Cheirostemon as consisting of two confluent single-celled an- - 
thers,—whence we referred both to the Order Malvacee 
instead of Stereuliacew. I must confess, however, that after 
examining living specimens of Fremontia, I am inclined to 
refer the Fremontiew back to Sterculiacee, placing it next 
to the tribe Sterculiee. 
Descr. A woody shrub, attaining ten feet in its native 
country, and resembling a Fig-tree. Leaves produced at the 
extremity of the branchlets, petioled ; petiole slender, one to 
three inches broad, suborbicular, three- to seven-lobed ; lobes 
entire or crenate, sparsely stellate-pubescent above, glaucous — 
below, and ferruginous when dry. Peduncles as long as the 
petioles or shorter, stout, one-flowered. Flowers numerous, 
golden-yellow, two to two and a half inches in diameter, 
tribracteolate at the base; $racts small, ovate-subulate. 
Calyx broadly and openly campanulate, five-lobed to below 
the middle, petaloid, stellate-pubescent externally, villous 
internally, with five pits at the base; Jodes orbicular, apicu- 
late. Staminal column short, divided into five spreading 
arms, each terminated by two reniform parallel anther-lobes 
that dehisce outwardly. Ovary conical, pubescent, five- 
celled, with numerous ovules in each cell; style filiform, 
pilose, with spreading hairs; stigma acute—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Arm of staminal column. 2. Ovary. 3. Transverse section of 
ditto :—all magnified. 
