Leaflets usually 9, very shortly stalked, oblong, obovate or 
sometimes nearly orbicular, }-} in. long, toothed above 
the middle. lowers purple-rose, bright red in bud, 
1-1; in. across, solitary on short, lateral branches, very 
shortly stalked. Sepals lanceolate, taper-pointed or caudate, 
about 4 in. long, entire, clothed with a white felt inside. 
Petals entire or obscurely notched. Filaments very short; 
anthers yellow. Styles hairy, free. Achenes hairy on the 
back. Fruit not seen.—W. Borrive Hemsey. 
Fig. 1, base of a leaf and stipules; 2, section of a flower from which the 
petals have been removed; 8, a carpel :—all enlarged. 
