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STURTIA. C68 



Malvacearura genus, proximum Gossypio, afRne etiam 



Senrse. 



Char. Gen. — Involucrum triphyllum mtegerrimum. 

 Cali/x 5-dentatus, sinubus rotundatis. Petala cuneato- 

 obovata, basi inaequilatera. Columna staminum polyandra. 

 Ovaria 5, polysperma. Sfyli cohgerentes. Stigmata dis- 

 tincta linearia. Pericarpia. . . Semina. . . 



SufFrutex orgyalis glaber ; foliis petiolatis obovatis inte- 

 gerrimis ; floribus pedunculatis solitariu. 



2. Sturtia Gossgpioides. 



Log. " In the beds of the creeks on the Barrier Range." 

 D. Sturt. 



Desc. Suffrutex orgyalis glaber. Folia ramorum alterna, 

 diametro unciali, trinervia ; petiolo folium subsequanti, basi 

 in stipulam siibscariosam adnatam dilatato. Pedunculi vel 

 potius rami floriferi snboppositifolii nee vere axillares uni- 

 flori, juxta apicem folio nano petiolato stipulis 2 distinctis 

 stipato instructi. Involucrum foliaceum venosum, foliolis 

 distinctis, cordatis, punctis nigricantibus glandulosis con- 

 spersis. Calyx dentibus acutis, sinubus rotundatis. Petala 

 sesquipollicaria, uti calycis tubus glanduloso-punctata glan- 

 dulis nigricantibus serai-immersis, purpurea basibus atro- 

 purpureis margine barbatis. Columna staminum e basi 

 nuda super ad apicem usque antherifera : antheris reni- 

 formibus, loculis apice confluentibus. Pollen hispidum. 



Obs. Sturtia is no doubt very nearly related to Gossy- 

 pium, from which it differs in the entire and distinct leaves 

 of its foliaceous involucrum, in the sharp teeth and broad 

 rounded sinuses of the calyx, and possibly also in its fruit 

 and seeds, virhich are, however, at present unknown. They 

 agree in the texture and remarkable glands of the calyx, 

 and in the structure of the columna staminum. Senra, 

 which, like Sturtia, has the foliola of its three-leaved in- [69 



