WALTHERIA, 



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supernc angustata, acuta, basi rotundata, serrata, reticulato-venosa, venis primariis nervoouc medin .„1 . 

 prom.nent.bus membranacea, utrinque, pr.sertim sub.us molli.er .omen.osa, pilis \ TZ « s 1T 

 canescen„a su*us incana, 2 ,-,' ( lincas longa, 7 -8 lineasla.a. Pet.ou circiter 4 lineas longi, Z £ " 



tomentos, S,,p„* pctiolares gemina^, lineari- subula.a,, pubescentes, crecta,, ,-^lincas long», dcci dua 

 Sp.« ax.llares sohtari,, pedunculat,, mul.iflor,, 8- 9 lincas long,, basi folio parvo ins.ruc,,, brac.eosT- 

 peduncu ,s 8- , o hneas longis, lcretibus, cano-tomentosis. Flores crcbcrrimi , sessilcs, arctc conglomerati suh ' 

 umla.erales magni.udinc floris Geranii pusilli; brac.c, lineari-lanceola.,, acu., , pubesccn.es, virides' 

 glomcrulaflorum, nvolucran.es, pcrsis.cntes , calyccm parum superan.es. duas liricas e. longiore Cuyx 

 turbma.o-campanula.us, quinqucf.dus, mcmbranaceus, decemnervius, D ubcsccns, persi^MslEfa ova L 

 acum,na«,s un.verviis, xqualibus. Petala quinque, hypogyna, unguiculata, lincari-ob.onga, apice ro u 2 



JdnVf, t" h , mem r" ' flabclla,0 - VC,10Sa ' ^abra, flava, ,q,,alia, ca.ycc parnm longioraf unguib s 

 adnata tubo stam.neo. Stam.na quinque, hypogyna, petalis opposita iisquc duplo brcviora. F.lamenta i„ 

 tubum connata ; tubus mcmbranaceus, quinqucncrvius. Anthek* summo tubo insidcntcs, sessiles, pos.ic, 

 mcd.um vcrsus affix,, liueari-oblong,, glabr,, biloculares, longiludinalitcr cxtcrne dehiscentes Omro. 

 supcrum, sessile, parvum , sericeum, oblique oblongum, unilocularc (quinquclocularc , loculo nonnisi 

 unico s„perstite);ov„laduo,hinc lateri truncato ovarii affixa, superposita. Stylcs capillaccus stamina 

 supcrans, pubesccns. St.gma mullifldum; laciniis capillaccis. F»uctds oblique globosus, calycc' inclnsns 

 ■psoque brevior, membrauaccus, nervatus, unilocularis, monospcrmus, apice bivalvis, magniiudine crani 

 majons smapis. Semina immatura. " 



Differt a Wal.hcria americana : foliis angustioribus , pedunculis longioribus ; vix species dis.inc.a. 

 In Walthena clliplica, cui nostra item similis, capi.ula sunt sessilia. 



2. WALTHERIA ameiucana. 



W. arborescens;foliisovatis,basirotundatis,obsolcte cordatis, duplicato-serratis, mollissime 

 tomentosis; capitulis pedunculalis, petiolum subaequantibus. 

 Waltheria americana Linn. Sp. pL ed. W. 3. p. 58j. 

 Crescit etfloret cum proecedente. £ 

















