462 DODECANDRiA MONOGYNIA. Triumfetta. 



seomcnts ot the calyx, deeply emarginate, and bearded ; 

 sides incurved, round the two stamina. Filaments sixteen, 

 ULiequal, 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. 



TRIUMFETTA. Schreb. gen. n. 819. 



Ca///A' five-leaved. Corol five-petallcd. Gerw*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. 



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 ripen 

 from March to June. 



Stem short, stout and ligneous ; covered with pretty 

 smooth ash-coloured bark. Branches numerous. 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 five- 

 nerved, unequally serrate ; both sides clothed with soft 

 pubescence. Those next the racemes ovate-oblong, from 

 one to six inches long. Stipules ensiiorm. Racemes termi- 

 nal. Peduncles verticelled, three-flowered . Bractes nu- 

 merous, the large solitary one at each verticel may be call- 

 ed a floral leaf, its lower seirature on each side glandu- 

 lar, the rest ensiform. Flowers numerous, small, yellow, 

 pedicelled. Calyx, color, and stamina as in the genus. 



