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TELLIMA* erandifldra. 
Largeflowered Tellima. 
DECANDRIA DIGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. SAXIFRAGER. 
TELLIMA R. Brown. —Calyx conicus, inflatus, semisuperus, 5-den- 
tatus. Petala 5, laciniata. Stamina decem. Styli 2. Stigmata angulata. 
Capsula semisupera, vestita, unilocularis, apice bivalvis, placentis parietalibus 
polyspermis. Herbee (Americe septentrionalis) perennes, sempervirentes. 
Folia longé petiolata, lobata. Flores racemost, herbacei. 
T. grandiflora. Douglas journ. ined. 
Mitella grandiflora. Pursh fl. Am. sept. 1.314. Spreng. syst. 2. 361. 
Herba sempervirens, acaulis, radicibus fibrosis, fasciculatis, Folia 
subrotundo-cordata, subgquinqueloba, dentata, succulenta, plana, pilosius- 
cula, longé petiolata, petiolis villoscs. Scapi 2-pedales, erecti, folios, 
pilosi, apice racemosi. Racemi secundi. Bractee minute, squameformes. - 
Flores herbacei, fenwm novum leviter olentes. Calyx semisuperus, parte 
adherente obconico pubescente; liberd inflatd, ovatd, 5-dentatd. Petala 
laciniata, inter dentes calycis inserta. Stamina 10, equalia, inclusa, calycis 
fauce infra petala inserta. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium semisuperum, 
ovatum, bilobum, placentis duabus parietalibus polyspermis in parte su- 
periore tantum. Styli duo. Stigmata sémplicia, subcapitata, angulata. 
Capsula membranacea, semisupera, unilocularis, apice bivalvis ; placentis 
duabus parietalibus. Semina parva, fusca, testd cartilagined extis reticu- 
lata ; embryo in axt albuminis carnosi, radiculd hilo opposita. 
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A hardy perennial plant, found originally by Mr. 
Menzies on the north-west coast of North America, 
and subsequently discovered by Mr. Douglas in the same 
country, in the midst of dense shady woods, growing 
among Hypnum, near streams, and sent to the Horticul- 
tural Society in 1826. Its flowers appear im April and 
May : they exhale a faint odour of new hay; and, although 
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* Tellima appears to be an anagram of Mitella, the genus from which 
this is divided by Mr. Brown. 
