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getlier, .mostly shorter than tlie leaves. Calyx tonientose, not proiiiinently 

 ribbed, at first cainpanulate as in S. virgata, but Avith the Jobes more obtuse 

 and very soon enlarging; when in fruit very spreading, fully f in. diameter, 

 tlie broadly ovate lobes thin and transparent. Petals yellow, rather longer 

 than the calyx before it enlarges. Stamens 10 to 15. Fruit nearly globular, 

 ^vull a raised conical centre, the circumference wrinkled and grooved between . 

 the carpels. Carpels 5, reticulate on the sides. — Fleischer ia pnbens, Steud. in 

 PL Preiss. i. 237 ; Stcetz, 1. c. ii. 366. 



^ S, Australia. A specimen in Herb. ■\Iuell. from Margaritte river, Bahhage's Expedi- 

 tion, appears to belong to this species, but the calyx is not yet sufficiently advanced to de- 

 termine it absolutely, 



"^V. Australia, Swan Biver, I)rum?rtO?2d ; shady rocks of Monnt Mathilda, PreisSy 

 n. 1662- Murchison river, Oldjield. 



8. S. physocal3rXj F. MuelL Fragm, iii. 3. A shrub, densely clothed 

 With a soft, Avoolly, almost floccose tomcntum. Leaves petiolate, cordate-ovate 

 or orbicular, very obtnse, 1 to 2 in. long, crenate, thick and soft. Stipnles 

 i^markably long and filiform. Flowers not seen. Frniting calyx peduncu- 

 late in the upper axils, very mnch enlarged, thin, scarious, and reticulate, 

 broadly 5.1obe(l, the angles very prominent, so as to give the sides a cordate 

 form, expanding to 2 in. diameter. Carpels numerous (above 15), glabrous, 

 tnberculate or almost mnricate, foruiing a depressed disk-like fruit of about 

 5 lines diameter. 



N. Australia. Hanimcrsley range, N.W. coast, F, Gregory s Expedilion, 



9. S. subspicata, F, MuelL Herb. An erect shrub, sparingly tomen- 

 ■ tose and green, or densely tomentose like S, virgata and S. macropoda, but at 



once known by tlie inflorescence. Leaves from cordate-ovate to lanceolate, 



1 to 2 in. long, obtuse, crenate, cordate or rounded at the base, slightly 

 wnnkled above, with the veins prominent undenieath, scabrous, velvety or 

 densely tomentose. Flowers small, nearly sessile, clustered or rarely solitary, 

 the upper clusters forming often an irregular terminal spike, with few small 

 floral leaves. Calyx not ribbed, the lobes acute, at least as long as the tube 

 and closing over the fruit, but not covering it. Petals nearly twice as long. 

 Stamens often under 10. Fntit nearly globular, but grooved between the 

 carpels ; carpels 5 or 6, tomentose, reticulate on the side, but not wrinkled 

 on the back, and not acuminate. 



^ W, Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, R, Brown; Hooker and Start's Creeks, P. 



Mueller. ^ 



Queensland. Keppel Bay, B. Brotcn ; N.E. coast. A. C^nimugham ; Brisbane river, 

 ^r^er^ p, Mueller; Burnett and Dawson rivers, F. Mueller; Ilocl^haiiij>ton. Thozet. 



W. S. "Wales. Kirkton, Upper Hunter river. Backhouse; Clarence river, Beckler, 



10. S. pleiantha, F. MnelL Jhrb. A shrub or undcrshrub, with elon- 

 gated branches, green or hoary with a loose stellate tomentiim, sometimes 

 floccose. Leaves petiolate, the smaller ones nearly orbicular, \ in. lont^, tlie 

 larger ones ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1 to 2 iu., toothed, romided or scarcely 

 corihite at the base. Flowers small, clustered several together, the pedicels 



2 to 4 lines long, not articulate. Calyx broadly cainpanulate, when in flower 

 a!)out IX li^es long, with ovate-acute tomentose lobes, somewhat enlarged 

 ^'lien in fruit, the lobes broad, herbaceous, glabrous, and connivcnt over the 



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