8 RANUNCULACEiE. [Hepatica. 



10, A, Pennsylvanica ; subpilosa, foliis tripartitis segmentis bipartitis trifidisve, laciniis 

 lanceolatis inciso-serratis, involucralibus involucellisve sessilibus conformibusj sepalis 5 

 ellipticis obtusis, pericarpiis compressis marginatis stylo longo apice recto vel uncinate 

 attenuatis. (Tab. III. ^,)—Linn. Mant. p. 247. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p, 387. De Cand. 

 Prodr. V. 1. p. 21. Bich, in FrankL 1st Joum. ed. 2. App, p. 22. — A. aconitifolia. Mich. 

 Am, V, L p. 320, — A. dicbotoma. LiJin, Amcen. Acad. v. 1. p, 155. GmeL 17. Sibir. 

 V, 4. p. 197. « Liiin. FiL decad. 29. L 15." Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 387. De Cand. Prodr. 

 V. I. p. 21. 



Hadix subrepens, flexuosa, lignosa, parce fibrosa. Tota planta pilosa, in caule et petioHs pilis patenti- 

 bus. Folia radicalia longe petiolata, ampla: Involucrum illis forma et magiiltucliue simile. Involucella 

 raultoties minora. Flos magnus, albus : Sepala membranacea, extus sericeo-pubesceiitia. Stamina numerosa. 

 Fructus rotundatus, magis minusve pilosus vel etiam glaber : Stylus persistens, pericarpiis multo longior, 

 rectus vel ad apicem uncinatus; statu juiiiore brevis et semper uncioatus. 



-Hab. In woody and prairie tracts by tbe banks of rivers from Hudson's Bay to the Pacific, and from the 

 United States to near the mouth of Mackenzie's Kiver; not found in the barren grounds. Dr. Richardson, 

 Dnimmond, Dovglas. — It is singular that no figure, that I am aware of, should yet have been given (except 

 the one referred to in the " Decades" of the younger Linnaeus,) of this very common and handsome 

 American plant. De CandoUe says that the A. dichotoma of Europe is similar to the Penmylvanicay but 

 more slender. My specimens from Dahuria, sent by Dr. Fischer, entirely accord with the American ones: 

 and the dicJwtoma of Pursh, I suspect, is exactly the same. That author, indeed, says, " It is smaller than 

 Pennsylvanica^ and has a tinge of red;" neither of which marks are at all likely to be constant. 



Although named Pennsylvanica by Linnaeus, he only gives Canada as a station for it. And notwithstand- 

 ing that Michaux speaks of it as an inhabitant of the New England States, and Pursh of Pennsylvania, I 

 have never received it from my correspondents in these countries, and am inclined to consider it rare, except 

 in the more northern parts of America. It does not find a place in Elliott's Sketch, nor in Dr. Bigelow's 

 Flora of the Environs of Boston. 



1 1. A, narcissiflora ; hirsuta, foliis palmatim partitis, segmentis cuneatis inclso-multifidis, 

 involucralibus subconlbrtnibus sessilibus, floribus umbellatis. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 763. GmeL 

 Fl. Sibir. V. 4. p. 200. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 387. Bot Mag. t 1120. De Cand. Prodr. 

 V, 1. p. 23.— A. umbellata. Willd. Sp. PL v. 2. p. 1284.? De Less. Ic. v. 1. t. 18.? (ubi 

 figura diifej't solummodo involucris simplicioribus.) 



Hab, Canada, and North-West America. Pursh. 1 have never seen Canadian specimens, but I possess 

 the plant gathered by Mr. Menzies on the north-west coast of America, where it extends, according to Dr. 

 Fischer^ as far as Unalaschka. Kotzebue's Sound. Lay and Collie in Captain Beexhey's Collection. — These 

 N. W. American specimens are clothed with long, copious, and beautifully silky hairs, accordino- with De 

 Candolle's var. ^. villosissima from Unalaschka. But I possess individuals gathered on the Altaic Mountains 

 equally shaggy; and others from different parts of Europe in various states of hairiness. The specimens in 

 Captain Beechey's herbarium are very small, and have only one flower to each plant. 



4. HEPATICA. 



Involucrum 3-Miatum, flori approximatum, I-florum, calyclforme; foliis inteoris, Se- 

 pala petaloidea, 6-9, duplici triplicive serle disposita. Stamina et ovaria plurima. Car- 

 pella ecaudata. — Scapi plurimi, radicales^ l-Jiori. DC. 



1. H. triloba; foliis late cordatis trilobis, lobis cordatis. — Anemone Hepatica. Spreng. 

 Syst. Veget v. 2. p. 660. Mich. Am. v. I. p. 319. Elliott, CaroL v. 2. p. 56.— H. Ameri- 



