branches. Branches pubescent. Leaves downy, the lower 

 5-parted, the upper 3-partcd ; the segments 3-lobed, with 

 divaricate, somewhat 2-lobed divisions. Flowers solitary, 

 axillary, their peduncle generally longer than the petiole. 

 luvolncrum nearly obsolete, consisting of three deciduous 

 bristles. Calyx downy, campanulate, 5-cleft, with acute 

 segments. Petals purple, cuneate, longer than the calyx. 

 Carpella one-seeded, indehiscent, without appendages, 

 pubescent. 



J. L. 



