238 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
Another species, H. acutiloba, is less common than H. 
riloba, has more pointed lobes to the leaves, but is similar 
in other respects. 
The double flowers are extremely handsome, colors very 
bright; they are quite hardy here, and will thrive well if 
HEPATICA ACUTILOBA, 
not planted in too damp asoil. I have seen the red in per- 
fection at a garden in Roxbury, where it had endured the 
winter in the open air. 
