TILIACE^E. VII. TRIUMFETTA. VIII. PORPA. IX. GREWIA. 



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Var, /3, subtriloba (D. C. prod. 1. p. 508.) leaves obsoletely 

 3-lobed, pubescent above. Tj . S. Native of New Andalusia 

 near Caripe. T. althaeoides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 343. Flowers yellow. 



Hollyhock-like Triumfetta. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 3 feet. 



37 T. VESTI'TA (Wall. mss. in Lin. soc. herb.) leaves ovate, 

 undivided, coarsely crenate-serrated, villous, pale beneath ; pe- 

 duncles aggregate, 2-3-flowered, opposite the leaves. Jj . S. 

 Native of Silhet. Petals yellow. The whole plant is villous. 



Clothed Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



38 T. ACUMINA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 343.) leaves ovate-oblong, cordate, acuminated, doubly serrated, 

 pubescent above, covered with soft tomentum beneath ; branches 

 pilose ; flowers axillary. Tj . S. Native of South America in 

 New Granada near Mariquito. Stamens about 20. Flowers 

 yellow. Fruit echinated, downy. 



Acuminate-leaved Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



39 T. GRANDIFLORA (Vahl. eel. 2. p. 34.) leaves ovate, rather 

 cordate, acuminated, hairy, unequally serrate, lower teeth glan- 

 dular beneath ; calyxes smooth, pointed ; fruit echinated, with 

 glabrous bristles. ^ . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 

 Flowers yellow, in axillary umbels. 



Great-flowered Triumfetta. Fl. June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 3 ft. 



40 T. NEMORVLIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 284. t. 56. A.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, long-acuminated, serrated, 

 nearly smooth ; flowers with 30 stamens ; teeth of style and 

 cells of ovary 3 ; fruit smooth. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the 

 province of Minas Geraes. Leaves with distant glandular ser- 

 ratures at the base. Peduncles usually twin, or disposed in com- 

 pound racemes at the tops of the branches. 



Grove Triumfetta. Fl. April. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



41 T. LONGICO'MA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 285. t. 56. B.) 

 leaves cordate, or obliquely ovate, acuminated, serrated, hardly 

 pubescent ; flowers with 25 stamens ; teeth of style and cells of 

 ovary 5 ; fruit smooth, echinated. Jj . S. Native of Brazil in 

 the province of Rio Janeiro. Leaves 3-nerved at the base. 

 Peduncles 1, 2, or 3 together, lower ones opposite the leaves, 

 upper ones disposed in compound terminal racemes. 



Long-haired-capsuled Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



42 T. POLYA'NDRA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 508.) leaves ovate, somewhat cordate, acuminated, 

 rather hairy, serrated ; calyxes smooth, acuminated ; fruit echi- 

 nated with long hairy bristles. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers large, yellow. Genitals seated on a thick stipe. Fruit 

 5-celled. Resembles T. grandifibra. 



Polyandrous Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



43 T. OBOVA'TA (Deppe in Schlecht. Linnaea. vol. 5. p. 56.) 

 leaves obovate, rather cordate at the base, and acutish at the 

 top, with a small acumen, serrated, densely tomentose beneath, 

 but rather rough above from hairs ; flowers polyandrous ; fruit 

 large, covered with prickles or strong hairs, these are hardly 

 hooked. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers large, yellow. 

 Fruit the size of a cherry. 



Obovate -leaved Triumfetta. Shrub 4 feet. 



j- Species not sufficiently known. 



44 T. PROCU'MBENS (Forst. prod. no. 204.) leaves roundish- 

 cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, tomentose ; stem procumbent. 

 Native of the Society islands. Flowers yellow. 



Procumbent Triumfetta. Shrub procumbent. 



45 T. I'NDICA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 420.) leaves ovate rhom- 

 boidal, undivided, hoary beneath ; fruit axillary, with naked 

 prickles. fy . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers yellow. 

 Perhaps this is the same as T. tinnua 1 



Indian Triumfetta. Shrub 3 feet. 



46 T. OXYPHY'LLA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 508.) leaves cordate, acuminated, serrated, villous ; 

 branches of panicle somewhat forked ; sepals linear, acuminated, 

 twice as long as the oblong petals. If. . S. Native of New Spain 

 on mountains. Flowers yellow. 



Sharp-leaved Triumfetta. PI. 2 feet. 



47 T. OBLI'QUA (Roth. nov. spec. p. 224.) leaves obliquely 

 cordate-oblong, acuminated, undivided, unequally serrated, sca- 

 brous from starry hairs above, clothed with soft tomentum be- 

 neath ; prickles of capsule ciliated. Jj . S. Native of ? Flowers 

 complete, yellow. 



Oblique-\ea.\ed Triumfetta. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



N. B. Triumfetta Bartrtimia of Lin. spec. p. 638. remains 

 undetermined, as all the synonymes given to it belong to dif- 

 ferent species. It is probably a species of Urena. 



Cult. All the species are uninteresting weed-like plants. 

 They thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat, and cuttings 

 will root readily in sand under a hand-glass, in heat, but as most 

 of the species ripen seeds in abundance this will be unnecessary. 



VIII. PO'RPA (from iropirri, porpe, a ring ; in allusion to 

 the ring round the stamens.) Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 

 1. p. 659. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, deci- 

 duous. Petals 5, tomentose on the inside at the base, a little 

 shorter than the calyx. Stamens 26-30, free, girded by a mem- 

 branous rim. Ovary hairy, 8-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Capsule 

 globose. A genus allied to Triumfetta. 



1 P. RE' PENS (Blum. 1. c.) ^ . S. Native of Java. A 

 sufFruticose plant, with stalked, 3-lobed, toothed, somewhat cor- 

 date, scabrous leaves, opposite lanceolate stipulas, and solitary, 

 usually 3-flowered peduncles, which are opposite the leaves. 



Creeping Porpa. Shrub trailing. 



Cult. This plant should be propagated and cultivated in the 

 same manner as that recommended for Triumfetta. 



IX. GRE'WIA (in honour of Nehemiah Grew, M.D. F.R.S. 

 an English physician and vegetable physiologist, died 1711.). 

 Juss. ann. 4. p. 82. D. C. prod. 1. p. 508. Lin. gen. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 coriaceous 

 sepals, which are coloured on the inside. Petals 5, with a gland 

 or scale on the inside at the base of each, inserted in the 

 stipe-formed torus. Stamens numerous, rising from the apex 

 of the torus, free ; anthers roundish. Style 1 . Stigma 4- 

 lobed. Drupe 4-lobed, containing from 1 to 4 nuts. Nuts 

 2-celled, 2-seeded, or from abortion 1-seeded. Albumen pre- 

 sent. Embryo erect. Spreading shrubs with simple serrated 

 leaves, usually resembling those of the elm, with solitary or ag- 

 gregate few-flowered peduncles. The flowers are downy on 

 the outside, but smooth and usually purple on the inside. 



1. Petals very short or rvanting. Leaves 3 rarely 5-nerved. 

 Sepals I -nerved. 



1 G. APE'TALA (Juss. ann. 4. p. 93. t. 49. f. 3.) leaves large, 

 S-nerved, obovate, cuneated at the base, crenulate, roughish ; 

 peduncles usually solitary, branched, racemose ; flowers apeta- 

 lous, 4-cleft. Jj . S. Native of Java. 



Apetalous Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 G. CAUDA'TA (Wall, in herb. soc. Lin.) leaves smooth, ob- 

 long, ending in a long acumen, 3-nerved at the base ; peduncles 

 axillary, 3-flowered, twin or solitary, about the length of the 

 petioles, tj . S. Native of Pulo-Penang. G. heteroclita, 

 Roxb. hort. beng. p. 92. ex Wall. Calyx valvate, not nerved. 

 Petals not evident. 



7az7erf-leaved Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 G. MULTIFLORA (Juss. ann. 4. p. 89. t. 47. f. 1.) leaves 

 4AS 



