Description of Fig. 247. Roors fibrous, matted, somewhat spreading. LEAVES radical, simple, exstipulate, peltately palmate-veined, wavy, deeply two-lobed, shut sinus at base; petiole long, round, rather erect. INFLORESCENCE Solitary, on a smooth, naked scape. FLOWER. CALYX; sepals 4, polysepalous, oblong: COROLLA; petals 8, polypetalous, regular, oblong, spreading: STAMENS 8; filaments threadlike, shorter than anther; anthers two-celled, oblong: PISTIL; carpels 2; style short; stigma spreading, two-lobed. Description of Fig. 248. Roors fibrous, growing from the entire under-side of the stem. STEM creeping below the ground. LEAF radical, petiolate, exstipulate, wavy-dentate, palmate-veined, slightly reniform, obtusely sevenlobed, sinuses rounded, nearly closed; petiole halfround, channelled. INFLORESCENCE solitary, on a smooth, slender scape. FLOWER. CALYX; sepals 2, ovate, regular : COROLLA; petals 8, polypetalous, regular, obovateoblong, spreading: STAMENS many, shorter than the petals; filaments short, threadlike; anthers oblong, two-celled: PISTIL; ovary oblong, of two carpels; styles united in a column; stigma two-lobed. Description of Fig. 249. ROOTS fasciculated. STEM slender, weak, round, herbaceous, hairy. LEAVES radical and cauline. Radical leaves, petiolate, exstipulate, deeply twice ternately lobed; petioles long, hairy. Cauline leaves sessile alternate, shaped like the radical leaves, but much smaller. INFLORESCENCE solitary, terminal. FLOWER. CALYXx; sepals 5, polysepalous, regular, spreading: COROLLA; petals 5, polypetalous, regular, oval, spreading: STAMENS many; filaments threadlike; anthers short, two-celled: PISTIL; carpels many; styles very short or absent; stigma inner and upper part of carpel or style. |