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ed, cordate, somewhat waved, acuminated, serrated, three- 
nerved, with many smaller lateral nerves, glabrous above, 
minutely pubescent beneath, horizontally patent, the older 
ones with from three to five angles: Petzoles two inches or 
more long, slender, terete, pubescent. Peduncles terminal, 
two to three inches long, bearing a corymbus of many 
flesh-coloured flowers, and, as well as the calyx, stellato- 
pubescent. Pedicels with three oval, concave bractez just 
beneath the calyx. Calyx five-partite: Segments lanceolate, 
acuminate, spreading ; at the base having a large yellow 
gland, and a smaller one alternating with each. Stamens 
twenty, united into a tube at the very base, five are linear 
barren filaments, much longer than the fertile ones, yet 
shorter than the style. Anthers oblong purplish, two-celled. 
Pollen yellow. Germen ovato-globose, hairy. Style slen- 
der, cylindrical, glabrous, terminating in five linear, re- 
curved, glandular stigmas. 
Raised in the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden from 
seeds sent by Dr. Watuicu, under the name of Dompeya 
angulata, and as a native of the Mauritius. To Dr. Wat- 
icu I am likewise indebted for the above synonyms, and 
some excellent specimens from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, 
im which the leaves are more angled than in the plant cul- 
tivated in our stove. y 
It is a fine handsome growing shrub, with somewhat of 
the habit of Astrapa@a, but altogether wanting the large 
stipules which seem to be characteristic of that Genus ; and 
the flowers are of a very different structure in the two 
genera. 
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Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Portion of the Stamens. 3. Anther. 4. Pistil. 
5. Base of a portion of the Stamens, with a Segment of the Calyx to sho¥ 
the Three Glands at its base —Magnified. we a 
