BYTTNERIACEZ. X. LASIOPETALUM. 
1 L. FERRUGI NEUM (Smith, in 
Andr. bot. rep. t. 208.) segments 
of calyx tomentose on both sides. 
h. G. Native of New Holland. 
Vent. malm. t. 59. Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 1766. Cav. diss. p. 16. 
t. 3. Calyx covered with brown 
tomentum. Petals small, dark- 
purple. 
Rusty Lasiopetalum. Fl. April, 
July. Clt. 1791. Sh. 2to 4 ft. 
2 L. parvirtorum (Rudge, in 
Lin. trans. 10. p. 297. t. 19. f. 1.) 
segments of calyx smooth on the 
inside. h. G. Native of New 
Holland. Gay, diss. p. 17. t. 4. 
Flowers small, yellowish-brown 
from tomentum. 
Small-flowered Lasiopetalum. Fl. Apr. Jul. Clt. 1810. Sh. 3 ft. 
Cult. These are very pretty shrubs; they grow best in a 
mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will root 
freely in sand under a hand-glass. 
XI. GUICHENO'TIA (in honour of Anthony Guichenot, who 
went round the world with Captain Baudin along with Riedle 
and Leschenault.) Gay, diss. p. 20. D. C. prod. 1. p. 489. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monoginia. Calyx permanent. 
Petals 5, gland-formed. Filaments 5, free. Anthers bursting 
by lateral chinks. Ovary 5-celled; cells containing 5 ovule, 
clothed with dense tomentum within. Stipulas wanting. Leaves 
3 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, entire. Inflorescence racemose. 
1 G. repirdtia (Gay, diss. p. 19. t. 5.). k.G. Native of 
New Holland on the western coast. Shrub hoary all over. 
This is a perfectly distinct genus from Lasiopétalum ledifò- 
lium of Vent., which is now Borònia ledifolia. Calyx grey- 
tomentose. Petals dark-purple. 
Ledum-leaved Guichenotia. Shrub 2 feet. 
_ Cult. This is a very pretty shrub, which will thrive well 
in a mixture of sand, loam, and peat, and ripened cuttings will 
root readily in sand under a hand-glass. 
XII. THOMA'SIA (in memory of Peter and Abraham Tho- 
mas, collectors of Swiss plants in the time of Haller.) Gay, 
diss. p. 20. D, C. prod. 1. p. 489. 
Lin. syst. Penta-Decéndria, Monogynia. Calyx permanent, 
veiny. Petals 5, scale-formed, or wanting. Filaments 5 or 10, 
for the most part connate at the base. Anthers bursting by 
lateral chinks. Ovary 3-celled; cells containing from 2-8- 
ovulæ. Capsules 3-valved, dissepiments formed from the edges 
of the valves. Strophiola of seed crenate. Stipulas leafy, 
permanent. Leaves ovate, lobed, clothed on both surfaces with 
hispid tomentum. Inflorescence racemose, opposite the leaves, 
Bracteas 3-parted. 
§2. Pentandrous species with a long style, and with 2 
seeds in each cell of the capsule. 
_1 T. purru rea (Gay, diss. p. 22. t. 6.) leaves linear-ellip- 
tical, entire; stipulas leafy ; petals 5 ; capsules stipitate, smooth, 
with 3 deep furrows. h. G. Native of New Holland on the 
south-west coast. Lasiopétalum purpureum, Sims, bot. mag. 
t. 1755. Lasiopétalum purpurascens, Lois. herb. amat. t. 294. 
Calyx purple. 
Purple-flowered Thomasia. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
2 T. rorðsa (Gay, diss. p. 24. t. 7.) leaves ovate, cordate, 
bluntly 5-7-lobed ; stipulas minute; petals wanting ; capsules 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1808. 
XI. GvuicHENotIA. 
XII. THOMASIA. 527 
h. G. Native of New 
XIII. KERAUDRENIA. 
sessile, tomentose, with 3 furrows. 
Holland: on the south-west coast. 
Leafy Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. 
§ 2. Decandrous species mith a short style, and from3 to 8 
seeds in each cell of the capsule. 
Shrub 1 ft. 
3 T. sorana cea (Gay, diss. p. 26. t. 6.) petals 5; leaves 
sinuate-lobed, hairy. h.G. Native of New Holland on the 
south-west coast. Lasiopétalum triphyllum, Smith in Rees’ 
cyclop. Lasiopétalum solanaceum, Sims, bot. mag. t. 1486. 
Leaves the largest of all the genus. Calyx pinkish-purple. - 
Solanum-flowered Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Cit. 1803. 
Shrub 1 to 5 feet. 
4 T. rrtpuy’tta (Gay, diss. p. 28.) leaves sinuately-angular, 
smoothish on the back; petals wanting; capsules mucronate. 
h. G. Native of New Holland in Van Lewin’s Land. 
Lasiopétalum triphyllum, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 63. t. 88. 
Leaves appearing ternate from being furnished with a large, 
stalked stipula on each side. 
Three-leaved Thomasia. 
2 to 4 feet. 
5 T. querciroria (Gay, diss. p. 29.) leaves 3-lobed, pinna- 
tifid, clothed with rough tomentum beneath ; petals wanting ; 
capsules mutic. kh. G. Native of New Holland. Lasiopé- 
talum quercifolium, Andr. bot. rep. t. 459. Sims, bot. mag. 
1485. Flowers purplish. 
Oak-leaved Thomasia. 
1 to 3 feet. 
6 T. pirru'sa; leaves 3-lobed; stems diffuse ; petals want- 
ing? kh.G. Native of New Holland. Flowers white. 
Diffuse Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. Sh. 4 foot. 
Cult. Thomasia is a genus of pretty under shrubs, which 
deserve to be cultivated in every collection ; they will thrive 
well in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat, and ripened cuttings 
will root freely in sand, under a hand-glass. 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. Shrub 
XIII. KERAUDRENIA (in honour of — Keraudren, a 
French nobleman ?). Gay, diss. p. 31. D.C. prod. 1. p. 489, 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx, permanent. 
Petals wanting. Filaments 5, fertile, imbricate and conniving 
at the base. Anthers bursting by dorsal chinks. Ovary 3- 
celled, each cell containing many ovulz. Styles 3-parted, con- 
nected. Capsules echinately-tomentose, 1-celled from abortion, 
3-valved, with valvular dissepiments. Seeds twin, with an entire 
strophiola. Stipulas minute, permanent. Leaves sinuately 
waved. Inflorescence corymbose, with jointed pedicels. 
1 K. HERMANNIÆFÒLIA (Gay, diss. p. 32. t. 8.) h. G. 
Native of New Holland on the western coast. A stiff shrub. 
Hermannia-leaved Keraudrenia. Fl.? Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and ripened cuttings will root readily in sand under a 
hand-glass. 
Tribe III. 
HERMANNIE Æ (plants agreeing with Hermánnia in im- 
portant characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 490. Hermanniàceæ, 
Kunth, malv. p. 11. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 312. Flowers 
hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-lobed, permanent, sometimes naked, 
sometimes somewhat involucrated. Petals 5, spirally twisted 
before expansion, with the claws usually adnate to the tube of 
the stamens. Stamens 5, monadelphous at the base, all fertile 
and opposite the petals. Anthers ovate, 2-celled. Styles 5, 
connected into 1, crowned by as many stigmas. Carpels 5, 
joined into 1 fruit; cells or carpels usually 2-seeded. Albumen 
fleshy. Embryo enclosed, straight, or curved, with an ovate, 
inferior radicle, and flat, leafy, entire cotyledons. 
