462 . DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, | Triumfetta, 
segments of the calyx, deeply emarginate, and bearded ; 
sides incurved, round the two stamina. Filaments sixteén, 
unequal, inserted by pairs into the receptacle immediate- 
ly within the petals, and closely embraced by their in- 
curved sides, Anthers sagittate. Germ inferior, cylin- 
dric, furrowed, three-celled, containing in each two ovula 
attached to. the top of the axis. Style shorter than the 
petals. Stigma three-toothed. beste 
TRIUMFETTA. Schreb. gen. n. 819. 
Calyx five-leaved. Corol five-petalled. Germ superior, 
from three to four-celled ; cells one or two-seeded ; attach- 
ment superior. Capsule hispid, three or four-partible. 
Embryo inverse, and furnished with a perisperm. 
1. T. trilocularis, Roxb. 
Shrubby. Leaves three-lobed, serrate, from three to five- 
nerved; downy. Racemes terminal ; flowers complete. 
Capsule three-celled, bag 
A native of India, In the Botanic garden at Calcutta 
_it blossoms during the cool season, viz. November, De- 
cember, January and February, and the seeds ripe? 
from March to June, igh 
Stem short, stout and ligneous ; covered with pretty 
smooth ash-coloured bark. Branches numerops. Young : 
shoots clothed with stellated pubescence. Height of 
plants three or four years old, five feet. Leaves alternate, : 
petioled, broad-cordate, three-lobed, from three tO fivey © 
nerved, unequally serrate ; both sides clothed with soft 
pubescence. Those next the racemes ovate-oblong, front 
one to six inches long. Stipules ensiform, Racemes ive 
nal, Peduncles verticelled, three-flowered. Bractes Br. 
merous, the large solitary one at each verticel may be call- ,. 
ed a floral leaf, its lower serrature on each side glandu- : 
lar, the rest ensiform. Flowers numerous, small, yellow, ae 4 
pedicelled. Calyx, color, and stamina as in the gp 
