throwing out from the crown a profusion of spreading leaves 

 and numerous slender, one-flowered scapes, which are really 

 axillary amongst the crowded leaves. Leaves two to three 

 inches long, petioled, lyrate - pinnatifid, the terminal lobe 

 largest, rounded, obscurely lobed, the lateral much swollen, 

 subopposite, short, broad, and decurrent. Scapes as long as 

 the leaves, erect. Buds drooping. Flowers resembling those 

 of a Wood-sorrel, two inches and one-third in diameter, pale 

 lilac, with a golden edge. Sepals ' linear-oblong, equal, ob- 

 tuse. Petals clawed, obovate-spathulate, retuse. Ovary with 

 a manifest style. — J. 1). H. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Pistil. 1, Apex of scape, stamens, and 

 pistil. 5. Stamen : — all magnified. 



