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The probable relationships of the various species of this group are roughly suggested 
in diagrammatic form :— 
(52) N. aristata. (53) N. Pearcei. 
(61) N. sericea. (56) N. longissima. 
(49) .N. longirostris. 
(48) N. epileuoa, ...............—. (60) .N. acuminata, 
&c. (?) (v. p. 235). 
(51) N. anthemidifolia. 
(62) N. argentea. 
à (60) N. Mandoniana. (55) `W. saltensis. 
i (54) N. pseudoglabra. 
(58) N. Castelncana. (59) N. cinerea. 
(57) N. glauca. 
(42) N. pedicularifolia, 
&e. (?) (v. p. 244). 
47. NOTOTRICHE STENOPETALA, A.W. Hill—Fruticulus depressus, c:espitosus, pulvinatus ; 
caudex subterraneus, lignosus, firmus, ramosus. Folia aggregata ; petiolus circa 
1:2 em. longus; stipulze petiolo paullo infra medium adnate et cum eo quasi vaginam 
membranaceam 3 mm. latam formantes, parte libera membranacea subulata 3 mm. 
longa, uti petiolus, facie et in dorso glabra; lamina ambitu triangularis vel cordata, 
trifida, lobo medio ampliore iterumque pinnatifidim diviso, circa L0 em. longa, 
12-13 em. lata, supra dense niveo-velutino stellato-t tosa, infra glabra, 
segmentis trifidis vel integris, lobis 9-5 mm. longis lineari-oblongis marginibus 
paullo inflexis apice szepius ciliatis. Flores infra petiolum medium insidentes. Calyx 
submedium 5-lobus, circa 9 mm. longus, lobis anguste triangulari-subacuminatis 
extra sparse stellatis intra dense niveo-tomentosis. Corolla punicea, circa 17 em. 
longa; petala anguste spathulata, basi in tubum haud coalita. Stamina pauca, in 
caput cylindricum disposita. Carpella circa 12, hirsuta, matura non visa. : 
Malvastrum stenopetalum, A. Gray, in Bot. U.S. Expl. Exp. p. 155; Weddell, Chl. And. ii. p. 282; 
Baker fil. in Journ. Bot. xxix. p. 365. : 
Peru: Andes of Peru, Maclean (Herb. Kew.: Pl. 29. fig. 17); Reg. Alp. des Cord. à 
Casa Cancha, Pickering (Herb. Gray). 
The corolla is almost polypetalous and the stamen arrat 
showing a resemblance to N. Matthewsii and N. epileuca m this respect. 
The leaf, with its somewhat varnished lower and hairy upper surface, roae that 
P 
s are arranged in a cylindrical head, 
