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DomMBEYA CANNABINA. Hemp Domeeya. 
Class and Order. 
MonaApDELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.— Bytrnericez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, persistens, involucello 3-phyllo unila- 
terali cinctus. Petala 5. Stamina 15—20, filamentis vix (?) 
basi coalitis, 3 sterilia, 2—3 fertilia inter quodque ste- 
rilia (?). Stylus 1, apice in stigmata 5 subreflexa fissus. 
Carpella 5 bivalvia, 1—polysperma in capsulam arcte con- 
nexa. Cotyledones contortuplicate bifide. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Dosey a* cannabina ; foliis cordatis integris trilobisve serra- 
tis, pedunculis pendulis, floribus corymbosis, calycibus 
5-fidis tomentosis bibracteatis, columna staminea lon- 
gissima, 
Dompeya cannabina. Hels. et Boj. in Herb. nostr. 
This fine plant, which has so completely the habit of an 
Asrrapa#a, that one can hardly think it ought to be sepa- 
rated generically, was sent many years ago to the Glas- 
gow Botanic Garden from the Mauritius, by the late Cuartes 
Texrair, Esq. It is, however, not a native of that island, 
but of the provinces of Emirena and Be-tani-mena in Mada- 
gascar, whence I possess native specimens, gathered by 
Messrs. Hersincer and Boser, and communicated by them 
under the name which I have adopted. Whether it be 
referred to Astrapa#A or Dompeya, the generic character 
will 
* Named in honour of JosepH DomMBEY, an eminent South American 
Traveller and Naturalist. 
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