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ASTRAPAA Wallichii. 
Rosy Astrapea. 
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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. Matvacem. Jussiew gen. 271. Sect. V. (rectiats VI. ) Sta- 
mina basi in urceolum sessilem connata, sterilia fertilibus intermixta, definita 
aut rarits indefinita. 
ASTRAPZ@A. Flores umbellati involucrati. Involucrum (polyphyllum 
inequale). Cal. simplex, 5-phyllus, 1-bracteatus. Petala 5, convoluto-. 
clausa.. Stam. 25, in tubo corollifero comata, quorum 5 sterilia. Germ 
5-loculare, oligospermum. Stylus 1. Stigmata 5. Lindley collect. bot.14. 
a ee are aeons sae Se emeti eaeete A eS vt ft an nd 
Astrapea Wallichii. Lindley loc. cit. tab. 14; ¢ planta siccaté Herbarii 
Lambertiani desumpta. ) : : 
Arbor magna. Rami crasst, teretes, tomentosi. Fol. grandia, alterna, 
suborbiculata, cordata, acuminata, crénato-serrata, plana, upra pubescen- 
tia, subtus tomentosa, murginibus sinis basilaris imbrica iss nervt 5 (7) a 
busi radiati, vene concentrice. Petioli triunciales, teretes, pilost; stipule 
_ magne, ovate, appresse, subundulate, tomentose, medio crasse@, uninerves. 
Flores in capitulis (cernwis) axillaribus, longé peduneulati, involucrati. 
Pedunculi (reflexi) hirsuti. “ Involucr. duplex, (ex nobis simplex inequale) 
exterius diphyllum, interius polyphyllum, foliolis magnis, subrotundo-ovatis, 
acuminatis, pilosis, venosis, interioribus sensim minoribus et angustioribus. 
Flores densi, circitér 100 in quovis involucro, pedicellati, coccinet (rosei). 
Cal. (membranaceus, obsolet? coloratus ) pentaphyllus, villosus, bracted lan- 
ceolatd (colore et substantid calycis?) subiensus, Joliolis linearibus (lineari- 
ligulatis) obtusis erectis corolla brevioribus. Pet. 5, (tenuia, corrugata), 
oblonga, rotundata, convoluto-clausa (campanulato-erecta, glabra). Stam?. 
in tubo longo (unciali) cylindraceo, corollifero connata, corolle longitudine. 
Anthe. fertiles 20 (melino-lutescentes lineari-oblonge, erecta, introrse 
basi sagittate, polline melino é granulis sphericis grumoso), steriles 5 (san- 
guineo-rubentes, lanceolate, fertilium polline onuste); he subulate, ille ob- 
long, biloculares, apiculate. Germ, superum, hirsutum, 5-loculare, loculi 
dispermi; ovula horizonialia. Stylus filiformis, exsertus (albicans) versits 
basin hirsutus. Stig’. 5, Lindley rosea, longa, contorta. Resecto pe- 
dunculo a vulnere copios? profluit mucus crassus tenax atque limpidissimus ). 
The drawing of this beautiful species was taken last 
December in the Kew Garden, by favour of Mr. Aiton. The 
plant had been sent by Dr. Wallich from the Caleutta col- 
lection. Nothing certain is known 
but it has been surmised that seed 
Mauritius to Calcutta, 
from Madagascar. 
was carried from the 
Ba 
of the native spot; 
and that the plant came originally | 
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