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centi-toraentose. Stipules short, setaceo-subulate, deciduous. 

 Peduncle opposite to a leaf, shorter than the petiole, bearing about 

 8 pedicelled bright yellow flowers in a kind of umbel. Brac- 

 teoles setaceous, small, at the base of the pedicels. Calycine 

 sepals oblongo-lanceolate, externally farinoso-tomentose with 

 stellated hairs. Petals oblong, concave, undulato-crisped at 

 the apex. Stamens numerous, slightly cohering at the base : 

 anthers 2-lobed, versatile. Ovary oblong, compressed, incano- 

 villous ; style longer than the stamens ; stigma obtuse. Cap- 

 sule oblongo-conical, curved so as to resemble the form of the 

 Cornu-copia, lanuginose, 4-valved, 4-celled, the valves septifer- 

 ous down their middle : the hairs which cover the capsule seta- 

 ceous, (to the glass) covered with minute stellated hairs. Seeds 

 uniserial ? about 5 in each locule, compressed. 



This species may be referred to the fifth section of the genus 

 according to the arrangement of De Candolle. It is a handsome 

 shrub, and it is remarkable that it has not sooner been noticed 

 as one of our native plants. 



The fibres of the inner bark are very strong, and might be 

 employed as a substitute for hemp, as is done in India with 

 that of the Corchorus capsularis in making fishing lines and 



II. TRIUMFETTA. Bur-weed. 



Calycine sepals 5, obtuse, or frequently apiculated 

 below the apex. Stamens 10-30, free, or slightly 

 united at the base. Ovary subrotund: style 1. 

 Carpels 4, united into a capsule, echinated with bris- 

 tles hooked at the apex : seeds 1-2 in each carpel ; 

 embryo inverted. De Cand. 



Named, by Plumier in memory of Giav. Battista Triumfetti, 

 Prefect of the Botanic Garden at Rome, Author of the Hortus 

 Romanus, and other works. 



1. Triumfetta Lappula. Common Bur-weed. 



Flowers apetalous, leaves cordate subrotund une- 

 qually dentate subvillous sub-3 5-lobate with the 

 lobes acuminate. 



Agrimonia Lappacea inodora, folio subrotundo dentato, 

 Sloane, I. 211. Triumfetta Lappula, Jacq. Amer. 146. 



HAB. Common weed in waste places. 



FL. Greater part of the year. 



Suffruticose, erect, 4-5 feet in length : branches spreading, 

 slightly compressed, strigoso-villous with stellated hairs. 

 Leaves subrotund, subcordate, imperfectly 3 5-lobed, with the 





