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subeordatis, stylo brevi, stigmate subeapitato minuto obscure qua- 
drilobo, carpidiis obtusis, seminibus nitenti-nigris lzvibus. 
In plagis arenosis et rupestribus terrz Arnhem's Land et sinus 
Carpentaria Gulf. 
Foliola 13-8" longa, 1" lata vel angustiora. Sepala 4" metientia, 
cum petalis saturate rubra.  Carpidia 2" longa. 
Adnot. Boronia ledifolia Gay Lasiop. p. 20, nondum trans 
limites Australie orientalis extratropiez et subtropiczm reperta, 
combinari nequit cum stirpe homonyma occidentali, quam cl. Bart- 
ling in Lehm. pl. Preiss. vol. 11. p. 226 enumeravit. Illanc nomine 
B. ledophylle nuncupavi. Ceterum neque B. rosmarinifolia nec 
B. paradoxa ab illa specifice discriminands sunt. 
MALVACEX. 
Hibiscus brachysiphonius. 
(Sect. Ketmia.) Fugosia sp. Mitch. trop. Austr. 387. 
Suffruticosa, erecta vel procumbens, parce pilosula, foliis ambitu 
subcordatis trisectis trifidis integrisve, lobis inzqualiter repando- 
dentatis incisisque obtusis, stipulis linearibus integris v. laciniatis 
petiolo duplo v. aliquoties brevioribus, pedunculis axillaribus soli- 
tariis calyce duplo pluriesve longioribus infra apicem articulatis, 
involucri 9-10-partiti segmentis patentissimis linearibus cum calyce 
fere duplo longiori ciliatis, calycis laciniis lanceolatis trinerviis, 
petalis roseis ovato-obcordatis glabris Zmberbibus calycem vix 
semi-superantibus, columna brevissima, filamentis fasciculatis an- 
thera multoties longioribus capillaribus, capsula globoso-ovata 
obtusa glabra, seminibus in loculis 4-6 velutino-tomentosis. 
In Australia orientali interiore. Sir Th. Mitchell. 
Ad flumen Mackenzie, in planitiebus Peak-Downs, &c. 
Suffrutex Geranii potius quam Hibisci facie. Radix cylindracea 
fibrillas elongatas emittens. Caules 1-123'longi ramosi teretes. Folia 
pleraque i-12" longa, petiolo parum breviore semitereti predita, 
concoloria vix nitidula, supra fere glabra subtus pilosula. Stipule 
circa 2" long: interdum bipartite. Pedunculi fructiferi 4-5" longi. 
Calyx ultra medium 5-fidus, semunciam longus. Petala et styli 
rosea cum basi filamentorum saturatius rubra. Anthersz albs. 
Stigmata ochroleuca hemisphz»rica minutissime puberula. Capsula 
1' metiens. Semina vix 1" excedentia tomento albo velutina. 
Abelmoschus albo-ruber. 
Inermis, caule annuo, simplice, foliis cordatis 5-lobis dentatis, 
racemis terminalibus, pedicellis calyce 5-dentato puberulo squi- 
longis, involucelli triphylli foliolis minutis oblongis, petalis colum- 
naque glabris, eapsule ovatze pubescentis loculis 3-6-spermis, 
seminibus angulato-subglobosis pubescentibus. 
In planitiebus basalticis Australie tropicz et subtropieze. 
