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Petals 5, with claws, entire, inserted into the calyx. Sta- 

 mens 10, long and slender. Styles 2, distinct. Capsules 

 1 -celled, 2-valved; valves unequal. Seeds few, globular 

 near the base of the capsule. — Perennial herbs, with radical 

 cordate leaves and white flowers. 



T. cordifolia, L. False Mitre-wort. 



Scape naked; leaves arising from the root-stock or runners, heart-shaped, acutely 

 lobed and toothed, slightly hairy above, downy beneath. 



Rich rocky woods. April, May. Leaves on long petioles. Scape 6 to 12 inches 

 high. Flowers white, in a simple terminal raceme. A handsome plant in flower 



5. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. Tourn. 



Gr. Irusos, golden, and splen ; in allusion to its supposed medicinal virtues. 



Calyx-tube coherent with the ovary, the limb 4 to 

 5-parted, lobes obtuse, yellow within. Petals none. Sta- 

 mens 8 to 10, very short. Styles 3. Capsule obcordate, 

 2-beaked, flattened, 1-celled, 2-valved at the top. Seeds 

 numerous. — Low and smooth herbs growing in wet places, 

 with fleshy leaves, and small solitary or leafy -cymed flowers. 



C. Americanum, Schwein. Amer. Golden Saxifrage. 



Stem decumbent, slender, spreading, forked; leaves opposite, upper ones some- 

 times alternate, roundish-ovate, slightly crenate lobed ; flowers distant, incon* 

 •picuous, nearly sessile. 



Springs and brooks. April, May. An inconspicuous succulent creeping plan'* 

 with small greenish flowers. Stamens mostly 8, hisped; anthers orange-color* 

 Considered distinct from the European C. oppositifolium. 



Sub-order II. ESCALLON IEiE ? 



Shrubs; leaves alternate; petals valvaie in the bud, 



6. ITEA. Linn. 



The Greek name of the willow ; from a resemblance of foliage. 



Calyx eompanulate, 5-cleft, free from the ovary; seg- 

 ments subulate. Petals 5, lanceolote, much longer than the 

 calyx and stamens. Stamens 5, inserted into the calyx. 

 Styles 2, united. Capsule 2-celled, 2-grooved, 8 to 12- 

 seeded. — A shrub, with alternate simple and minutely serrate 

 leaves, and white flowers in simple spicate terminal racemes. 



1. I. Virginica, L. 



Leaves oval acuminate serrulate, on short petioles ; capsuUs oblong, a«uminat§ 

 tipped with the 2 united styles. 

 Margins of swamps. May, June. A shrub about 3 to 8 foot high. 



