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TILIACEiE. VII. TRIUMFETTA. 



656.) leaves S-nerved, roundish-ovate, 3-lobed, sharply and 

 doubly serrated, with the lower serratures callose, rather villous 

 above, but clothed with stellate tomentum beneath, upper leaves 

 oblong, deeply serrated ; peduncles 4-5, extra-axillary, usually 

 3-flowered ; calyx apiculated, covered with stellate down ; fruit 

 pubescent, and covered with hooked bristles. O- S. Native of 

 Java. Flowers yellow. 



Rather-mllous Triurnfetta. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



21 T. TRiLocuLA 1 ms (Roxb. ex Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 

 140.) leaves roundish-ovate, half-3-lobed, cordate at the base, 

 coarsely serrated, acuminated, beset with stellate pili on both 

 surfaces, lower serratures glandular, upper leaves ovate-oblong ; 

 calyx pubescent, apiculated ; capsule 3-valved, 3-celled ; prickles 

 of capsule hooked ; peduncles aggregate, opposite the leaves, 2- 

 4-flowered. ^ S. Native of the East Indies. 



nree-ce//erf-fruited Triumfetta. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



22 T. SE'PIUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 280.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, serrated, pubescent above, and tomentose beneath ; 

 flowers decandrous ; teeth of style and cells of ovary 3 ; fruit 

 pilose, shortly echinated. Ij . S. Native of Brazil near Rio 

 Janeiro in hedges. Lower teeth of leaves glandular. Peduncles 

 commonly tern, opposite the leaves. 



Hedge Triurnfetta. Fl. Aug. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



23 T. OBSCURA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 286.) leaves ovate, 

 subsinuated or obsoletely 3-lobed, short-acuminated, serrated, 

 pubescent, membranous ; flowers with 15 stamens ; teeth of 

 style, and cells of ovary 3 ; fruit hardly pilose, shortly echinat- 

 ed. Jj . S. Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Lower serra- 

 tures of leaves glandular. Peduncles short, 2-3, opposite the 

 leaves, upper ones disposed in racemes. 



Obscure Triurnfetta. Fl. Aug. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



24 T. ABUTILOI'DES (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 287.) leaves 

 somewhat 3-lobed or ovate, cordate, acuminated, serrated, vel- 

 vety ; flowers with 20 stamens ; teeth of style and cells 2 ; fruit 

 pilose, long-echinated. ^ . S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes. Peduncles twin or tern, umbellately 3- 

 flowered. Lower teeth of leaves glandular. 



Abutilon-like Triurnfetta. Fl. Aug. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



25 T. TRICU'SPIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 288.) upper leaves 

 ovate or oblong, repand, the rest ovate 3-lobed, acuminated, 

 serrated, velvety ; flowers of 20 stamens ; teeth of style and cells 

 of ovary 3. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, not far from Villa Rica. Peduncles as in the rest of 

 the species. Lower teeth of leaves rather glandular, as in most 

 of the species. 



Three-pointed-leaved Triumfetta. Fl. July. Shrub 2 to 3 

 feet. 



26 T. ERIOCA'RPA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 288.) upper leaves 

 subovate, the rest cordate and bluntly 3-lobed, coarsely crenate- 

 toothed, nearly smooth; flowers with 15 stamens; teeth of 

 style and ovaries 2 ; fruit tomentose, shortly echinated. Q. S. 

 Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Peduncles 2-4, glomerate, 

 2-3-flowered, opposite the leaves. Lower serratures of leaves 

 changed into discoid glands beneath. 



Woolly-fruited Triumfetta. PI. 1 foot. 



27 T. ANGULA'TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 421. var. a.) leaves ovate, 

 5-nerved, angular at the apex, 3-lobed, acuminated, unequally 

 toothed, rather villous beneath, with a glandular tooth on each 

 side at the base ; calyxes hispid, acuminated ; fruit smoothish, 

 echinated. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. Pluk. aim. t. 

 41. f. 5. Bartramia, Lam. ill. t. 400. f. 2. Flowers yellow. 



Angular-leaved Triumfetta. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



28 T. FSEU'DO-ANGULA'TA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 

 1. p. 656.) leaves roundish, half-3-lobed, rather cordate at the 



base, unequally toothed, pilose on both surfaces, lower teeth 

 glandular ; upper leaves ovate-oblong, undivided ; calyxes pu- 

 bescent, apiculate ; prickles of capsule hooked and naked. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java. Flowers yellow. 



False-angled-leaved Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



29 T. SEMITRI'LOBA (Lin. mant. 73.) upper leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, the rest subcordate, 3-lobed, serrate, pubescent on both 

 surfaces, upper ones oblong, undivided ; flowers with 30 stamens ; 

 calyx pubescent, a little pointed ; teeth of style and cells of 

 ovary 3 ; fruit smooth, echinated, with the bristles covered with 

 retrograde hairs. Tj . S. Native of the West Indies. Flowers 

 yellow, clustered. The leaves and tender buds, infused in 

 water, yield a fine clear mucilage, from whence we may conclude 

 this plant to be a good emollient. The bark is tough and 

 strong, and serves for ropes, and other conveniences of that kind 

 in the inland parts of Jamaica. 



Half-three-lobed-leaved Triumfetta. Fl. July. Clt. 1773. 

 Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



SO T. GLA'BRA (Rottl. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 450.) leaves 

 roundish, cordate, acutely 3-lobed, smooth ; racemes terminal, 

 elongated ; calyx hoary-pubescent ; fruit hairy, f? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Flowers yellow. 



Smooth Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 1 T. HAVANNE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 345.) leaves obovate, 3-lobed, membranaceous, serrated, and 

 are as well as the branches pubescent ; lateral lobes rounded, in- 

 termediate one acuminate. T; S. Native of Cuba near Ha- 

 vannah. Flowers yellow. Stamens 1 1 . Fruit globose, echi- 

 nate, 3-celled. Resembles T. semilriloba. 



Havannah Triumfetta. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



32 T. MOLLI'SSIMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 345. t. 488.) leaves ovate, cordate, 3-lobed, sharply and doubly 

 serrated, soft and downy-pubescent above, hoary-pubescent be- 

 neath, middle lobe with a very long point. Jj . S. Native near 

 Santa-Fe-de-Bogota. Flowers yellow. Stamens 20. Fruit 

 globose, echinated, hoary. 



Very-soft-leaved Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



33 T. VELUTI'NA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 62.) leaves ovate, acu- 

 minate, somewhat angular, unequally serrated, velvety beneath, 

 with the lower teeth glandular ; flowers axillary ; calyxes pubes- 

 cent, a little acuminated; fruit echinated, rather hairy Native 

 of the Mauritius, and of Guinea in the kingdom of Waree. 

 Resembles T. glandulosa. Stipulas ciliated. 



Velvety-leaved Triumfetta. Shrub. 



34 T. RHOMBOI'DEA (Jacq. amer. 147. t. 90.) leaves rhom- 

 boidal, lower ones somewhat 5-lobed, middle ones somewhat 3- 

 lobed, upper ones oblong, all callosely-serrated, velvety on both 

 surfaces, and cuneated at the base ; flowers numerous, axillary ; 

 calyx acuminated ; fruit echinated, rather pilose. Tj . S. Native 

 of the Caribbee islands, Peru, and Guinea. T. rhombeaefolia, 

 Swartz, prod. 76. T. rhomboidea, Lindl. coll. t. 29. Flowers 

 yellow. Style tricuspidate at the apex. 



Rhomb-like-leaved Triumfetta. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



35 T. HI'RTA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 63.) leaves ovate, 3-lobed, 

 smooth above, velvety beneath ; panicle terminal, with forked 

 hairy branches. Tj . S. Native of St. Martha in South Ame- 

 rica. Flowers yellow. 



//airy-panicled Triumfetta. Shrub 2 feet ? 



36 T. ALTH^OI'DES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 420.) leaves broad-ovate, 

 undivided, acuminated, covered with soft tomentum on both sur- 

 faces, unequally serrate, lower serratures exserted, callosely- 

 glandular ; flowers axillary ; calyxes downy, pointed ; fruit 

 echinated, with retrograde hairy bristles. (7 . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. T. macropbylla, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 34. 



