Stroemeria. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 79 
supports the germ. Anthers oval, two-parted at the base. 
Germ oblong, sitting on the extremity of a long, ascend- 
ing pedicel, Style none. Stigma simple. Pericarp a si- 
liqua, subcylindric, pendulous, replete with firm, orange- 
coloured pulp, in which the seeds are immersed. Seeds 
several, kidney-form. 
2. S. trifoliata. R. 
Shrubby. Leaves ternate. Flowers two-petalled, hex- 
androus. ; 
A native of Kootullum, where it was found by Dr. Ber- 
Ty, growing to the height of ten feet, with long, unarmed, 
weak branches. Se. 
Leaves alternate, ternate. Leaflets toncaolate? entire, 
smooth, about two inches long, and rather more than 
half an inch broad. Petioles scarcely half the length of 
the leaflets. Stipules subulate. Racemes terminal, from 
five to ten-flowered, villous. Flowers large, on long vil- 
lous, patent pedicels. Bractes minute, subulate, gene- 
rally three under the insertion of each pedicel. Calyx of 
two opposite pairs of ovate, oblong, veined leaflets, the 
exterior pair larger, the inner more deeply coloured. Pe« 
tals two, large, round, pure white, beautifully veined and 
elevated on claws nearly as long as the petals themselves 
which ascend opposite to the pedicel of the fructification. 
Nectarium horn-shaped, rising to a curve, just within the 
claws of the petals, and shorter than them; mouth per- 
forated, and ornamented with a large, reflected border like 
a ruffle, colour a bright yellow. Filaments six, elevated 
on a long ascending pedicel, opposite to and as long as 
the claws of the petals, nearly erect, and about as long 
as the pedicel which supports them. Anthers linear, erect,  - 
opening on the side, Germ elevated rather above the 
anthers, on a second pedicel, or stipe, linear, one-celled, — 
with two longitudinal rows of ovula attached to thang in- . 
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