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Willdenovlaui excutlenti speciraiiia supervenit persnasio, in- 

 voliicrnm omniuo deesse, quouiam ad polyphorl basin circu- 1 

 lus, iu quo coronatim insident sepala circiter vigiuti, forma,, 

 magnitudine, striictura, colore atque villositate plane inter 

 sese aequalia, vLv ultra lincae trientem sit latus. Qua 

 ex rc haud bcue potest iiitelligi, quod Candollianuin istud 

 sit involucrum j^uuilaterale? foliolis tribus linearibus longis, 

 au potius moiiophyllum foliolis ad basin «sque tripartltis"; 

 taceara aliara ejus conjccturam, ex qua ^jfoliora alia essent 

 dccidua, et planta ipsa ad Pulsatillas accedens, Anemones 

 Hepaticasque forte conjungens" multo magis esse obscurio- 

 rem. Quibus quoque verbis factum esse ceuseo, Donium 

 candejti bis plantam iu opere laudato suo recensuisse, alte- 

 ram Hepaticum integrifoliam e Candollii Prodromo de- 

 promptam, alteram Anemonen integrifoliam, (quam no- 

 vam atque spccic dilFerentem putavit Donins) fortasse ex An- 

 dibus Peruviauis post Humboldtiuni itcrum allatam et in phy- 

 tophylaciis Larabcrliauis repertam, cujus, nt facilius enu- 

 cleatur res, completam ipsissimis illustrissimi autoris ver- 

 bis ad calcem liceat appouere descriptioucm*). — Cur autem 

 planta involucrö deficiente iu sectione Preotianihtis collocata 

 sit, assequi uon possuni. — 



*) A. integrifolia ; plant densely clotlied witli villi; root woodj'-, 

 fusiform; leaves all radical, ovate , entire; petiole ratlier broad 

 very viHoiis at the base; scape juijch sliorter tlian tlie leaves; 

 involucrnm ivanting; sepals miiiierous about 15, linear, villous 

 on the l)ack, thrice as long as tiie stamens. — 2|.. — Native of 

 Peru cu the Aiides. — Flower solitary, large , purple. — Tliis 

 very remarkable plant will pcrhaps form a distinct gcnus witli 

 the Hepatica inteijrifolia of DC. from the want of the involu- 

 crum. — PI. Va foot. — (Sectio Preonanthus pone A. alpinam 

 L. — G. üou Dict. vol. I. p. 17.) — 



