112 NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



Specimens in onr collection are from Fayette, Muscatine, 



and Johnson counties. We have observed the species in 



Winneshiek county. Prof. Bessey reports it from Story, 



Floyd, and Des Moines counties, and Messrs. Nagel and 



Haupt from Scott county. 



Bessey, Contr. to the Flora of Iowa in Fourth Report Iowa Agr. Col.,, 

 p. 90; Arthur, Contr. to the Flora of Iowa, p. 5, 1876; Flora of Floyd 

 county in History of Floyd county, p. 310; Bull. Iowa Agr. Col., Nov. 

 1884, p. 157, p. 167, and p. 174; Hitchcock, Trans. St. Louis, Acad, of 

 Science, vol. 5, p. 482; Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad, of Nat. 

 Sciences, vol. 1, p. 153; Fink, Proc. Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 4, p. 

 83; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 5, p. 108 and p. 134;. 

 Manual of the Flowering Plants of Iowa, p. 2; Barnes, Reppert and 

 Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad, of Nat. Sciences, vol. 8, p. 200. 



Hepatica acuta ( Pit rs/i) Britton. L/iverleaf. Hepatica. 



Low perennial scapose herbs; scapes 4-8 inches high, vil- 

 lous. Leaves evergreen, thick, heart-shaped, 3-lobed or 

 sometimes 5-lobed; lobes and those of the involucre acute 

 or acutish. Flowers blue, purple or white; involucre 3- 

 leaved, close to the flower, calyx-like; stamens many, fila- 

 ments short, anthers 2-celled. Hepatica triloba var. acuta 

 Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept., p. 391, 1814. Hepatica acutiloba 

 DC. Prodr. vol. 1, p. 22, 1824. Hepatica acuta Britton, 

 Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol. 6, p. 234, 1891. 



This species is common in rich upland woods, blooming 

 in March and April, and preferring calcareous soil. It is 

 common in the eastern half of the state but apparently rare 

 or absent in the western portion. Some specimens before 

 us have the leaf lobes somewhat lanceolate and with the 

 margins fluted. Five-lobed leaves occur in our collection. 

 Prof. Halsted, one time botanist at Ames, discovered speci- 

 mens in Story county which exhibited dioecious tendencies, 

 a matter which he reported. 



Our specimens are from Muscatine, Johnson, and Deca- 

 tur counties. We have observed it in Winneshiek, Allama- 

 kee, Clayton, Scott, Des Moines, and Linn counties. The 

 State University herbarium has specimens from Henry, 

 Cerro Gordo and Chickasaw counties. Profs. Bessey and 



