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FRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPHIZ 
AUSTRALIA. 
XXXVI, 
MALVACEX. 
Plagianthus Bertha. 
Sida Berthz, F. M. coll. 
Fruticosa, humilior, dioica, stellari-pubescens, foliis parvis 
longiuscule petiolatis rhombeo-orbicularibus herbaceis preter 
partem inferiorem integerrimam crenato-dentatis apice obtusis, 
stipulis minutis liberis deltoideo-semilanceolatis deciduis, pedicellis 
1-4 axillaribus v. passim corymbum pauciflorum constitaentibus 
tenuibus florum masculorum calycis longitudinem mox aliquoties 
excedentibus, iis florum feeminorum calyce paulo duplove longiori- 
bus, petalis albis etiam fcemineis conspicue exsertis, calycum haud 
plieatorum divisionibus pzmne deltoideis longitudine tubum psne 
equantibus, filamentis florum masculorum circiter 30 tubo glabro 
squilongis v. longioribus, tubo staminum in floribus femineis 
ananthero, stylis 6, stigmatibus clavato-cylindraceis, fructibus 
junioribus breviter pilosis. : 
Ad flumen Gardner's River. Mxw. 
Frutex delicatus, 2-3' altus. Petioli 13-4" longi. Folia 1-1" 
metientia, nervis sat dissitis supra impressis subtus prominentibus 
costata, plana, subtus copiosius stellis pilorum conspersa. Stipule 
3-1" longs, pilosule. Pedicelli pubescentes, 3" longi v. breviores, 
feminei sub anthesi sesqui- v. pauci-lineares. Calyces 2" longi v. 
paulo longiores, stellato-pilosi. Petala prater basin glabra, oblique 
obováto-cuneata, florum masculorum 3-4" longa, florum foeeminorum 
11-2" longa, sepe ob brevitatem in formam magis rhombeam v. . 
orbieularem vergentia. Staminum plante mascule pars libera 1" 
longa v. paulo longior. Antherz nephroidez, pallide rubellz. 
Styli in planta fcemina, si partem connatam addas, 13" longi, tubo 
staminum stirilium filamentis brevissimis przdito v. iis carente 
cincti, Stigmata vix 2" longa. Germina cohzrentia, unigem- 
mulata, primum glabra. Semina suspensa, statu saltem juniore 
glabra. Fructus maturi haud allati. 
VOL. Y. ; R 
