HEPAT'ICA TRPLOBA. 
THREE-LOBED HEPATICA. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYRIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANL’NCULACE*. 
^ Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
I Cultivated 
Europe. 
4 inches. 
Feb. Apr. 
Perennial. 
in 1073. 
No. 323. 
The present generic name, Hepatica, is from the 
Greek hepar, the liver ; wlienre comes hepati- 
Kos, of a liver. The lobed shape of the leaf of this 
plant was supposed to resemble the liver, which gave 
rise to the application of the name. 
Linneus regarded the calyx of the Hepatica, on 
account of its distance from the flower, as synony- 
mous with the involucrum of the anemone, and con- 
sequently united these genera; but it has lately been 
regarded as a distinct genus, as was the case before 
the days of that great naturalist. 
To write in commendation of the Hepatica would 
be superfluous, but to point out a mode of propaga- 
tion which may still improve our present varieties, 
must be acceptable. It is not our own experience ; 
but so strongly did Doctor Hill, in his folio work on 
gardening, insist on the advantages of raising the 
Hepatica from seed, that we hope those who have op- 
portimity, will not fail to put it to the test. 
It is known to every one, that removing the He- 
patica is often its destruction ; particularly if done at 
an improper season. The most congenial time for 
that purpose, we have observed to be whilst it is in 
