PLANT DESCRIPTION. 137 



Description of Fig. 248. 



ROOTS fibrous, growing from the entire under-side 

 of the stem. 



STEM creeping below the ground. 



LEAF radical, petiolate, exstipulate, wavy-dentate, 

 palmate- veined, slightly reniform, obtusely seven- 

 lobed, sinuses rounded, nearly closed ; petiole half- 

 round, channelled. 



INFLORESCENCE solitary, on a smooth, slender 

 scape. 



FLOWER. CALYX ; sepals $, ovate, regular : 

 COROLLA ; petals 8, polypetalous, regular, obovate- 

 oblong, spreading : STAMENS many, shorter than the 

 petals ; filaments short, threadlike ; anthers oblong, 

 two-celled : PISTIL ; ovary oblong, of two carpels ; 

 styles united in a column ; stigma two-lobed. 



