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Anemone Hepatic a. Hepatic a, or 
Noble Liverwort. 
Clafs and Order. 
PoLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 
Generic Character. 
Calyx nullus. Petala 6. g. Semina plura. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ANEMONE Hcpatica foliis trilobis integerrimis. Lin. Syfi. 
Vegetab. p. 424. Sp. PL p. 758. FL Suec. n. 480. 
TR I FOLIUM hepaticum flore Amplici et pleno. Bauh. Pin. 339. 
Red Hepatica or noble Liverwort. Park. Parad. p. 22 6 . 
Dillenius, Miller, and fome other authors, make a diftinft 
genus of the Hepatica : Linnaeus unites it with the Anemone , 
obferving, that though it differs from the Anemone in having a 
calyx, yet that calyx is at fome diftance from the flower, and 
partakes more of the Nature of an Involucrum, which is not 
uncommon to the Anemonies. 
The Hepaticas, as Parkinfon obferves, flower foon after the 
winter Hellebore, “ and making their pride appear in winter, 
“ are the more welcome early guefts.” 
It is found wild in its Angle date, with red, blue, and white 
flowers, inthe woods and Ihady mountainsof Sweden, Germany, 
and Italy; the red variety with double flowers is the one molt 
commonly cultivated in our gardens; the double blue is alfo 
not unfrequent ; the Angle white is lefs common ; and the 
double white Miller never faw, yet admits that it may exift 
fpontaneoufly, or be produced from feed : Parkinfon mentions 
a white variety with red threads or ftamina. 
According to Miller, this plant delights in a loamy foil, and 
in an ealtern pofuion where it may have only the morning 
fun: the Angle forts are eaflly railed from feed; the double, 
increafed by parting the roots, which ought to be done in 
March when they are in bloom ; they fhould not be divided 
into very fmall heads : thefe plants, if often removed and 
parted, arc apt to die, but left undifturbed for many years, 
they will thrive exceedingly, and become very large roots. 
