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LASIOPETALUM SOLANACEUiM. SoLANUM- 

 LEAVED LASIOPETALUM. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charafier. — Fid. No. 1485. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



LASIOPETALUM folanaceum ,- foliis cordatis fubquinquelobis 

 repando finuatis, ftipulis reniformibus fubfefTilibus, fila- 

 mentis decern : alternis flerilibus longioribus apice hamatis. 



LASIOPETALUM tripbyllum. Smith in Rees Cyclopad. vix 

 tamen Labillardieri. 



Desc. A taller JJjrub tban the quercifolium, covered with a 

 fimilar ftarry pubefcence, but fofter; leaves alternate, five-Iobed, 

 obtufely finuate, very woolly on the under furface, frequent!*', 

 but not always bordered with a yellowifh (tripe, like fbme of 

 the variegated geraniums j footjlalks nearly the length of the 

 leaf. At the bafe of each footilalk grow two, oppofite, kidney- 

 fhaped ftipules, moftly quite entire, fometimes a little lobed, 

 feflile or on very fhort ftalks. Thefe ftipules, as we mould 

 call them, are called by Labillardiere and Smith leaves, 

 and hence this and the preceding are both defcribed as three- 

 leaved. Peduncles oppoled to the leaf, horizontal, racemes fre- 

 quently branched : pedicles divaricate. Bratles three, fubulate, 

 not half the length of the calyx, reflexed. Calyx five-cleft : 

 fegments folded back, pointed, white with a pale rofe-coloured 

 {tripe in the middle. Stamens five, fertile with a longer fterile 

 filament between each, hooked at the point ; the fertile filaments 

 are fhort, flefhy, and flattened : anthers heart-fhape pointed, 

 opening on the in fide near the tip. Gormen fuperior, round, 



five- 



