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RANUNCULACE^E.

[Hepatica.

10. A. Pennsylvanica; subpilosa, foliis tripartitis segmentis bipartitis trifidisve, laciniislanceolatis inciso-serratis, involucralibus involucellisve sessilibus conformibus, sepalis 5ellipticis obtusis, pericarpiis conipressis marginatis stylo longo apice recto vel uncinatoattenuatis. (Tab. III. B.)— Linn. Moot. p. 247. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 387. Z)e Cand.Prodr. v. 1. p. 21. Richards, in Franhl. lsf Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 22. —A. aconitifolia.Mich. FI. Bor. Am. v. 1. p, 320.—A. dichotoma. IAnn. Anuen. Acad. v. 1. p. 155. Gmel.FI. Sibir. v. 4. p. 197. “ Linn. Fil. decad. 29. t. 15.” Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 387. De Cand.Prodr. v. 1. p. 21.

Radix subrepens, flexuosus, lignosus, parce fibrosus. Tota planta pilosa, in caule et petiolis pilis patenti-bus. Folia radicalia, longc pctiolata, ampla: Involucnun illis forma et magnitudine simile, Involucellamultoties minora. Flos magnus, albus: Sepala mcmbranacea, extus sericeo-pubescentia. Stamina numcrosa.Fructus rotundatus, magis minusve pilosus vel etiani glaber: Stylus persistens, pericarpiis multo longior,rectus vel ad apicem uucinatus: statu juuiore brevis et semper uncinatus.

Hah. Iu woody and prairie tracts by the banks of rivers from Hudson’s Bay to the Pacific, and from theUnited States to near the mouth of Mackenzie’s River ; not found iu the barren grounds. Dr. Richardson.Drummond. Douglas. —It is singular that no figure, that I am aware of, should yet have been given, (exceptthe one referred to in the “ Decades ” of the younger Linna'us,) of this very common and handsomeAmerican plant. De Candolle says that the A. dichotoma of Europe is similar to the Pennsylvanica,but more slender. My specimens from Dahuria, sent by Dr. Fischer, entirely accord with the American ones: and the dichotoma of Pursh, I suspect, is exactly the same. That author, indeed, says, “ It is smallerthan Pennsylvanica, and has a tinge of red.” Neither of which marks are at all likely to be constant.

Although named Pennsylvanica by Linna'us, he only gives Canada as a station for it. And notwithstand-ing that Michaux speaks of it as an inhabitant of the New England States , and Pursh, of Pennsylvania , Ihave never received it from my correspondents in these countries, and am inclined to consider it rare, exceptiu the more northern parts of America . It does not find a place in Elliott’s Sketch, nor iu Dr. Bigelow’sFlora of the Environs of Boston .

11. A. narcissijlora ; hirsuta, foliis palmatim partitis, segmentis cuncatis inciso-multifklis,involucralibus subconformibus sessilibus, floribus utnbellatis.— Linn. Sp. PL p. 763. Gmel.FI. Sibir. v. 4. p. 200. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 387. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 1120. De Cand.Prodr. v. 1. p. 23.—A. umbellata. IVilld. Sp. Id. v. 2. p. 1284.? De Less. Ic. v. 1. t. 18.?(ubi figura dilfert solunnnodo involucris simplieioribus.)

IIab. Canada , and North-West America. Pursh. —1 have never seen Canadian specimens, but I possessthe plant gathered by Mr. Menzios on the north-west coast of America , whore it extends, according to Dr.Fischer, as far as Unalaschka . Kotzebue’s Sound . Lay and Collie in Captain Beechey’s Collection. —TheseN. W. American specimens are clothed with long, copious, and beautiful silky hairs, according with De Candolle ’s var. villosissima from Unalaschka . But I possess individuals gathered on the Altaic Mountainsequally shaggy; and others from different parts of Europe in various states of hairiness. The specimens inCaptain Bcechoy’s herbarium are very small, and have only one fiower to each plant.

4. HEPATICA.

Involucrum 3-foliatum, fiori approximatum, 1-llorum, calyciforme; foliis integris. Se-pala petaloidea, 6-9, duplici triplicive serie disposita. Stamina et ovaria plurima. Car-pc/la ecaudata. Scapi plurimi, radicates, \-Jlori. DC.

1. H. triloba; foliis late cordatis trilobis, lobis cordatis.—Anemone Hepatica. Spreny.Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 660. Mich. FI. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 319. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 56.—