Crowfoot Jfamil^. 



Close beneath the flower are 3 reddish-brown, downy little leaves, 

 bearing the semblance of a calyx. The flower is set on a slender, very 

 downy stem, which springs from amidst the leaves. 



The harmony of color in this plant as seen in the flower and leaf 

 is striking, a preponderance of violet showing throughout. It is very 

 downy, the young leaves being covered with long silky hairs. The 

 numerous half-opened flowers and buds are slightly nodding, but 

 become more erect when fully spread in the sunlight. The Hepatica is 

 often frequented by small lavender butterflies, in size and color re- 

 sembling the blossoms, — when they rise and flutter in the soft spring 

 air, it is as though the flowers themselves are taking flight. 



