hes PLATE CCVIIL. 
: LASIOPETALUM FERRUGINEUM. 
Rufty Woolly-bloffom. 
-CLASS’V. ORDER I. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal, 
se GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Perianthiam triphyllum, foliolis fubu- EMPALemMeNT. Cup three- leaved, leaflets awl- 
latis, tomentofis, perfiftentibus, ferrugino- aped, downy, permanent, and of ar 
fis. iron colour. 
CoRoLLa monopetala, rotata, Januginofa, quin- Bossom, one petal, wheel- -fhaped, woolly, and 
quefida ; laciniis ovatis, apicibus acutis, in- ve-cleft; fegments egg-fhaped, har rp 
: curv inted and incurved at the point, 
STAMINA, Filamenta quinque, brevia, ereéta, Cuives. Threads five , thort, upright, fixed to 
s bafi affixa, Antherz re erect, d orfo the bafe of the feed- bud. Tips upright, two- 
germini 
bilobz, apice poris duobus, 
PisTiLtuM. Germen ovatum, fuperum. Stylus 
“rom filiformis, erectus. Stigma ‘ob- 
Puniciasicw. Capfula fubrotunda, fupera, tri- 
ulcata, trilocularis, trivalyis, diffepimen- 
io valvularum. 
“Taig numerofa, fubrotunda. 
SPECIFIC 
Latietsbomn foliis fublinearibus, obtufis, ine- 
qualiter finuatis, fupra glabris, fubtus lanu- 
ginofis; floribus racemofis, axilla ribus 
lobed at the back, and two pores at the 
int. 
Ponta. Seed-bud egg-fhaped, above. Shaft 
—— Biya -thaped, upright. Summit 
obi 
tele sen Capfule roundith, above, three- 
furrowed, three cells, three valve, parti- 
tions from the middle of the valve 
SEEDs numerous, roundi th. 
CHARACTER. 
Woolly bloffom with nearly 
unequally rene — h above, wooll 
beneath ; S grow in long bunches 
aoa he: satiation of the! leaves into the ftem. 
linear leaves, blunt, 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1, The toa 
2. The B 
6. The fame asides. 
THe i Reraiarity of this plant recommends i it to 
New South ales, “near Por 
i nit urfery, from feed 
a cen fom tees young fhoots, 
ants, near an inch in breadth, and dliree in ae in 
ith, . &c. 
giving fpecific names and siggacra - d gests where only 
€ Genus, although a little from Linnzan 
mencement of the work. This ~~ t was firtt raifed at the Ham- 
eeds Teceived from New 
in April; thould be 
is in flower nearly the whole year. 
It is propagated by cuttings 
peat earth, and kept very dry 
