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centi-tomentose. Stipules short, setaceo-subulate, deciduous. 
Peduncle opposite to a leaf, shorter than the petiole, bearingabout 
8 pedicelled bright yellow flowers in a kind of umbel. Brac- 
teoles setaceous, small, at the base of the pedicels. Calycine 
sepals oblongo-lanceolate, externally farinoso-tomentose with 
stellated hairs. Petals oblong, concave, undulato-crisped at 
the apex. Stamens numerous, slightly cohering at the base : 
anthers 2-lobed, versatile. Ovary oblong, compressed, incano- 
villous ; style longer than the stamens ; stigma obtuse. Cap- 
sule oblongo-conical, curved so as to resemble the form of the 
Cornu-copia, lanuginose, 4-valved, 4-celled, the valves septifer- 
ous down their middle: the hairs which cover the capsule seta- 
ceous, (to the glass) covered with minute stellated hairs. Seeds 
uniserial? about 5 in each locule, compressed. 
This species may be referred to the fifth section of the genus 
according to the arrangement of De Candolle. It is a handsome 
shrub, and it is remarkable that it has not sooner been noticed 
as one of our native plants. 
The fibres of the inner bark are very strong, and might be 
employed as a substitute for hemp, as is done in India with 
that of the Corchorus capsular is in making fishing lines and 
nets. 
II. T riumfetta. Bar -weed. 
Calycine sepals 5, obtuse, or frequently apiculated 
below the apex. Stamens 10-30, free, or slightly 
united at the base. Ovary subrotund: style 1. 
Carpels 4, united into a capsule, echinated with bris- 
tles hooked at the apex : seeds 1-2 in each carpel ; 
embryo inverted . — De Cand. 
Named, by Plunder in memory of Giav. Battista Triumfetti, 
Prefect of the Botanic Garden at Rome, Author of the Hortus 
Romanus, and other works. 
1. Triumfetta Lappula. Common Bur-weed. 
Flowers apetalous, leaves cordate subrotund une- 
qually dentate subvillous sub-3-5-lobate with the 
lobes acuminate. 
Agrimonia Lappacea inodora, folio subrotundo dentato, 
Sloaiie, I. 211 — Triumfetta Lappula, Jacq. Amer. 146. 
HAB. Common weed in waste places. 
FL. Greater part of the year. 
Suffruticose, erect, 4-5 feet in length : branches spreading, 
slightly compressed, strigoso-villous with stellated hairs. 
Leaves subrotund, subcordate, imperfectly 3— 5-lobed, with the 
