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GASTONIA palmata. 
Palmate Gastonia. 
DODSC^DRIA DECAGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. Araliace£. 
GASTONIA Commers. — Calyx margine elevato integro. Petala 6, basi 
lata, rarius 5. Stamina 12, rarius 10, ad petalum quodlibet binata breviora. 
<S^2i 10-12, minimi, basi juncti ; stigmata 10-12. Capsula 10-12-locu- 
laris. Juss. gen.^n . 
O. palmata ; foliis cordatis serratis paImato-7-Iobatis suprA ^fdbns subtw 
ferrug'ineo-pubesccntibus. 
Gastonia palmata, il. Hurt. Beng. 33. 
Caulis simplex, tuberculis acnleiformibus purpureo-viridibus undique ad- 
spersis. Folia w pefiolo lonyo, basi viiyimito, nculeato, tereti insidcntia, 
cordata, palmata, 1-loba, lobis lanceolatis, serratis, stdjirtjualibus, snbt us pal- 
lida, pubcsccntid teiiui, ferrucjined, stcllatd tecta. Uiubella composita, um- 
bellidis 16-18 fioris, involucro partiali nullo, pedunculis ylabris, pimctatis, 
pedicellis furfure raro, deciduo, ferrugineo vestitis. Calyx subinteger, plica- 
tus. Petala cito decidua. Stamina 5-9, extra discum crigpvm, /atem, w- 
serta. ^t^\a& \ , apvx multipartitus. 
Whdfcier this plant really belongs to the genus Gastonia^ 
we iijifortimately have not the means of judging. The 
specimens with which we were furnished were incomplete; 
but from such an examination as we were enabled to give 
them, we did not discover any thing materially at variance 
with Jussieu's character, as the above brief description in 
sQme measure sheWt. 
We do not find the species recorded in any work besides* 
the Hortus fiengalensis, in which we are informed that the 
plant is a native of Chittagong, anel that it is an upright 
tree or shrub. Another species, called by Roxburgh G. 
smruroides, is said to be a native of the Moluccas. 
Jussieu states that the genus was named by Commer- 
son in honoiir of Gaston de Foix, Duke of Orleans/ brother 
of Louis XIII., a patron of botany, and of Morison. He 
was the founder of the botanic garden at Blois, and the 
{nrince ^iio commenced the formation pf the co^s^tion of 
