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THALAMIFLOHjE. 
lobes acuminate, 3— 5-nerved, unequally dentate with a few of 
the teeth near the petiole glandular and cupshaped, velvety 
above, and incano-villous with stellated hairs beneath. Petiole 
2-21 inches long, terete, villous. Raceme axillary and terminal, 
compound ; divisions 3-4 proceeding from the same point, each 
bearing shortly pedicelled dirty-yellow rather small flowers. 
Bracteas small lanceolate, at the divisions of the raceme, and 
at the base of tbe pedicels. Calycine sepals 5, lineari-ob- 
long, apiculated below the blunt apex, externally puberulous. 
Petals 0. Stamens 10, yellow, length of the calyx, spreading. 
Ovary hispid with hooked hairs : style longer than the stamens : 
stigma bifid. Capsule not separating into carpels : seed solitary. 
The young shoots or leaves of this, as well as of the two 
following species, infused in cold water, are rendered glary and 
mucilaginous. A leaf applied to each cheek, for a few minutes, 
produces a colour which might rival that of rouge. The bark 
is strong, and has been employed in making cordage. From 
the tenacity with which the capsules hook themselves on the 
clothes of travellers, the French Colonists give the plant the 
name of “ Les Cousins.” 
%. Triumfettasemitriloba. Mallow-leaved Bur-weed. 
Leaves ovate 3-lobed calloso-serrated velvety on 
both sides, calycine sepals pubescent subapiculated, 
capsules globose echinated with bristles hispid with 
reverted hairs., 
Triumfetta villosa, floribus ternatis, Browne , 233. — T. semi- 
triloba, Jacq. Amer. 147. 
HAB. Common, with the last. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
Suffruticose, erect, sometimes 6-7 feet in height, strigoso- vil- 
lous with stellated hairs. Leaves ovate, 3-lobed with the mid- 
dle lobe the longest, acute, 3-nerved, serrated, stellato-birsute 
above, stellato-velutine beneath : petiole about 2 inches long. 
Raceme axillary terminal, compound: divisions in threes, each 
of 3 shortly pedicelled flowers, with 3-5 lanceolate bracteas. 
Calycine sepals 5, oblong, apiculated, puberulous, striated, ful- 
vous. Petals 5, oblong, yellow, erect. Filaments 16, longer 
than the petals, minutely papillose : anthers heart-shaped, yel- 
low, with a crimson spot in the centre. Carpels, when ripe, 
separable. 
The lower leaves are sometimes 5-lobed, and the upper ones 
undivided. 
