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MONSONIA lobata. 
Broad-leaved Monsonia. 
M. lohata, foliis cordatis 5-7-lobis : lobis obtusis serrato- 
dentatis subtus petiolis calycibusque pilosiusculis. 
Monsonia lobata. DC.prodr. 1. p. 638. Willd. sp. 
pi. 3. p.7\S. Botan. magaz. 385. 
Stem herbaceous, or scarcely sufFriiticose, rather suc- 
culent, 2 or 3 forked, generally very crooked, procumbent 
if not supported. Leaves cordate or cordately ovate, 
5 or 7-lobed, smooth and glossy on the upper side, and 
slightly hairy underneath, strongly 5-nerved, the nerves 
branched : lobes blunt, serrately toothed, with small rather 
bluntish teeth. Petioles nearly cylindrical, long and 
slender, slightly hairy. Stipules lanceolate, acute, slightly 
fringed. Peduncles very long, cylindrical, clothed with 
short unequal hairs, all tipped with a small gland. Invo- 
lucre of 6 narrowly lanceolate, taper-pointed, keeled, and 
fringed bractes. Calyoo of 5 sepals, connected at the base, 
or more properly of one sepal deeply 5-parted. Sepals 
nearly equal, lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, with membra- 
naceous margins. Petals 5, widely spreading, not im- 
bricate, obovate, with a longish unguis, deeply 5-toothed, 
the teeth bluntish, underneath of a greenish yellow, marked 
with 6 longitudinal purple lines that are slightly branched ; 
upper side of a pale blush, redder near the base. Sta- 
mens 15, in 5 sets, 3 in each, all connected at the base, 
and surrounding the stigmas : filaments dark purple, flat- 
tened and fringed : pollen orange-coloured. Stigmas 5, 
dark purple, revolute. 
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