A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED 
BY DR. F. E. BLAISDELL AT NOME CITY, ALASKA. 
ALICE EAasTWOOD. 
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SAXIFRAGACEAE. 
____ $3. CurysospLentum TETRANDRUM Fries. Bot. Not. 193.— 
Leaves reniform, crenately 5-lobed: flowers green, inconspicu- 
ous: in fruit. the carpels separate, showing the tiny red seeds, 
tach of which is fastened to the walls of the capsule by a slender, 
Very short funiculus. The entire plant is perfectly smooth and 
: less than 14 high 
oe Comparison made from description by Dr. J. N. Rose, in Bot. GAZ. 23: 275. 
a 84. Parnassia KotzEBue1 Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 1: 549. 
1826.—Scapes’6— 15°" high, slender, usually witha cauline leaf near 
ps base : leaves clustered at base, ovate to orbicular, on petioles 
Once or twice the length of the blade (that on the stem leaf very 
wes Sepals oblong, a little shorter than the petals: petals — 
 3-$-nerved, elliptical: stamens with filaments varying in 
: Shorter than the petals; anthers orbicular, notched at a 
) : deeply so at base : staminodia yellow, 3-5 united, se : . 
, he base of each petal: capsule surpassing the per i 
‘floral organs ; stigma sessile, of four spherical lobes. _ : ee 
are eal “In insula Unalaschka ad Sinus bonae spei, Escholtzit et | 
. 
& ARNASSIA PALUSTRIS L. Sp. Pl. 273. 1753.—Scape slen- 
ins igh, with one cauline leaf below the middle, sessile - 
i Clasping: radical leaves on slender petioles, orbicular- eS 
. °€, usually cordate at base: sepals : linear-oblong, — 
_ Pped, half shorter than the petals: petals sessile, broadly 
te; 5-veined, obtuse or emarginate at apex: stami- 
“¢ and unguiculate ; stamens with filaments va ying 
