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\I\ Description of Peltophyllum, a new Genus of Plants allied to TpHiris 

 of MterSf with Remarks on their Affinities. By George GARUNteR, Esq., 



r.r.s. $c. 



Read June 6th, 1843. 



A !i( )l fT two years ago, my friend Mr. Miers communicated to the Linnean 

 Society tbc description of a new genus of plants from the Organ Mountains, 

 to which he gave the name of Triuris. The affinities of the single species, of 

 Which he has given such excellent figures and details, appeared to him, as they 

 well might, to be rather dubious, although at the same time he felt no hesita- 

 tion in referring it to the Endogenous division of the vegetable kingdom. It 

 is not a little curious, that, within a day or two of the time at which Mr. 

 Miers presented his paper to be read, I should have found, at a distance of 

 nearly 2000 miles from the Organ Mountains, a little plant closely allied to 

 7>w/.v, and one- whose structure enables us with little difficulty to refer them 

 both to their true position among other plants. 



The little plant found by me bears a very great resemblance in general ap- 

 pearanee to that of Mr. Miers; but I think that there are .affluent grounds 

 for considering it as belonging to a distinct genus. I unfortunately possess 

 only pistilliferous plants. These, however, differ in the, structure m several 



* f h . „f Triuris In the latter the perigomum has only three 

 respects from that ot iriuns. *u » 



.v nradv and moreover, they differ m their 

 divisions, while in my plant there are six , ana, mow , y 



I have before me, while I write, a segment of each, 

 anatomical structure. I have before , tforf*^ They 



-" " UHS,<, * U,(, aml ^:^^^ * -tivatJthese are 

 ,,0,h **"" " ■ ^Tt^TmtZ 5*. the lower and broader 

 in both instances ^olate,^ 



portion of the segments **j£j an openin , or pore , well repre- 

 takee place in Tnuns here s ^^ hich l strates his paper, and of 

 seated by Mr. Miers at fig. /• of he ptet ^ ^ 



the drawing which he has so obligingly execute 



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