Humea. polyandria monogynia. G41 



gynia of LinncBus, and many stand between Pteros- 

 permuni and StercuUa in Jnssieii's natural order Mal- 

 vaceae and as the plant named by Dr. Edward Smith, in 

 honour of the late Lidy A uelia Hume, had somewhat 

 earlier I een described and pul lished in France, under the 

 name Cotomeria* consequently if that name was prior 

 to Dr. Smith's, it must have the preference on tlmt ac- 

 count. Dr. R. takes the liberty of consecratinj^ this ge- 

 nus to the memory of that most amiable lady, by whose 

 death Botany has lost one of its greatest admirers and 

 best benefactors. 



Trunk straight and of a great size; that of full grown 

 trees in their native soil about fifteen feet in circumfer- 

 ence four feet above the root. Branches numerous, 

 spreading, forming a very large, ovate, shady head. 

 Bark of the trunk and large branches ash-coloured and 

 smooth, that of the young parts, clothed with a little hoa- 

 ry pubescence. Leaves alternate, petioled, from three to 

 seven-nerved, cordate, margins entire, one of the lobes 

 into whi( h the base is divided, generally larger than 

 the other, upper surface smooth, hoary underneath, from 

 fcmr to twelve inches long, and from three to eight 

 broad. Petioles swelled at each end, the rest round, 

 and a little hoary about one-third or one-fourth the length 

 of the leavesv Panicles terminal, liirge, ovate, very ra- 

 mous ; with the ramifications rather hoary. Flowers 

 numerous, podicelled, collected in little fascicles, colour 

 bright yellow, not fragrant, but pretty large and showy. 

 Calyx inferior, one-leaved, campanulate; border four 

 or five toothed, hoary on the outside, smooth within. 

 Corol. Petals five, in the bud contorted, when expanded 

 obliquely-o.)long ; yellow, spreading. Nectary or abortive 

 filaments five, linear, shorter than the stamina, standing 



* Smith's Introduction to Phisiological and Systemutical Bota- 

 ny, p. 376. 



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