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DIPLOLZENA Dampieri. 
Dampier’s Double Cup. 
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POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord Ruraces. 
DIPLOLAINA. R. Brown. Flores intra involucrum multipartitum 
in receptaculo plano confertim sessiles, involucri laciniis imbricatim trise- 
riatis, exterioribus tomentosis, interioribus petaloideis. Calyx nullus. Co- 
rolle petala 5, v. abortu interdum pauciora,hypogyna, squameeformia, nuda 
v. ciliata. Stamina 10, hypogyna, petalis multo longiora, exserta, alterna 
petalis opposita paullo breviora ; filamenta. filiformi-subulata, inferne ciliata, 
superne glabra ; antherze introrse, biloculares, oblongee, incumbentes, longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 5, gynophoro depresso insidentia, unilocu- 
laria, glabra. Ovula in loculis gemina, angulo centrali inserta, contigué su- 
perposita, superius adscendens, inferius pendulum. Styli 5, ex ovariorum 
angulo interiori, in unicum filiformem, basi hispidulum, stamina sequantem 
coaliti ; stigma obtuse quinquelobum. Capsu/a pentacocea, coccis bivalvibus, 
endocarpio cartilagineo, soluto, elastice bilobo, basi seminifero, abortu mono- 
Spermo. Semen oblongum, testa crustacea, umbilico ventrali, lineari. Em- 
éryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus, teretiusculus, gracilis, radicula supera. 
Frutices in Nova-Hollandia austro-occidentali indigent ; foliis alternis, 
petiolatis, ovatis v. obovatis, obtusis v. retusis, crassis, ramulisque coriaceis, 
penninerviis, integerrimis, glanduloso-punctatis, supra pube stellata conspersis, 
subtus dense albo-tomentosis, involucris multifloris, florem unicum simulantibus, 
terminalibus, solitariis sub anthesi nutantibus. Endl. gen. pl. p. 1156. 
D. Dampieri ; foliis obovato-oblongis emarginatis superné viridibus glabris 
subtis incanis. Desfontaines in mem. mus. 3. 449. t. 20. DeCand. 
Prodr. 1. 719. 
This singular plant is one of the acquisitions from Swan 
River. Upon its first arrival great expectations were enter- 
tained of its beauty, in consequence of its flowers being known 
to be collected in dense heads from which the long stamens 
project to some distance. Upon producing its blossoms it has 
however been found that however singular the structure, the 
total want of brilliancy of colour renders it unfit for cultivation 
for ornamental purposes. It can only now be regarded as a 
Botanical curiosity. 
