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MITELLA diphylla. 
Two-leaved Mitella. 
DECANDRIA DIGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. Saxieracm. Jusstewgen. 308. 1 
Div. £.  Fractus superus capsulans, apice birostris. ve 
MITELLA. Cal. 5-fidus, persistens. Petala 5, laciniata aut 
pinnatifida, summo calyci inserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, Stam... ibi- 
dem inserta, Caps. 1-loc., @-valvis, valvis aqualibus. Folia, sim- 
plicia, pleraque radicalia; flores in scapo nudo aut opposite diphyllo 
laxe spicati terminales. Jussieu. é 
M. diphylla, foliis sublobato-acutangulis dentatis, caule erecto superné 
opposité diphyllo. Pursh amer. sept. 1.313. 
Mitella diphylla. Linn. sp. pl. 1.580. Mall. dict. ed. 8. ni i, Hort, 
Kew. 2. 83. ed. 2, 3.73. Gart.sem. 1, 208. t. 44. f.6. Mich, bor- 
amer. 1. 270. Rob. ic. 80. Lamarck allustr. 1. tab. 373. fig. 1. 
Willd. sp. pl. 2.659. Schkuhr handb. 1. $75. t. 120. 
Cortusa americana altera, floribus minutim fimbriatis. Mentz. pug. t. 
10. : ' ; 
C: americana, spicato flore, petalis fimbriatis. Herm. par. 130, 
Sanicula’s. Cortusa indica, flore spicato fimbriato.. Dodart mem. 299. 
Herba perennis, pubescens pilis brevibus interspersis tripld longiori- 
bus; caulis semipedalis ad dodrantalem, pariim supra medium opposito- 
bifolius. Folia cordato-subtriloba lobis acutangulis, inciso-dentata nist in sinu 
baseos ubi integerrima, pilosa, nervosa, subrugosa, radicalia erecta, 2-5, longé 
petiolata, stipulis bints ovato-lanceolatis membranaceis ciliatis cuspidatis supra 
glabris; caulina superna, subsessilia, uncialia ». magis. Racemus continuus, 
distans foliis, remotiits multiflorus, sparsus, erectus: flores (14-16) par- 
vult, albidi, pedicellis calyce brevioribus teretibus villosis suffultis bracted sube- 
quali ovato-rotundd denticulata glabra apice erosd vel acuminata. Cal. pubescens, 
Ssegmentis ovatis cum acuminulo, erectissimis, albicantibus. Cor. alba; pet. 
unguiculata ad divisuras calycinas posita, ungues his @equales, lamine sub- 
rotunde v. elliptic, pinnato-multifide lacinulis capillaribus. Stam, inclusa 
calyct, ejusque tubo incrassato ad punclum ubi inseruntur petala circumposita. 
Fil. brevia, subulata, apice inflexa : anth. subrotunde, lutee. Germ. ova- 
tum, conicum, virens, minute pubescens: stig. 2 obtusa, equantia stamina. 
Native of North America, where it grows in shady 
places, near springs, among rocks. Cultivated in 1731 by 
Miller, in Chelsea Garden, Perfectly hardy; but loves a 
soft loamy soil and shady situation. Is propagated by 
parting the root in autumn. Flowers about May. The 
genus belongs to the tribe of Saxifrages, 
A perennial rooted herb, coated with shortish hair of 
unequal lengths, Radical leaves from two to fiye, with 
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