46 Hcpatica triloba, *. obtusa. 



tare, shining, and covered with a few scattered hairs above, nearly 

 naked on the under side. Lobes obtuse, and equal to each other in 

 size, mottled with purple and deep olive-green above, and purple and 

 light green beneath. Petioles very long, often eight inches, twisted or 

 involute towards their junction with the leaves, they are purplish, eo- 

 vcrcd with a lew hairs, and invested at their base with several mem- 

 branaceous sheathes, which inclose also the scapes. Scapes several 

 from each root, at first very short, with the concealed flower droop- 

 ing, covered with a long silken pubescence of an asli colour, after- 

 wards elongating, and supporting each a single flower. Calix leaves 

 the shape of a mouse's ear, and resembling it Petals varying from six 

 to nine, of a line campanula-purple colour, sometimes, but rarely, 

 white. Anthers straw-yellow. Grows in rich woods among decaved 

 leaves, under which it is frequently found in ilowcr while the snow is 

 on the ground. 



The table represents the plant of its natural size. 



