P0LYANDR1A FOLYGYN1A. 
HEPATICA. Willd. 
Calyx 3-phyllus. 
Petala 6 — 9, duplici 
triplicive serie dispo- 
sita. Semina ecau- 
data. 
1. T RTLOBA. 
H. foiiis cordatis, 
trilobis, lobis integer- 
rimis. 
Calyx 3-leaved. 
Petals 6 — 9, arranged 
in a double or triple 
series. Seeds without 
tails. 
Leaves cordate, 3- 
lobed, lobes entire. 
Pursh. 1. p. 391* De Candolle 1. p. 21 6. 
Anemone Hepatica. Sp. pi. 2. p. 1273. Wait. p. 157. Mich. X. ! 
p. 319. 
Root perennial. Stem 0. Leaves all radical, on petioles 2 — 3 inch- 
es long, nearly glabrous, 3 lobed with the lobes nearly round, cordate at 
base, thick, coriaceous. Peduncles sometimes numerous, shorter than 
the leaves, covered with silken hair, each 1 -flowered, proceeding from 
sheaths at the crown of the root. Sheaths nearly glabrous externally, ve- 
ry villous within. Calyx very villous. Corolla twice as long as the sta- 
mens or calyx, of a beautiful rose or pink colour, sometimes variegated 
with white. 
Grows in rich light soils in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia-. 
Flowers F ebruary — March. 
HYDRASTIS, Gen. Pl. 
Calyx 0. Petala 
3. Bacca composita, 
acinis monospermis. 
■ 1. Canadensis. 
Calyx 0. Petals 3. 
Berry compound, 
with the pulpy grains 
one seeded. 
Sp. pl. 2. p. 1340. Mich. 1. p. 317* Pursh, 2. p. 339. Be Can- 
dolle 1. p. 218. 
Root perennial, yellow. Stem herbaceous, alternately 2-leaved. 
Leaves slightly cordate, palmate, the segments acutely serrate, glabrous. 
Flowers solitary, terminal. Petals of a pale rose colour. Stamens shorter 
than the petals. Germs numerous, aggregated in a convex capitulura^ 
somewhat pulpy, maturing but one seed, though said by Michaux to con- 
tain generally when young rudiments of two. 
Grows in rich soils in the mountains. 
Flowers April — May. 
