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FRANCOA APPENDICULATA. APPENDICUI 
FRANCOA. 
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OcranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Gatnacinexw. Don. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-partitus, persistens, Pet. 4. Stam. 8 fertilia, to- 
_ tidem sterilia minuta cum iis alternantia. Germen 4-sulca- 
tum. Stigma sessile 4-lobatum. Capsula 4-loba, 4-locu- 
laris, polysperma. Semina angulo interiori loculorum 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
_ Francoa* appendiculata; caulescens, foliis lyratis denticu- 
| latis utrinque pubescentibus, lobo terminali maximo 
cordato obtuse angulato, floribus racemoso-spicatis. 
Francoa appendiculata. Cavan. Icon. vi. 77. t. 596. Pers. 
Synops. 1.445. Sprengel, Syst. Veget. v. 2. 262. 
Francoa sonchifolia? Ad. Juss. Ann. des Sc, Nat. 3. 192. 
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Descr. Root with several very leafy crowns. Stems short. 
4 Leaves (eight inches long) petioled, lyrate, with soft, 
2 ma Sagth glutinous pubescence on both sides, bullate, un- 
 dulate, strongly veined, denticulate, decurrent along the — 
_ petiole ; Jobes blunt, the terminal one by much the largest, 
_ (in a vigorous plant six inches long, four aud a half inches 
broad) bluntly angled, cordate at the base. Mlower-stalk 
_ (two feet high) terminal, scape-like, having a few leaves at_ 
_ the base only, erect, straight, round, slightly tapering, 
: | t i's densely — 
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* Named in compliment to Francis Franco, a Physician and Botanist cod 
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