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XANTHOSIA ROTUNDIFOLIA. ROUND-LEAVED 
XANTHOSIA. 
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Class and Order. 
PEeNTANDRIA DiaynliA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Unpet.irer2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus ovato-compressus, limbus 5-lobus, lobis 
ovatis acutis subcoloratis. Petala stipitata, ovalia, apice 
cuspidata replicata. Stamina lobis calycinis opposita. Sty- 
lopodia 2 crassa, villosa (vix semper) ad apices carpellorum. 
Styli 2, filiformes e basibus internis stylopodiorum orti. 
Fructus compressus striato-nervosus, mericarpiis ad com- 
missuram contractis 7—9-jugis, jugis filiformibus, 2 latera- 
libus marginantibus, valleculis evittatis, commissura an- 
gustissima evittata.—Suflrutices Australasici, pilis sepius 
stellatis hirsuti. Folia alterna simplicia aut tripartita. 
Umbelle varie. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Xantnosta* (Sect. Levcoumna) rotundifolia; glabra vel 
pubescens fruticosa, foliis petiolatis cordato-rotundatis 
grosse dentatis coriaceis glabris, umbella 4-radiata, 
involucri tetraphylli foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, invo- 
lucellis monophyllis latissimis profunde trifidis albis. 
Xantnosta rotundifolia. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 75. 
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This extremely curious umbelliferous plant, so unlike in 
abit to the majority of individuals of this.extensive Na- 
tural Order, is a native of New Holland, where it appears 
to 
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cevboc, ‘ is ith which some species 
a “etn yellow ; from the yellowish tomentum wit which so: pe 
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