208 THE FLORA. 
inserted on the throat of the calyx. Stamens 5 or 10, included. Styles 
2, very short. Capsule short, 2-beaked, 1-celled, 2-valved—2z Small, 
slender herbs, with roundish, lobed, and cordate leaves, mostly from the 
root. Flowers small, in a slender raceme. N. 
1 M. diphyl/la. Scape 12-20’ high, with 2 opposite leaves nearly sessile, and many 
white flowers above with curiously cleft petals. May, June. (See Fig. 477.) 
2 M.nu/da. Scape leafless, thread-like, 5-7’ high, few-flowered. May, June. 
Both species send out runners from the base. 
2. TIAREL’LA. False Mitrewort. Gem-fruit 
Calyx 5-parted, lobes obtuse: 
Petals 5, entire, the claws in- 
serted on the calyx. Stamens 
10, exserted. Styles 2, Cap- 
sule 1-celled, 2-valved, 1 valve 
much larger.—2 Fis. white. 
N. M. 
T. cordifo’lia. Scape about 10’ 
high, sometimes bearing a leaf, 
the flowers white in all their 
parts, forming a cylindrical ra- 
eceme. In rocky woods, with 
the Mitrewort, very common at 
the North. May, June. 
8. PHILADEL’PHUS. False 
Syringa. 
Calyx 4-5-parted, tube ad- 
herent to the ovary, persistent. 
Corolla 4-5-petaled. Styles 4, 
more or less united. Stamens 
20-40, shorter than the petals. 
Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved, 
many-seeded. — Handsome 
flowering shrubs, with opposite 
leaves. Petals convolute in 
Fig. 482. “Radiant” panicle of Oak-leaved Hydran 
the bud, gea; the larger flowers neutral. 
