together an ovoid tuber as large as a hazel-nut. Leaves all 
radical, three- to four-foliolate ; petiole very slender ; leaf- 
lets sessile, one-third to nearly an inch long, obcordate, with 
broad rounded lobes, and an open sinus, pale bright-green 
above, glaucous beneath. Scapes twice as long as the 
petioles or more, very slender. Usmbelthree- to ten-flowered ; 
involucral bracts very small, green, ovate-subulate or lanceo- - 
late, recurved; pedicels one to two inches long. Flowers 
one to one and a quarter inch in diameter, bright violet- 
purple. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, green, with a 
double gland near the tip on the back. Petals much longer 
than the sepals, cuneate-obcordate, with a shallow sinus. 
Stamens united into a turbinate cup at the base. Ovary 
ovoid-oblong; styles short.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower with the perianth removed; 2, ovary :—both magnified. 
