Descr. Stems ascending, very downy and slightly canes- 
cent. Leaves alternate, petiolate, cordate in their circum- 
scription, downy, the lower ones 5—7-parted, the lobes 
pinnatifid, segments oblong, the apices acute, bi- or trifid: 
the upper leaves are mostly tripartite, with the segments 
narrower and less divided. Petiole one and a half or two 
inches long, with two broadly subulate, deciduous stipules 
at the base. Peduncles axillary, solitary, single-flowered, 
erect, longer than the petiole. Calyx deeply five-cleft, the 
segments acuminated, spreading, downy, with two or three 
deciduous linear or almost filiform bracteas. Corolla mo- 
derately large. Petals purple-lilac, obcordate. 
Fig. 1. Calyx: magnified, 
