MITELLA DIPHYLLA.
TWO-LEAVED MITELLA. BISHOP’S CAP. AMERICAN BASTARD
SANICLE.
Decandria Monogynia, Linn. Saxifrage, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 5-cleft, persistent. Petals 5, pinnatifid, inserted upon the Galix. Capsule
1-celled, semibivalvular, valves equal.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves sub-lobate, acute, angled, dentate; stem erect above, two-leaved, leaves opposite.
Willd, and Pursh.
Root a jointed caudex, reddish and white with old scales of a dark
brown hue, having numerous lateral fibres proceeding from it of an
umber-brown. Radical leaves deeply cordate, with the lobes overlapping
each other. Doubly toothed, small teeth with a very acute apex.
Veins conspicuous. Upper disk covered with a few scattered hairs, under
disk the same, but costa and veins hairy. Petioles about six inches
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