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NORTH AMERICAN 
ovate short — -West Kentucky, discovered 1823* 
pedal. I possess all these sp. which are such 
wide deviations as to be sp. rather than va- 
rieties. 
274. Hydrastis trifolia Raf. stem flexu- 
ose three leaved, lflore, leaves ample, lower pe- 
tiolate, 2 upper sessile, reniform 3-51obed, un- 
equally serrate ciliolate, lobes ovate acute, glau- 
cous beneath, flower sessile at the third leaf — 
West Kentucky, over one foot high, lower leaf 
6 inches wide. This Genus was thought mon- 
otype, if this is not a N. sp. it is a very singular 
deviation of form, as H. canadensis has always 
2 leaves not ciliate &c. Flower white early 
vernal. 
275. Geranium lenticulum Raf. Pilose, 
stem erect slender sulcate branched, leaves op- 
posite and alternate on long petiols 5-7parted 
segments linear lanceolate entire acute, pedun- 
cles biflore shorter than petiols, calix sepals lan- 
ceolate nervose aristate, seeds lenticular pu- 
bescent — West Tennessee and Kentucky, pe- 
dal, flowers small, petals purple, estival, annual, 
in glades. 
276. Geranium pedatum Raf. smooth, stem 
diffuse filiform striate, leaves alternate on long 
petiols small pedate 7-9fide, segments linear, 
medial cuneate trifid, peduncles very long, fili- 
form l-2flore, calix sepals ovate enerve acumi- 
nate, seeds oblong smooth. — Glades and Prai- 
ries of West Kentucky and Illinois, semipedal, 
annual, flowers small purple vernal. 
277. Isanthus pumilus Raf. smooth, stem 
dwarf hardly ramose, leaves subpetiolate lan- 
ceolate acute hardly trinerve, pedicels uniflore 
short, equal to calix, shorter than leaves, calix 
ciliate — Glades of West Kentucky and Tenn- 
