herbaceous, tall, erect, densely tomentose with stellate hairs; lower leaves 3-lobed, upper ovate-oblong, acuminate, the very uppermost small and lanceolate, all stellately hispidulous on the upper, and densely tomentose and hispid on the lower side, unequally serrate, subcordate and 5-nerved at base; peduncles several together, very short, 3-flowered; sepals hispid; stamens 10, glabrous; capsules hispid, their prickles hairy below, glabrous above, hooked, and ending in a white point. Stems 4–6 feet high, strong and half woody at base. Lower leaves 3–5 inches long, 1–3 inches wide, obscurely 3-lobed or angled; upper much smaller, ovate or lanceolate; the serratures alternately large and small. Our specimens quite agree with the East Indian plant. Bojer's T. tomentosa, from the Mauritius, is very similar; but in that the setæ of the capsule are straight. Is the character constant?
