Tas. 5133. 
BRACHYCHITON Bipwi ttt. 
Mr. Bidwill’s Brachychiton. 
Nat. Ord. SrercuLiace#.—PotyGaMia Mon@cta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-fidus. Anthere congeste. Styli coherentes. Stigmata 
distincta v. in unicum peltatum coalita. Folliculi coriaceo-lignei, polyspermi. 
Semina albuminosa, pube stellari tecta, mutuo et fundo folliculi cohzerentia. Em- 
bryonis radicula hilo proxima.—Arbores (Nove Hollandia) ; foliis lobatis indivi- 
sisve. Br. 
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Bracuycuiton Bidwilli ; ubique stellatim tomentosum ; foliis cordato-trilobis 
supra parce subtus dense fulvo-tomentosis, floribus polygamo-monoicis 10 
axillis dense glomeratis, calyce campanulato-infundibuliformi, limbi lobis 
ovatis acuminatis striatis intus prope basin squamis; masc. columna 
elongata fusiformi ; hermaphr. columna brevi, antheris ad basin ovariorum, 
ovariis dense tomentosis, stylis apice coheerentibus, stigmatibus patenti- 
recurvis. : 
Seeds of this remarkable plant were sent to the Royal Gardens = 
of Kew in 1851, from the Widebay district, north-east Australia, © 
by the late Mr. Bidwill. I refer it with little hesitation to the 
section Brachychiton of Sterculia, of Schott and Eadie 
which Brown has, together with the sections Pecilodermis ~ | 
Trichosiphon (all tropical New Holland plants), piers 
genus Brachychiton. Of the five species recorded by Mr. — 
I believe very imperfect specimens exist in herbaria. 
which Dr. Mueller has found at Victoria River fpeioe 2 
Australia), and calls Br. ramiflorum, in many res resem - 2 
this; but the leaves are not, or very imperfectly, rege . 
the calycine lobes are short and very obtuse, otherwise t wo 
appear to be almost identical. It is treated with us as ; 7 +g 
plant, and flowered for the first time in the autumn ‘ 858, 
continuing in blossom throughout the whole winter an apeing 
Descr. Our plant, rising from a large, tuberous root, mie a 
shrub, with rather spreading, terete branches, rea tegnragen 
as is’almost every part of the plant. Leaves ate a te 
petioles, swollen at the base ; cordate, usually deeply three-lobed, 
auGustT lst, 1859. 
