﻿TAB. I. 



Anemone hepaticifolia. 



(Sect. Omalocarpus^ DC.) 



Foliis omnibus radicalibus longe petiolatis hastato-trilobis an- 

 gulato-dentatis submarginatis hirsutiusculis, scapo elongato 

 piloso, involucri foliolis sessilibus pinnatifidis, floribus umbel- 

 latis, sepalis 5 obovato-ellipticis. 



Hab. Shady woods near the Bay of Valdivia, S. Chili. Mr. 

 Bridges (w. 579). 



Radix fibrosa. Folia omnia radicalia, petiolata^ biuncialia et ultra^ 

 hastato-trilobata, subcoriacea, hirsntiuscula (subtus prcecipue), lobis 

 acutiusculis anguste marginatis, angulato-dentatis ; petiolis longi- 

 tiidlne foliorum, birsutis. Scopus 1 — 2-pedalis, erectus, pilis laxis 

 hirsutus, umhella 3 — 5-flora terminatus. Involucrum triphyllum ; 

 foliolis biuncialibus, sessilibus^ hirsutulis; pedicellis hirsutis subeeque 

 longis. Flores majusculi, ut videtur, ochroleuci : Sepala 5, patentia, 

 obovato-elliptica, striata. Stamina numerosa. Aiitherw adnatae^ apice 

 appendiculatse. Ovaria elliptica, stylo breviusculo nudo recurvato 

 term in at a. 



A very distinct and well-marked species of Anemone^ called 

 ^^Estrella^^ by the natives of Valdivia, 



Fig. 1. Stamen. / 2. Pistil: — magnified. 



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