62 
rOLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
adpresse pubescenti- 
bus; foliis glabriuscu- 
lis, trisectis trilobisve, 
lobis ovatis,subincisis, 
dentatis; calyce gla- 
briusculo, reflexo, pe- 
talis paulo breviore. — 
De Cand. 
De Candolle 1. p. 292. 
Radical leaves trisected or three h 
and obtusely toothed. De Cand. 
This plant appears to resemble i 
palmatus, the leaves as far as I ha^ 
base, and are very hairy. 
Grows in the low country of Car 
Flowers 
les hairy with the hair 
appressed; leaves gla- 
brous, 3-cleft- or 3-Iob- 
ed, lobes ovate, acute- 
ly toothed; calyx gla- 
brous, reflected, a little 
shorter than the pe- 
tals. 
2 d, segment and lobes ovate, obtuse, 
2 preceeding species, but in the R. 
seen them, are never divided to the 
iina. Bose. 
11. Hispidos. 
R. caule erecto, ra- 
moso petiolisque pa- 
tentim pilosissimis; fo- 
liis tri sectis tri-parti- 
tisve, segmentis ova- 
libus, acutis, inciso- 
dentatis; pedieellis ad- 
presse pubescentibus; 
calyce adpresso. 
Stem erect, branch- 
ing, and with the pe- 
tioles densely cloathed 
with expanding hair; 
leaves 3-cleft or 3- 
parted, segments oval, 
acute, sharply toothed; 
peduncles with the hair 
appressed; calyx ap- 
pressed. 
Mich. 1. p. 321. Pursh 2. p. 395. De Candolle 1. p. 289. 
Root fibrous, perennial. Root leaves 3 parted, with the segments ge- 
nerally separated, the middle one on a petiole sometimes nearly an inch 
long, segments deeply 3-lobed, with the lobes acutely toothed, all very 
hairy, petioles sometimes 6 — 8 inches long, very hispid, with the hair ex- 
panding. Stem 12 — 18 inches high sparingly branched. Flowers on 
long peduncles, less hairy than the petioles, and with the hair generally 
.appressed. Petals obovate, much longer than tbe calyx or stamens. Seed 
smooth, compressed, with a short straight point. 
Grows in very rich shaded soils. 
Flowers firom April-— July. 
