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bus, filiforiuibus, interinedia calycein subaeqiian^e, laferaliFjus diipio fere 

 longiore, omnibus tomento floccoso, niveo totis mvolutis, sive calyci appres- 

 sis, sive deflexis. Ca/t/j; profimde et fere nsqiie ad basin 5-partitiis; sea- 

 menlh conniventibus, lanceolatis, acuininatis, "2^^ lin. circiter longis,3-5-nerviis, 

 facie fusco-ferrugineis, glabris, sive stellulis albis, remotiiisculis liinc inde 

 cons|)ers^s, dorso stellulis elongatis, intricatis, niveis, dense floccoso-villosrs. 

 Petala 5, minima, squaniaeforinia, obscure ferrnginea, glabra, obovata, cw- 

 tullata, filamentFs subaequilongis opposita, Filamc7ita5, basi libera, pla- 

 niuscula, ferruginea, antherae basin lineae quadrantem v\\ supereminenlia, 

 basi paullisper dilatata, omnia fertilia. Antherae oblongae, atro-purpureae, 

 mtidissimae, versus apicem attenuatum pulchre niveae, obtusiusculae, basi 

 emarginatae, sulco dorsuli et suturis lateralibus, longitudinalibus utrinqiie 

 exaratae, paullo supra medium insertae, lineam vix ac ne vix quidem su- 

 perantes, et sub apice rima brevi , lateral! utrinque deliiscentes. Ovarium 

 sessile, antberis brevius, ovoideo-spbaeroideum, acutum, 3-sulcatum, dense 

 sericeo-tomentosum , 3-loculare; loculis 2-ovulatis. Stylus setaceus, glaber, 

 bneani fere longiis, antheras jyiullo superans, indivisus, stUfmnte aequali, 



truncate tenninatus. Capsula depresso-globosa, ferruginea, stellulis albis, 



remotiusculis conspersa, antheras supereminens, 3-sulcHta, 3-locuIaris, 3-vafvis; 



^^ I^a.siopetalniii dajsypliyllam Sieber. 



L. foliis ovato lanceolatis acutisj cymis nmltilloris, ovaiio 

 toineiitoso ferriisrineo mutico 4-lociilari. 



Lasiopetaliim dasyphyllum Sieber! herb. Nov. Holl. No. 240! 



Lasiopetalum nutans Hooker mss! in herb, palathio Vin- 



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cloboii 



eiisu 



Hab. in Novae Hollandiae era orieatali, Sieber! In sjivis unibiosis No\ac 

 "aleeiae, (teste speciiiiine a cl. Iluokcr misso, in berbario palatino Vlndobonensi.) (v.s.) 



Frutex, ut videtur, elatus, tomento stellato, laeie ferrugineo-fusco undi- 

 ^»e tectus. Catdis crassus, teres, sub follorum insertione complanalus, 

 ^ense tomentosus, ramosus. Fofia conacea, petiolata; petiolo seniipqllice 

 sive majore sive paullo minore, tomentoso, ferrngineo; limbo ovato-lanceo- 

 '^to, acute vel acuminato, basi rotundato et leviter cordate, margine integro 

 s»ve levi.«sime repando, piano vel vix rerur\ o, [lenninervio, supra glabro vel 

 ^sperulo, (ill foliis novellis leviter floccoso), punctate, nervis inipressis, 

 si^btus pllis stellatis duplicis indolis, inferioribus pallide lutescentibus, su- 

 Perioribus, praesertim in nervis prominulis, rlgidioiibus, ferrugincis dense 

 tomentoso, 2-5-pollicarI, basi y^-lVa poUices late. Stipidae x\n\hxe. Cijmop 

 ^Ppositifoliae, folio multoties brevieres, pediiuculo circiter semipollican, 

 nudo, ferrngineo -tomentoso insidentes, plerumque a-radiatae, 8-!L*-lIorae; 

 J«rfu'A brevibus, racemosis, basi hractea solitarFa, filiformi, utrinque cinoreo- 

 [omentosa, 4 lin. longa stipalis. Alahastra subglobosa, snbsessdia, 5-cos(ata, 

 'o»nento obscure ferru-'ineo, stellato, dense tecta. /Yor^^ congesti, brevissime 

 Pedicellati; ^^rfice//o°l - ^i -lineari, tomentoso, ferrngineo, bractea basilari 

 ^O'Uaria, pedicellum snbsuperante, cinereo-tomentosa stipato; bractea hj/po- 

 ^^[ycina dimidium calycem aequante, 3-partita; latiniis anguste Imearibus, 



-'- eo-, dorso ferrngineo-tomentosls, intermedia lateralibus paullo 1-" 

 latiore. Calya; usque ad basin fere 5-partitus; segmcntis lane 



anceo- 



facie cinereo-, doiso ferniffineo-\omenlosls, intermedia lateralibus paullo lon- 



'^*ij, aculatis, erectiusculis,^ utrinque laete ferrugineis, 7-9-nerviis, nervo 

 n/ 1? Y'*^**''**''^. ftt<-'e glaberrimis, dorso stellato-tomontosis, 3%-4 Im. longis, 



'A--5 lin. latis. Petala 5, afro-purpurea sive ferruginea, obovata, obtusa, 

 ^"oconrava, basi attenuata, glaberrima, sqiiamaeformia, V^ lin. vix longa 



