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3154, Sept. 8, 1912 in swamps at Algonac; No. 3266, Oct, 27, 1912 on 

 dry hills at Stoney Creek. 



Hepatica Hepatica (Lin.) Karst. var. albiflora (Raf.) N. Comb. 



Hepatica alba Mill Diet. Mo. 3 1768. 



Hepatica triloba var. albiflora Raf. Medical Flora 1,239, 1828. 



Hepatica triloba var. all)a, Hort.; K. C. Davis in Bailey Cyclo. Amer. 

 Hort. 2,730, 1900. 



Anemone Hepatica L. f. alba Mill.; Hegi Illus. Fl. Mit. Euro. 3,529, 

 1913. 



Flowers white or white flushed with a pale-bluish tinge. Rich woods, 

 Farwell No. 3c June 1, 1883 from the Keweenaw Peninsula; No. 3593, 

 April 6, 1914 from Rochester. 



Hepatica Hepatica (L.) Karst. var. purpurea, N. Var. 



Flowers purple. Rich woods. Farwell No. 3595 April 16, 1914 

 from Rochester; No. 3d, June 1, 1883 from the Keweenaw Peninsula. 



Hepatica Hepatica (L.) Karst. var. vulgaris (Mill) N. Com. 



Hepatica vulgaris Mill. Diet. No. 4, 1768. 



Aneynone Hepatica. L. f. rosea Neumann; Hegi Illus. Fl. Mit. Euro. 

 3,529, 1913. 



Flowers pink or white and streaked with pink. Rich woods. Far- 

 well, No. 3b June 1, 1883 from the Keweenaw Peninsula; No. 3592 

 April 16, 1914, near Rochester. 



Hepatica Hepatica (Lin.) Karst. var. parviflora (Raf.) N. Comb. 



Hepatica triloba var. parviflora Raf. Med. Fl. 1,239, 1828. 



Flowers blue as in the specific type but only half as large, sepals 

 usually shorter than the involucre. Farwell No. 3 June 1, 1883, Ke- 

 weenaw Peninsula. 



Ranunculus ]\Iichiganensis, N. Sp. 



Similar to R. abortivus but coarser in all its parts and more succulent. 

 Radicle leaves long-petioled, orbicular or reniform, cordate with a deep 

 and narrow, or broad and shallow sinus often 2| inches in diameter or 

 more, coarsely crenate, some three-divided, the divisions stalked; 

 lower cauline leaves often long petioled and three-divided, the divisions 

 long-stalked, both gradually reduced until in the uppermost, leaves 

 and divisions are sessile; the lateral divisions cuneate-obovate, two- 

 parted, the larger three-lobed, crenate; the middle division lanceolate 

 often 3 inches long, mostly entire or few toothed. Swamp lands near 

 Rochester, Michigan. Farwell, No. 3627, May 17, 1914. 



This may be the R. aboriious var. eucyclus Fernald, but it is more 

 succulent than R. abortivus while that variety is said to be not so 

 succulent. 



Mitella diphylla, Lin. Var. monophylla, N. Var. 



