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Ilibiscus phyllochlmius, 



Hirsutie stellari toTTQentosiiSj/ofn^ lanceolato-ohlongis crispafo^ 

 'ugosis crenato-serratis^ involucelli scgmentis quinqiie herbaceis 

 ovato-lanceolatis calycem semiiequautibus, calycis vix ultra mediura 

 quinqae-fidi laciniis semilauceoUitis sensim acuminatis haud margi- 

 natis, corolla e purpureo et sulphureo bicolore, filamcntis anthera 

 multoties longioribus pallidis, slylis superne disjimctis^ stigmatibus 

 peltatis barbatis, capsula sericeo-hispida, seminibus glabris, 



In Australia orientali tropica^ loco speciali raihi ignoto. 



Tomentum pruriens, ferrugineum vel fulvum. Stipulaa minutse, 



lineari-subulat^. Petioli 3-6'" longi. Folia l|-2" longa, basi 



valde obtusa, apice acutiuscula, supra parcius hispida et denique 



denudata. Pedunculi solitarii, uniflori, l-l^" longi. lavolucelli 



segmenta foliacea, setate tarde glabrescentia ; nervus medianus 



pertenuis. Calyces fere pollicem longi. Corolla sesqui-pollicaris, 



parce ciliaia, ceteroquin glabra, Columma staminum petalis con- 



spicue brevior, glabra. Styli viilosuli, Capsula dodrantem calycera 



sequans. Semina bene maturata mihi iguota. Eaudcm vel persi- 



milem Dr. Leichhardt in montibus Expedition-Range legit. 



Ab Hibisco Normani, quem cL Walter in insula Fitzroyi repei'it, 



foliis crispis conspicue dentatis, involucelli phyllis lata basi sessi- 



libus nec unguiculatis nec distincte quinque-nerviis, calyce minus 



profunde fisso, filamentorum parte libera elongata jam facile dis- 

 criminatur. 



Ab omnibns H. Sturtii formis jam involucro basi tenus partito 

 separatur* Ultimam speciem e pluribus novis locis accepi ; e. g. 

 Port Denison (Fitzalan), Castlereagh's River (Woolls), Barcoo 

 (Schneider), Macdonneirs Eange (C. Giles), EawIinson's Kange 

 (E. Giles). CL Bowman prope Eockhampton varietatem petalis 

 flavis reperit. Hibiscus brachysiphonius ad Mount Margarct a 

 cl, Babbage et ad Barcoo a Doctore Wuth lectus. Varietatem H. 

 Normani habeo a Fort Cooper, foliis latioribus, segmentis involucri 

 nec unguiculatis, nec prominenter nervosis, 



Hibiscus hakeifolius (Giordano Memoria sopra di una nuova 



Specie dlbisco, 1833) crescit ad Great Bight (Maxwell), Fliuders 



et Elder's Ranges (F. M.), Lake Gilles (Burkitt), Gawler's Eange 



(J. S.Browne), RusselPs Range (Dempster), Mount Roach (Jnlia 



Wells). Petala passim flava. Filamenta semper purpurascentla, 



srcpe atro-purpurea. Stigmata sursum turgidula. Drumm. 102 

 et 105. 



Hibiscus Wrayce extendit ad Gawler'8 Rango (Sullivan), Cape 

 And (Maxwell), Mount Roach (Julia Wells). IIuc pertlucut : 

 H. grossularifolius, Hook. Bot. Mag. 4329 ; H, geranifuUus, 

 Turcz. mBullet. de Moscou, 1858, p. 195. 



Hibiscus Iluegelii (Lindl. Bot. Rcg, 1840, t. G9), secundum 

 Observationes praiclari R. Fitzgerald spcciom propriam sistit, ah 



