POLYANDRIA POLYGYNU. q^ 



HEPATICA* WiLLD. 



Cali/x 3-phylIiiSe | Cahjx 3.1eaved. 

 Petala 6—9, diiplici Petals 6— 9, arranged 

 tnplicive serie dispo- j in a double or triple 

 sita. Semina ecau- series, Seed^ without 

 «ata. j tails* 



1. Tkiloba* 



H. foliis cordatis^ ) Leaves cordat 



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trilobis, lobis integer- j lobed, lobes entire 



run i s . 



Pursh. 1. p. 391. De CandoIIe 1. p. 21 6. 



Anemone llepatica. Sp. pi. 2. p. 1273. Walt. p. 1j7. 5»- 

 p. 319. ^ 



Root pererfnial. Stem 0. Leaves all radical, on petioles 2—3 mc\t^ 

 es long nearly glabrous, 3 lobed witli the lobes nearly round, cordate at 

 base, thick, coriaceous. Peduncles sometimes numerous, shorter thafi 

 the leaves, covered with silken hair, each 1 -flowered, proceeding from 

 sheaths at the r"o-,vn of the root. Sheaths nearly glabrous externally, ve- 

 ry Villous vv.thni Calnx-v^y villous. Corolla t%vice as long as the sta- 

 toens or calyx, of a beautiful rose or pink colour, somethnes variegated 



Grov.s in rich light soils in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia. 



X imvers I ebruarv-^Marrb °' 



ebruary-^March. 



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HYDRASTIS. Gen. Pl. 



Catyx 0. Petala I Cahjx 0. Petals ^ 



^«cc« composita, j Berry compound, 

 nis monospermis. I with the pulpy grains 



1. Cajtade 



seeded 



«oi?i* p.' I'll ^^^^' ^^'"^' ^' P* ^^^* ^"'^' ^''^' ^^^- '®*^^- 



iSvf, .ruT'""^' , ^'^^'''\- '^'"''^ herbaceous, alternately 2-leavcd. 

 Ker/S^^ "^/'^^'^ palniate the segments acutely serrate, glabrous. 



somewhat ^ in. ^'"'■'" """^^^^"<^"«> aggregated in a convex capitulum, 



tairgenfrauJiL? "'"'^ ^V' '''^' '^''^"^^* "^^ ^i' Michaux to coa^ 

 X fc*'"«™"> ^v hen young rudiments of t>ro. 



^rows m rich soils in the mountains. 

 1 lowers Apnl->.5tav. 





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