222 Class XIII. Order VI. 



228. HYDROPELTIS. 



HYDROPELTIS PURPUREA. Mich. Water Target. 



Syn. IXODIA PALUSTRIS. Solander. 



BRASENIA uroROPELTis. Muhl. 



An aquatic plant, the only species of its genus. Its leaves 

 which can hardly be mistaken for any thing else, are perfectly 

 elliptical, with the leaf stalk inserted exactly in their centre, 

 forming a centro-peltate leaf. Their upper surface is smooth 

 and shining, like those of the water lilies, among which they 

 float. Flowers dark purple ; petals six, the three outermost 

 shortest. Stamens numerous. Germs oblong with incurved 

 styles. The immersed portions of the plant, particularly the 

 stalks and young leaves are cloathed with a thick gelatinous sub- 

 stance, transparent, and insipid to the taste. In Fresh pond, 

 and other stagnant waters. July. Perennial. 



229. HEPATICA. 

 HEPATIC A TRILOBA. Willd. enum. Hepatica. Early Anemone. 



Leaves mostly three lobed, the lobes entire ; scape 

 one flowered. 



Syn. ANEMONE HEPATICA. L. 



This delicate little plant is one of the earliest visitors in 

 spring, flowering in sunny spots before the snow has left the 

 ground. The flowers appear before the leaves on hairy scapes. 

 Calyx of three ovate, obtuse, hairy leafets, situated on the scape 

 at a distance below the petals. Petals oblong, obtuse, purple, 

 sometimes white. Seeds numerous, sessile, ovate, acute, hahy, 

 supported by the persistent calyx. The leaves are heart shaped 

 at base, and divided into three, rarely five, entire lobes. 



Variety . Lobes of the leaves obtuse. Sweet Auburn, 



Brookline. April, May. 



/3. Lobes acute. On the Ascutney mountain, May. 

 June. 



230. ANEMONE. 

 ANEMONE NEMOROSA. Mich. Wood Anemone. 



Seeds pointed ; leaves three ; leafets lobed ; stem 

 one flowered. 



