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STURTIA. m 



Malvaccnrum genus, proximnm Gossypio, affinc etiani 



Seiirae. 



Char. Gen. — Lwolucrum triphyllum integerrimuni. 

 CnJycc 5-clciitatus, sinubus rotiiiidatis. Petala cuneato- 

 (jbovata, basi iiicrquilatcra. Columna staminiini polyaiulra. 

 Ovaria 5, polys])enna. Sft/li cohan'cntes. Sligmnfa dis- 

 tiiicta lincaria. Fericarpia. . . Semhin. . . 



SufFrutex orgyalis glaber ; foliis pefiolatis obovatls infc- 

 gerrimis ; floribus pedunculatis solitarm. 



2. Sturtia Gossypioldes. 



Loo. " In the beds of the creeks on the Barrier Range." 

 B. Sfiirf, 



Desc. SufFrutex orgyalis glaber. Folia ramorum alterna, 

 diametro unciali, trinervia ; petiolo folium subaequanti, basi 

 in stipulam subscariosam adnatam dilatato. Peduuculi vel 

 potius rami floriferi suboppositifolii nee verc axillarcs uni- 

 Bori, juxta apicem folio nano pctiolato stipulis .2 distinctis 

 stipato instructi. Involucrum foliaceum venosum, foliolis 

 distinctis, cordatis, punctis nigricantibus glandnlosis con- 

 spersis. Calyx dentibus acutis, sinubus rotundatis. Petala 

 sesquipollicaria, uti calycis tubus glanduloso-punctata glaii- 

 dulis nigricantibus semi-inunersis, pur[)urea basibus atro- 

 purpureis margine barbatis. Columna staminum e basi 

 nuda super ad apicem usque antherifera : antheris reni- 

 formibus, loculis apice confluentibus. Pollen hispidum. 



Obs. Sturtia is no doubt very nearly related to Gossy- 

 pium, from which it differs in the entire and distinct leaves 

 of its foliaceous involucrum, in the sharp teeth and bro:ul 

 rounded sinuses of the calyx, and possibly also in its fruit 

 and seeds, which are, however, at present unknown. I'licy 

 agree in the texture and remarkable glands of the calyx, 

 and in the structure of the cohunna staminum. Senra, 

 which, like Sturtia, has the foliola of its three-leaved in- oy 



