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DlPLOL/ENA DaMPIERI. DampIER*S 

 DlPLOL^NA. 



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 Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rutace^e, ) 



Generic Character. 



Involucrum duplex multiflorum, exterius 5-lobum, inte- 

 nus 10 — 15-partitum exteriore longius. Flores sessiles iu- 

 yolucello calyceve 5-paIeaceo instructi. Pet. o. Stam. 10 

 mferae villosa. Annulus glandulosus ovarium chigens. 

 Stylus 1. Stigma 5-dent. Carpella 5 bivalvia 1 -sperms 

 transverse striata. Seminit oblongo-cylindracea, hilo late- 

 ral!, fere Corre^e. — Caules fruticosi ramosi. Folia alterna 

 ovalia punciato-glandulosa, ceterum foliis Corre^e albae si- 

 milia. Capitula terminalia pedicellata. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



DiploLjEna* Dampieri; foliis oblongo-obovatis obtusis supra 



scaberulis subtus stellatiin pubescenti-tornentosis, ju- 



uioribus subferrugineis. 

 Diplol^na Dampieri. Desf. Mem. Mas. S. p. 449. t. 20. 



L>e Cand. Prodr. I. p. 719. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, 



t. 64. 



A singular Rutaceous plant with flowers collected into a 

 capitulum like the Compositce, but which, when examined, 

 exhibit a very different structure. These flowers are fully 



produced 



* So named by Mr. Brown from *ttAoos, double, and ;#"*»'*. a cloak, from 

 tne double covering, or involucre, at first sight resembling a calyx and 



corolla. 



