Tas. 5591. 
FREMONTIA. Cattrorstea. 
Californian Fremontia. 
Nat. Ord. Matvacew.—Pentaypria Monoeyrnta. 
Gen. Char. Flores 3-bracteati. Calyx patenti-campanulatus, coloratus, 
profunde 5-fidus, laciniis petaloideis leviter imbricatis. Petala 0. Sta- 
mina 5, filamentis basi in tubum confluentibus superne patentibus; an- 
there reniformes, retrorsum dehiscentes (v. columna staminea 5-fida, ramis 
linearibus superne dilatatis et extrorsum antheras 2 1-loculares antheram 
2-locularem simulantes ferentibus). Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis oo-ovu- 
latis ; stylus filiformis, stigmate acuto. Capsula loculicide 4—6-valvis. 
Semina ovata, testa crustacea nitida, albumine carnoso; cotyledones ovate, 
subplanee.—Frutex Californicus, stellato-pubescens. Folia cordata, lobata. 
Flores majusculi, flavi, pedunculis oppositifoliis. 
Fremontta Californica. Torrey in Smiths. Contrib. v. 6. p. 5: t. 
Ann. v. 4. p.19. Hook. f. et Benth. Gen. Plant. v. 1. p. 212. 
A very singular and beautiful hardy Californian shrub, im- 
ported by Messrs. Veitch, and which flowered at their nur- 
series in June of the present year. It is undoubtedly the 
choicest early-flowering shrub introduced of late years, and 
more than rivals the Morsythias in many respects. It was 
discovered during Colonel Fremont’s adventurous United 
States Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1846, and 
bears the name of that gallant officer and highly-distinguished 
explorer. ~~ 
The botanical characters of Fremontia are very anomalous. 
It was referred to a new section of Bombacew (Fremontiew) 
by its founder, and correctly placed along with the famous 
Hand-plant, Cheirostemon (Tab. nostr. 5135), and the stamens 
were described as five, with two-celled anthers. On the 
other hand, certain considerations of affinity and structure 
induced Mr. Bentham and myself, following Dr. Torrey, to 
regard the apparently two-celled anthers of this plant and 
Avaust Ist, 1866. 
