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  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  blade). 
  Peduncles 
  short, 
  not 
  articulated, 
  bracts 
  minute, 
  linear, 
  

   opposite 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  stem, 
  early 
  deciduous. 
  

  

  Involucels 
  3-leaved, 
  somewhat 
  unequal, 
  cordate, 
  acute, 
  cleft-dentate 
  (7 
  to 
  10 
  

   teeth) 
  or 
  cleft-lobed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  7-nerved 
  or 
  more 
  ; 
  (% 
  to 
  % 
  inch 
  long 
  

   and 
  1^ 
  inch 
  wide), 
  calyx 
  cup-shaped, 
  border 
  repand-dentate 
  or 
  sub-5-toothed, 
  

   dotted 
  throughout 
  with 
  black 
  glands 
  mostly 
  in 
  parallel 
  longitudinal 
  lines, 
  hirsute 
  

   in 
  lines 
  (about 
  20) 
  along 
  the 
  minute 
  and 
  somewhat 
  obscure 
  ridges, 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  

   style 
  3, 
  coherent, 
  stamens 
  about 
  midway 
  below 
  the 
  stigmas. 
  

  

  Flowers 
  bright 
  lemon 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  purple 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  petal, 
  

   petals 
  oblique, 
  purplish 
  tinged 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  above 
  (owing 
  to 
  exposure 
  

   in 
  the 
  convolute 
  state 
  of 
  aestivation), 
  flower 
  about 
  l}4 
  inches 
  or 
  so 
  in 
  expansion. 
  

   Petals 
  hirsute 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  chiefly 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  exposed 
  margin 
  and 
  edge. 
  Cap- 
  

   sules 
  not 
  seen 
  — 
  and 
  the 
  specimen 
  too 
  fragmentary 
  for 
  fuller 
  description. 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  Java 
  cotton 
  tree 
  — 
  a 
  shrub 
  about 
  5 
  feet 
  high 
  (G. 
  Javani- 
  

   cum=a 
  svla 
  of 
  some 
  authors) 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  is 
  " 
  quite 
  smooth," 
  besides 
  the 
  long 
  pe- 
  

   duncles, 
  etc. 
  

  

  This 
  closely 
  approximates 
  the 
  Nankeen 
  cotton 
  of 
  India 
  or 
  China, 
  but 
  this 
  — 
  

   the 
  Gossi/pium 
  religiosum 
  — 
  the 
  sacred 
  or 
  religious 
  cotton, 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  Da- 
  

   vidsonii 
  in 
  having 
  3 
  to 
  5-lobed 
  leaves, 
  and 
  white 
  flowers, 
  instead 
  of 
  yellow 
  and 
  

   purple 
  spotted 
  — 
  as 
  the 
  plant 
  before 
  us. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  capsules 
  and 
  seeds, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  flower 
  for 
  external 
  in- 
  

   spection 
  ; 
  a 
  question 
  might 
  arise 
  whether 
  this 
  may 
  not 
  prove 
  another 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  new 
  genus 
  Tkurheria 
  of 
  Gray. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  proper 
  to 
  say, 
  the 
  plant 
  upon 
  

   which 
  that 
  genus 
  is 
  founded 
  is 
  evidently 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  Hibiscem, 
  having 
  the 
  pe- 
  

   duncle 
  articulated 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  this 
  — 
  of 
  minor 
  spe- 
  

   cific 
  import 
  is 
  its 
  glabrous 
  character 
  — 
  narrowly 
  lanceolate 
  entire 
  involucels, 
  of 
  

   barely 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  lines 
  in 
  length, 
  or 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  cup-shaped 
  truncate 
  en- 
  

   tire 
  calyx, 
  etc., 
  hence 
  we 
  see 
  no 
  reason, 
  as 
  yet, 
  for 
  separating 
  it 
  from 
  Gossijpium 
  

   as 
  indicated. 
  

  

  I 
  take 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  in 
  dedicating 
  this 
  plant 
  to 
  the 
  worthy 
  President 
  of 
  

   the 
  Academy, 
  as 
  an 
  act 
  of 
  justice 
  to 
  the 
  discoverer, 
  and 
  in 
  consideration 
  of 
  his 
  

   zeal 
  to 
  promote 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  science 
  by 
  every 
  opportunity 
  and 
  means 
  in 
  his 
  

   power. 
  These 
  evidences 
  are 
  well 
  known 
  and 
  muUiply 
  — 
  and 
  are, 
  we 
  trust, 
  duly 
  

   appreciated 
  — 
  our 
  admiration 
  is 
  enhanced 
  by 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  his 
  arduous 
  official 
  ; 
  

   duties, 
  sufficient 
  to 
  excuse 
  any 
  one 
  from 
  further 
  cares, 
  who 
  was 
  less 
  devoted 
  

   to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  science. 
  

  

  Aniseia 
  aurea, 
  Kellogg. 
  

  

  Stem 
  perennial 
  herbaceous 
  twining, 
  (from 
  right 
  to 
  left, 
  or 
  against 
  the 
  sun) 
  > 
  

   somewhat 
  pentagonally 
  striate, 
  subglabrous, 
  or 
  slightly 
  puberulent, 
  (scarcely 
  a. 
  

   few 
  scattering 
  hairs) 
  ; 
  leaves 
  alternate 
  super-pedunculate, 
  or 
  the 
  axils 
  reversed, 
  

   quinate-digitate, 
  leaflets 
  rhombic 
  (rarely 
  obovate) 
  entire, 
  subrepand, 
  apex 
  mu- 
  

   cronate 
  or 
  sub-cuspidate, 
  sessile 
  or 
  subsessile, 
  long 
  {}4 
  to 
  1 
  inch, 
  or 
  twice 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  petiole, 
  which 
  is 
  persistent 
  while 
  the 
  leaflets 
  are 
  deciduous), 
  sub- 
  

   glabrous 
  above, 
  slightly 
  rugose-pitted 
  beneath, 
  somewhat 
  lighter 
  green, 
  and 
  of. 
  

   rather 
  unequal 
  size. 
  

  

  