSIA L. Umebachi-s6 Zoku 



Glabrous perennial herbs; leaves radical, long-petiolate, orbicular-cordate, entire; stems scapiform, unbranched, angled, 

 1-flowered, naked to several leaved; flowers white, erect; calyx-lobes 5; petals 5; stamens 5, alternate with the staminodes; ovary 



superior or subinferior, 1-locular; style very short; capsules loculicidally dehiscent, 3- to 4-valved; seeds many. More than 10 



species, in the temperate to northern regions of the N. Hemisphere. 



lA. Stems 2- to 8-lcaved; petals fimbriate; staminodes 3-fid, the lobes terminating in a globose gland 1. P. joliosa 



IB. Stems I -leaved; petals entire. 



2A. Flowers large, 2-2.5 cm. across; staminodes digitately cleft into many filiform segments, each ending in a globose gland; anthers 



grayish white; pollen pale yellow 2. P. paluslris 



2B. Flowers small, 8-10 mm. across; staminodes 3- to 5(-7)-cleft, the lobes subulate, obtuse, not gland-tipped; anthers dark gray; pollen 

 dark brown 3. P. alpicola 



1. Pamassia foliosa Hook. f.& Thorns, var. nummularia ing; flowers 2-2.5 cm. across, white; petals broadly ovate to 



(Maxim.) T. Ito. P. iitimmnlaria Maxim. Shira-hige-s6. elliptic, scarcely clawed at base, rounded at apex; anthers 



Glabrous green perennial; stems several, tufted, 15-30 cm. broadly ovoid, 2-3 mm. long, the staminodes 12- to 22-cleft; 



long; leaves deeply cordate, rounded, mucronate, 15-30 mm. capsules 10-12 mm. long, broadly ovoid. Aug.-Oct. Wet 



in diameter; radical leaves long-petiolate, the cauline sessile places; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Temperate 



and clasping; flowers 2-2.5 cm. across; petals ovate, fimbriate, and northern regions of the N. Hemisphere. 



distinctly clawed at base; anthers about 1.5 mm. long, the Var. tenuis Wahlenb. P. palustris var. alpina Drude 



filaments spreading in anthesis. Aug.-Sept. Wet places in Ko-umebachi-s6. Small alpine phase with 9- to 11-cleft 



mountains; Honshu (centr. distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyu- staminodia. Alpine regions of Hokkaido and Honshu 



shu. (centr. distr.). Cold regions and high mountains of the 



Var. japonica (Nakai) Ohwi. P. japonica Nakai; P. yud- Old World. 



zuruana T. Ito 0-shir.\-hige-s6. Plants larger than in 3. Pamassia alpicola Makino. P. simplex Hayata 



the preceding with leaves to 6 cm. across, the flowers 3-3.5 Hime-umebachi-s6. Small perennial; stems 1-leaved, 5-15 



cm. across, the petals about 15 mm. long, the staminodes about cm. long, solitary or few together; leaves reniform-orbicular, 



5 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Wet places in mountains; Hon- 7-15 mm. long and as wide, the radical ones long-petiolate, 



shu (Mount Togakushi and Mount Ontake in Shinano). the cauline sessile and clasping; flowers white, 8-10 mm. 



2. Pamassia palustris L. P. miicronata Sieb. & Zucc. across; petals 4-6 mm. long, ovate or oblong, entire, with dis- 



Umebachi-s6. Glabrous perennial with short rhizomes; tinct ascending claws at base; anthers orbicular, about 0.5 mm. 



stems 10-50 cm. long, 1-leaved, usually few together; leaves long, the staminodes shordy 3- to 8-cleft; capsules broadly 



orbicular-cordate, sometimes broadly ovate, 15-35 mm. long ovoid, 5-6 mm. long. Aug. Wet places in alpine regions; 



and nearly as wide, rounded to obtuse, sometimes subacute, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.) ; rare. 



the radical leaves long-petiolate, the cauline sessile and clasp- 



11. SCHIZOPHRAGMA Sieb. & Zucc. Iwagarami Zoku 



Scandent deciduous woody vines climbing by means of aerial roots; leaves opposite, long-petiolate, simple, usually toothed, 

 exstipulate; inflorescence corymbose, some of the marginal flowers neutral and one of tlie sepals large and petallike, the bisexual 

 flowers small, many, 4- to 5-merous; calyx-teeth small, deltoid; petals 5, caducous; stamens 10; style columnar, short, thickened, 

 the stigma 4- to 5-lobed, capitate; ovary nearly inferior; capsules narrowly obconical, 10-ribbed, splitting between die ribs; seeds 

 small, linear, many. Few species, in e. Asia. 



1. Schizophragma hydrangeoides Sieb. & Zucc. Iwa- sexual flowers narrowly ovate, about 2 mm. long, caducous; 



GARAMi. Stems or branches to 10 m. or more long; leaves capsules 6-8 mm. long inclusive of a rather elongate style, 



suborbicular to broadly ovate, 5-12 cm. long and as much longitudinally ribbed. June-July. Woods and thickets in 



wide, abruptly short-acuminate, rounded to cordate, coarsely mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; rather 



acute-toothed, glabrous above, glaucous and with tufts of common. 



axillary hairs or glabrous beneath, the petioles 3-10 cm. long; Var. concolor Hatus. Teriha-iwag.^rami. Leaves green 



inflorescence rather large, densely many-flowered, the enlarged and lustrous on both sides. Kyushu. 



neutral calyx-lobes deltoid-ovate, 2-3 cm. long; petals of bi- 



12. DEINANTHE Maxim. Gimbai-s6 Zoku 



Coarse perennial herbs with creeping woody rhizomes; stems erect, leafy; leaves opposite, rather large, pctiolate, coarsely 

 hirsute, broadly obovate, toothed, membranous, usually bilobed; inflorescence a terminal corymb, the marginal flowers often 

 neutral, the bisexual flowers white, the bracts persistent; calyx-tube short, obconical, the lobes rather large, persistent; petals 5, 

 imbricate in bud, obovate, deciduous; stamens very many, inserted on the margin of the disc; ovary subinferior, imperfecdy 

 5-locular; style solitary, grooved; capsules subsuperior, subglobose, deflexed; seeds many, small, with a short taillike wing at 

 each end. Two species, in e. Asia. 



