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MALESHERBIA LINEARIFOLIA. LiNEAR- 
LEAVED MALESHERBIA. 
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Class and Order. 
PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Passirtorez. Tribe, MALESHERBIACER. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx persistens, tubulosus, membranaceus, inflatus, 10- 
nervius, lobis 10 duplici ordine dispositis, per estivationem 
imbricatis, fauce in coronam 10-dentatam producta. Sta- 
mina 5 exserta. Anthere incumbenti-erecte. Ovarium 
stipitatum 1-loculare. Styli 3 longissimi, infra _apicem 
ovarii orti. Stigmata clavata.. Capsula trigona. Placente 
3 parieti capsule infra dehiscentie# locum inserte. Semina 
strophiola fungosa donata. Albumen carnosum. Embryo 
teres. Cotyledones orbiculate crasse.—Plante pubescentes 
ramose basi suffrutescentes. Folia alterna simplicia. Flores 
lutei. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Maxesuersia* linearifolia; pubescenti- glandulosa, foliis 
linearibus dentatis basi stipulatis, stipulis tripartitis, 
calycis fauce dilatata, ovario subgloboso. 
Matesuersia linearifolia. Poir. in Encycl. Bot. Suppl. v. 
3. p. 581. 
oar ore paniculata. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ. 1827, 
p- : a 
Gynoptevra linearifolia. Cav. Ic. v. 4. p. 52. t. 376. Spr. 
Syst. Veg. v. 1. p. 947. 
Matesuersia coronata. Don in Sw. Br. Fl. Gard. t. 167. 
The present is one of the many interesting Chilian 
Genera for which our gardens are indebted to Mr. Cumine. 
It 
* In honour of LaMoicNon DE MALESHERBES, an illustrious French 
patriot and agriculturist. 
