BYTTNERIACEjE. X. LASIOPETALUM. XI. GUICHENOTIA. XII. THOMASIA. XIII. KERAUDRENIA. 



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1 L. FERRtmi'NEUM (Smith, in FIG. 90. 

 Andr. bot. rep. t. 208.) segments 



of calyx tomentose on both sides. 

 fj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Vent. .malm. t. 59. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 1766. Cav. diss. p. 16. 

 t. 3. Calyx covered with brown 

 tomentum. Petals small, dark- 

 purple. 



Rusty Lasiopetalum. Fl. April, 

 July. Clt. 1791. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



2 L. PARVIFLORUM (Rudge, in 

 Lin. trans. 10. p. 297. 1. 19. f. 1.) 

 segments of calyx smooth on the 

 inside. Jj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Gay, diss. p. 17. t. 4. 

 Flowers small, yellowish-brown 

 from tomentum. 



Small-flowered Lasiopetalum. Fl. Apr. Jul. Clt. 1810. Sh.Sft. 



Cult. These are very pretty shrubs ; they grow best in a 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will root 

 freely in sand under a hand-glass. 



XI. GUICHENOTIA (in honour of Anthony Guichenot, who 

 went round the world with Captain Baudin along with Riedle 

 and Leschenault.) Gay, diss. p. 20. D. C. prod. 1. p. 489. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx permanent. 

 Petals 5, gland-formed. Filaments 5, free. Anthers bursting 

 by lateral chinks. Ovary S-celled ; cells containing 5 ovulse, 

 clothed with dense tomentum within. Stipulas wanting. Leaves 

 3 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, entire. Inflorescence racemose. 



1 G. LEDIFOLIA (Gay, diss. p. 19. t. 5.). T? . G. Native of 

 New Holland on the western coast. Shrub hoary all over. 

 This is a perfectly distinct genus from Lasiopetalum ledifb- 

 Uum of Vent., which is now Borbnia ledifblia. Calyx grey- 

 tomentose. Petals dark-purple. 



Ledum-leaved Guichenotia. Shrub 2 feet. 



Cult. This is a very pretty shrub, which will thrive well 

 in a mixture of sand, loam, and peat, and ripened cuttings will 

 root readily in sand under a hand-glass. 



XII. THOMA'SIA (in memory of Peter and Abraham Tho- 

 mas, collectors of Swiss plants in the time of Haller.) Gay, 

 diss. p. 20. D, C. prod. 1. p. 489. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Decandria, Monogynia, Calyx permanent, 

 veiny. Petals 5, scale-formed, or wanting. Filaments 5 or 10, 

 for the most part connate at the base. Anthers bursting by 

 lateral chinks. Ovary 3-celled ; cells containing from 2-8- 

 ovulae. Capsules 3-valved, dissepiments formed from the edges 

 of the valves. Strophiola of seed crenate. Stipulas leafy, 

 permanent. Leaves ovate, lobed, clothed on both surfaces with 

 hispid tomentum. Inflorescence racemose, opposite the leaves. 

 Bracteas 3-parted. 



2. Pentandrous species with a long style, and with 2 

 seeds in each cell of the capsule. 



1 T. PURPU REA (Gay, diss. p. 22. t. 6.) leaves linear-ellip- 

 tical, entire ; Stipulas leafy ; petals 5 ; capsules stipitate, smooth, 

 with 3 deep furrows. Tj . G. Native of New Holland on the 

 south-west coast. Lasiopetalum purpureum, Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 1755. Lasiopetalum purpurascens, Lois. herb. amat. t. 294. 

 Calyx purple. 



Purple-fiovfered. Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 T. FOLIOSA (Gay, diss. p. 24. t. 7.) leaves ovate, cordate, 

 bluntly 5-7-lobed ; Stipulas minute ; petals wanting ; capsules 



sessile, tomentose, with 3 furrows, 

 Holland on the south-west coast. 

 Leafy Thomasia. Fl. April, July. 



fy . G. Native of New 

 Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 ft. 



2. Decandrous species with a short style, and from 3 to 8 

 seeds in each cell of the capsule. 



3 T. SOL AN A' CE A (Gay, diss. p. 26. t. 6.) petals 5; leaves 

 sinuate-lobed, hairy, f? . G. Native of New Holland on the 

 south-west coast. Lasiop6talum triphyllum, Smith in Rees' 

 cyclop. Lasiopetalum solanaceum, Sims, bot. mag. t. 1486. 

 Leaves the largest of all the genus. Calyx pinkish-purple. 



Solanum-flowered Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub 1 to 5 feet. 



4 T. TRIPHY'LLA (Gay, diss. p. 28.) leaves sinuately-angular, 

 smoothish on the back ; petals wanting ; capsules mucronate. 



*2. G. Native of New Holland in Van Lewin's Land. 

 Lasiopetalum triphyllum, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 63. t. 88. 

 Leaves appearing ternate from being furnished with a large, 

 stalked stipula on each side. 



Three-leaved Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



5 T. QUERCIFOLIA (Gay, diss. p. 29.) leaves 3-lobed, pinna- 

 tifid, clothed with rough tomentum beneath ; petals wanting ; 

 capsules mutic. lj . G. Native of New Holland. Lasiope- 

 talum quercifolium, Andr. bot. rep. t. 459. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1485. Flowers purplish. 



Oak-leaved Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



6 T. DIFFUSA; leaves 3-lobed; stems diffuse; petals want- 

 ing ? f; . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers white. 



Diffuse Thomasia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. Sh. foot. 



Cult. Thomasia is a genus of pretty under shrubs, which 

 deserve to be cultivated in every collection ; they will thrive 

 well in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat, and ripened cuttings 

 will root freely in sand, under a hand-glass. 



XIII. KERAUDRENIA (in honour of Keraudren, a 

 French nobleman ?). Gay, diss. p. 31. D. C. prod. 1. p. 489. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx permanent. 

 Petals wanting. Filaments 5, fertile, imbricate and conniving 

 at the base. Anthers bursting by dorsal chinks. Ovary 3- 

 celled, each cell containing many ovulae. Styles 3-parted, con- 

 nected. Capsules echinately-tomentose, 1 -celled from abortion, 

 3-valved, with valvular dissepiments. Seeds twin, with an entire 

 strophiola. Stipulas minute, permanent. Leaves sinuately 

 waved. Inflorescence corymbose, with jointed pedicels. 



1 K. HERMANNI^EFOLIA (Gay, diss. p. 32. t. 8.). Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland on the western coast. A stiff shrub. 



Hermannia-leaved Keraudrenia. Fl. ? Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and ripened cuttings will root readily in sand under a 

 hand-glass. 



Tribe III. 



HERMANNIE IE (plants agreeing with Hermdnnia in im- 

 portant characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 490. Hermanniaceae, 

 Kunth, malv. p. 11. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 312. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-lobed, permanent, sometimes naked, 

 sometimes somewhat involucrated. Petals 5, spirally twisted 

 before expansion, with the claws usually adnate to the tube of 

 the stamens. Stamens 5, monadelphous at the base, all fertile 

 and opposite the petals. Anthers ovate, 2-celled. Styles 5, 

 connected into 1, crowned by as many stigmas. Carpels 5, 

 joined into 1 fruit ; cells or carpels usually 2-seeded. Albumen 

 fleshy. Embryo enclosed, straight, or curved, with an ovate, 

 inferior radicle, and flat, leafy, entire cotyledons. 



