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3. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. From the Greek chrysos, gold, and 
splen, the spleen ; referring to the yellow flowers of some species 
and their supposed remedial properties. — N. temperate and Arctic 
regions ; S. America ; most numerous in China and Japan. 
Chrysosplenium tenellum, Hook f. & Thoms . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 
401. A delicate, annual, glabrous herb ; stems thread-like, pro- 
cumbent, 1-3 in., leafy, often matted. Leaves stalked, alternate, 
kidney-shaped, hardly J in. broad ; marginal lobes 4-6, shallow, 
rounded. Flowers ^ in. diam., green -yellow, stalked, solitary, 
scattered. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; lobes 4, obtuse. Petals 
none. Stamens about 8. Ovary 1 -celled ; styles 2 ; ovules 
numerous. Capsule half-superior, 2-beaked ; seeds few or many. 
Baghi, Marali, on wet rocks ; June. — W. Himalaya, 9000-10,000 ft. 
4. PARNASSXA. From Parnassus, a mountain in Greece, the 
abode of the Muses. — N. temperate and cold regions. 
Parnassia nubicola, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 402. A glabrous 
herb ; rootstock perennial. Leaves radical, long-stalked, ovate or 
oblong-ovate, 1-2 in., cordate, entire, acute. Scapes erect, 
slender, angular, 6-12 in., bearing a sessile leaf about the middle 
and a solitary, terminal, white flower about 1 in. diam. Calyx-tube 
short, adnate to the base of the ovary ; lobes 5, obtuse. Petals 5, 
entire or slightly jagged. Stamens 5, alternate with 5 fleshy, 
flattened, 3-lobed staminodes. Ovary ovoid, base adnate to the 
calyx-tube, 1 -celled ; style very short ; stigma capitate, 3-lobed; 
ovules numerous. Capsule obovoid, | in. long, opening by 3 
valves ; seeds inserted on the valves. (Fig. 51.) 
Simla, the Glen, common ; August, September. — Temperate Himalaya, 
6000-12,000 ft. 
5. HYDRANGEA. From the Greek hydor, water, and aggeion, 
a vase or cup ; referring to the cup-shaped capsule. — Himalaya, 
E. Asia, America. 
Hydrangea altissima, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 404. A climbing 
shrub. Leaves opposite, ovate or lanceolate, 3-6 in., sharply 
toothed, long-pointed, glabrous except along the nerves and in the 
nerve-axils on the lower surface ; stalks pubescent. Flowers in 
rounded, compound, hairy cymes, 3-6 in. across ; some of the outer 
sterile flowers conspicuous from the enlarged, coloured calyx ; 
others all small and fertile. Sterile flowers : calyx-limb petal-like, 
white, spreading, 4-lobed, 1J in. across ; petals none. Fertile 
flowers in. long : calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, limb very 
short, 4-toothed ; petals 4, white, cohering, falling off like a cap ; 
