PLANT DESCRIPTION. 135 



Description of Fig. 247. 



ROOTS fibrous, matted, somewhat spreading. 



STEM of scaly nodes, internodes none. 



LEAVES radical, simple, exstipulate, peltately pal- 

 mate-veined, wavy, deeply two-lobed, shut sinus at 

 base ; petiole long, round, rather erect. 



INFLORESCENCE solitary, on a smooth, naked scape. 



FLOWER. CALYX ; sepals 4, polysepalous, oblong : 

 COROLLA; petals 8, polypetalous, regular, oblong, 

 spreading : STAMENS 8 ; filaments threadlike, shorter 

 than anther; anthers two-celled, oblong: PISTIL; 

 carpels 2 ; style short ; stigma spreading, two-lobed. 



