TACSO'NIA PINNATISTI’PULA. 
FEATHER-STIPULED TACSONIA. 
EXOGEN, oR DICOTYLEDONE A. 
pero pian 
{ this chee semdel. \ 
CALYCIFLORE, Artificial divisions MONADELPHIA, 
OF to which PENTANDRIA, 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant belongs, OF LINNEUS. 
No. 171. 
GENUS. Tacsonta. Jussrev. Catyx tubo elongato cylindrico, limbo 
quinquepartito, laciniis tn ttus coloratis. PrEtTaza quinque, ad faucem calycis 
serta, cum laciniis calycini s alterna, iis subconformia at magis colorata. 
VULA numeros 
Frotices scandentes. Fouta alterna, stipula Pepuncoti axillares, non- 
nulli cirriferi vel cirriformes cum pedunculis Rortfetinex eadem axilla floriferi, 
sub flore bracteati. 
SPECIES. Ta CSONIA PINNATISTIPULA, (Jusstev) Strectis subulato-multi- 
fidis, foliis trifidis rugosis subtus tomentoso-pubescentibus, bracteis ovatis 
foliaceis subincisis tne liberis, corona interiore dimidium petalorum _ 
zequante. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Tacsonta. CaLyx witha long cylin- 
drical tube, the limb five-cleft, the divisions coloured inside. PeTats 
five, inserted at the throat of the calyx, alterna rnating with its divisions, 
nearly similar to them but more coloured. Crown of the filaments 
inserted in the tube of the calyx within the corolla, consisting of two or 
more concentric rows, of which the outer is composed of free filaments, 
er innermost of conniyent, and most frequently connate ones. STa- 
ENS five, inserted on the torus and connected high up with the stalk 
as the ovary, free at the top, spreading, each bearing a versatile anther. 
Ovary borne on a stalk settee slightly above the sheath of the 
stamens, one-celled, with three many-ovulated parietal placente. 
Styzes three, each bearing a maphite stigma. Froit pul 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, TACSONIA PINNATISTIPULA. A tall 
N 
young, clothed with a short loose down. STipuLes noe Pras 
split into a number of fine thread-like lacinie. Leave 
borne on foot-stalks of about an inch in length, broadly neicvaliiel 
and three-nerved at the base, deeply cleft into three ovate-lanceolate 
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