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Planta coespitosa. Radix fibrosa. Folia omnia erectu Longfe 

 petiolata, orbiculato-cordata, conspicur venosa, grosse et 

 acute serrata, utrinque pilosa ; petioli Iongissimi : basi di- 

 latati, subtus striato-nervosi, marginc villis mollibus ciliati. 

 Scapus pedalis, teres, erectus, villis viscidis tectus. Root' 

 nuts elongatus, apice attenuatus, varie dichotomus, multi- 

 florus. Pedicelli brevissimi, numerosi, pube brevi gluti- 

 nosa, ut et calyces, tecti. Laciniw calycinw brevissimae, 

 obtusre. Petala elliptico-oblonga, punctata ? 3-nervia : 

 nervis raniosis tlexuosis. Genitalia petalis triplo longiora ; 

 jilamenta longissima, gracilia ; pistilla elongata, recta. 



The above species is widely different from the S. Gcum, with 

 which Pursh has confounded it. It is distinguished by its nerved 

 and dilated petioles. The leaves are all erect, broader, orbicu- 

 lato-cordate, veined and serrated ; their teeth large, acute. 

 Flowers on dichotomous peduncles, disposed in a long tapering 

 raceme. The laciniae of the calyx are much shorter and broader. 

 The stamens twice the length of those of «S. Gcum. and longer 

 than the petals. The only specimens I have seen of this very 

 distinct plant are preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, and 

 were collected in Sledge Island, on the north-west coast of 

 America, by Mr. David Nelson, a very indefatigable botanist, 

 who accompanied the celebrated Captain Cook in his third 

 voyage, and who has made many interesting discoveries in those 

 regions. 



9. S. Nelsonia?ia, foliis orbiculato-cordatis subpeltatis inciso-ser- 

 ratis, petiolis longissimis filiformibus, thyrso ovato. 

 Habitat ad Caput Newnham dictum, ad oras occidentales 

 America? borealis. David Nelson. V . (v.s. Herb. Banks.) 



Planta subceespitosa. Radix fibrosa. Folia omnia erecta, 



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