tellima. SAXIFRAGACE.E. 199 



LITHOPHRAGMA. 



* Stamens 10. 



T. Grandiflora R. Br. 1 c. 759. Hispid-pubescent throughout, glan- 

 dular above: stems clustered, 1-2 feet high, from stout short tufted root- 

 stocks: leaves round-cordate, 2-4 inches in diameter, 3-9-lobed, the lobes 

 coarsely toothed, prominently reticulate-veined, on long petioles with 

 scarcely dilated base, the few cauline ones smaller and nearly sessile : 

 flowers not fragrant, on short reflexed pedicels: calyx 4 lines long, thick- 

 cylindraceous, with turbinate tube and short triangular erect lobes, in- 

 flated, coherent with the ovary only at the base; petals lanceolate in out- 

 line, laciniately cut into long filiform segments, abruptly narrowed below 

 to a short claw, soon bent at the lower third, the upper part closely re- 

 flexed, bright red; styles short, persistent, with broad flat stigmas, ap- 

 proximate : capsule ovate, open at the top, the indurated styles divergent 

 in fruit : seeds oblong, tuberculate. Common in moist woods, Brit. Col- 

 umbia to California. 



T. odorata. Coarsely pilose below, glandular-pubescent above: stems 

 rather slender, clustered, 1-2 feet high, from a multicepital caudex : leaves 

 broadly cordate, acute, obscurely lobed and crenately toothed, 1-3 inches 

 long, on long petioles with dilated scarious base, the few cauline ones 

 smaller and nearly sessile: flowers fragrant, numerous, on short pedicels 

 in a long terminal raceme ; calyx campanulate, the inflated tube 3-4 lines 

 long, coherent with the lower half of the ovary, the oblong erect lobes 

 about half as long as the tube: petals red, lanceolate in outline, lacini- 

 ately cut into long filiform segments, narrowed below to a long claw, bent 

 at the middle, the upper half spreading or at length loosely reflexed; 

 styles short, with broad capitate stigmas : capsule elliptical, the very short 

 styles divergent in fruit : seeds oblong, rough tuberculate. In wet places 

 and springs, along the Columbia river near the Cascades to fouthern 

 Oregon. 



* Stamens 5. 



T. racemosa Greene Eryth. iii, 55. Heuchera racemosa Watson. 

 "Glandular-hispid, leaves reniform -cordate, crenately lobed and toothed, 

 1 or 2 inches broad : flowering stems 4-10 inches high, bearing 2 or 3 peti- 

 olate leaves and a loose few (6-15) flowered raceme; pedicels short (a line 

 long or less) : calyx very broadly campanulate, 2 (becoming 3) lines long, 

 acutely lobed ; petals glandular, linear, entire and acuminate or more or 

 less laciniately toothed toward the top, a little exceeding the calyx-lobes : 

 stamens 5, very short, opposite to the calyx-lobes: styles very short; cap- 

 sule sub-globose, very shortly beaked: seeds very numerous, brownish, 

 with wrinkled testa, not muricate." On cliffs of Mount Adams Washing- 

 ton at 7-S000 feet altitude. Suksdorf. 



11 LITHOPHRAGMA Nutt. Journ Acad. Phila vii, 26. 



Small and slender herbs with fibrous at length grumous roots, 

 3-5-parted or lobed leaves on petioles with stipuliform base and 

 rather large flowers in simple few-flowered racemes. Calyx 

 cyathiform or campanulate, coherent with or free from the lower 

 part of the ovary: the limb short, 5-cleft, valvate in the bud. 

 Petals 5, inserted in the sinuses of the calyx just below the 

 margin, cuneiform, unguiculate, much exserted, 3-cleft, or rarely 

 entire, deciduous. Stamens 10, inserted in the throat of the 

 calyx: anthers cordate, 2-celled. Styles 2-3, short; stigmas 

 obtuse or somewhat dilated. Capsule 1 -celled with 2-3 parietal 

 many-seeded placentae, 2-3 valved at the apex. Seeds horizon- 

 tal, ovate ; with a distinct raphe ; the testa smooth and membran- 

 aceous. 



