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7, stamen antice et postice visum ; 8, pollinis granulaà madefacta ; 9, germen 
cum stigmate ; 10, fructus e toro pendens, calyce &mplexus ; fl, idem, re- 
presso calyce, omnino in conspectum veniens; 12, idem longitudinaliter 
fissus; 13, semen cum funiculo lacero ; 14, idem "dorsum exhibens; 15, idem ( 6 
antice visum ; 1&5idem latere visum ; 17, idem longitudinaliter sectum ; 
18, embryon ; 19, ejusdem sectio transversa ; 20, idem cotyledonibus ex- 
pansis, Omnes figure preter terdecimam vario gradu aucte. 
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Sarotes semihastata. 
Foliis petiolatis linearibus v. oblongo-linearibus margine revolutis 
supra glabrescentibus subtus velutinis, stipulis dimidiato-hastatis 
foliaceis folio bis pluriesve brevioribus, pedunculis 1-2- foris folia 
subzquantibus, bracteolis 3 hypocalycinis subcordatis acuminatis, 
calycis lobis intus glabris, filamentis petala unguiculata superantibus, 
antheris apice attenuatis, stylo glabro, capsule coccis 8—4-spermis 
extus tomentosis et glanduloso-pilosis. 
Ad sinum Champion Bay et montem White Peak. —.A. Oldfield. 
Frutex debilis, aliis plantis accumbens. Rami graciles, teretes, 
velutino-tomentelli, glabrescentes. Folia alterna, petiolo 1—2" 
longo przedita, i-1 y longa, propter margines recurvos v. revolutos 
tantum 1-2" lata. Stipule 3-6" longe, indumento et consistentia 
foliorum, margine etiam revoluts. Pedunculi oppositifolii, pedi- 
cellis conspieue tenuiores, teretes, velutini, $—2" longi. Pedicelli 
crassi, superne sensim crassiores, calycis longitudinem fere semi- 
squantes, basi bracteolam solitariam lanceolato- v. cordato-ovatam 
v. lineari-lanceolatam 1—2" longam gerentes, si duo remotiusculi, 
unilateraliter patentes, —Bracteole hypocalycinz liberz, 3 raro 4, 
persistentes, 1—2" longs, utrinque tomentelle, margine recurvze. 
Calyx ccrulescens, sub anthesi semunciam longus, extus stellari- 
puberulus, demum przeter basin glaber; fructifer scariosus, auctus, 
ultra medium plicato-quinquelobus, lobis subeordato- v. rhombeo- 
ovatis quinquenerviis cum cetera parte reticulato-venosis eum 
Nieandre in memoriam vocans. Petala obovato- v. obcordato- 
spathulata, glabra, linea paulo breviora, venosa. Filamenta glabra, 
filiformia, libera, demum fere 15" longa. .Antherz atro-purpure:z, 
sesquilineam metientes, oblongo-lineares, sursum attenuatz, apice 
rimis duabus brevibus apertz. Stylus simplex, capillaris, 13" 
longus, non econtortus. Stigma minutum, stylo paulo crassius. 
Germen globosum, velutinum, papillis seu glandulis atro-purpureis 
onustum.  Carpidia 5, axi longitudinaliter saltem juniore statu 
connata, cetera libera, fere matura 21" longa, intus glabra, dorso 
bivalvato-dehiscentia. Semina ovata, glabra, angulo centrali affixa. 
Strophiola albida, in lacinias paucas fere subulatas semini paulo 
breviores dissecta. 
Species insignis, foliis ad Thomasias appropinquans.  Transitus 
a Lasiopetaleis veris ad Seringeas ope Sarotidis luculentus redditur. 
