MITELLA DIPHYLLA. 



TWO-LEAVED MITELLA. BISHOP'S CAP. AMERICAN BASTARD 



SANICLE. 



Dccandria Mo7iogynia, Linn. Saxifragx, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-ckft, persistent. Petals 5, pinnatifid, inserted upon the calix. Capsule 

 1-celled, semibivalvular, valves equal. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves sub-lobate, acute, angled, dentate; stem erect above, two-leaved, leaves op- 

 posite. JVilld. and Parsh. 



Root a jointed caudcx. reddish and white with old scales of a dark 

 brown hue, having numerous lateral fibres proceeding from it of an 

 umber-brown. Radical leaves deeply cordate, with the lobes overlap- 

 ping each other. Doubly toothed, small teeth with a very acute apex. 

 Veins conspicuous. Upper disk covered with a few scattered hairs, un- 

 der disk the same, but costa and veins hairy. Petioles about six inches' 



VOL. IN. * 5 



