

200 XXI. MALVACEAE. {AbiitUoH. 



§ 2. Carpels (often \ -seeded hij ahortion) rounded or angled at the top, quite disiiudy 

 and seceding from the axis iclienfalhj ripe (GayoideSj Eudl.) 



Carpels uuinerous (about 20), closely packed, very hirsute. Tall 

 herbs, with large, broadly cordate leaves. 

 Carpels angular at the top, leaving persistent tHiforni placentas . 13. A. graveolens. 



Carpels rounded at the top, completely deciduous 15. A. malic am. 



Carpels rarely more than 10, glabrous or slightly tonientose, not 

 scarious. Leaves mostly cordate-orbicular. 

 Densely velvety-tomentose (shrubby?). Petals shortly exceeding 



the calyx " , . 16. J. Cunninghami, 



Low undersbrubj shortly tonientose or pubescent, often with 



spreading hairs. Petals fully twice as long as the calyx , . 17. ^- Fnosen* 

 Carpels 10 to 15, slightly hispid, enlarged and scarious when ripe. 



Slender uudershrub, with cordate, often almost sessile leaves . . 18. A, crispmn. 



Distinct as the two sections arc in some instances, they arc closely connected by A. grave- 

 olens, and some other intermediate species. 



1. A. tubtdosum. Hook,; Walp, Ann, ii. 158. Tall and slinibby, 

 clothed with a dense, soft, close, or velvety tomentum. Leaves deeply cor- 

 date, ovate or lanceolate, almost acuminate, crenate, attaininoj 3 to 4 in., very 

 soft and velvety. Pedicels much shorter than the leaves. Euds acuminate, 

 prominent-angled. Calyx tubular, about 1 in. long, with 10 slightly promi- 

 nent ribs, softly tomcntose, the lobes acuminate, much shorter than the tube. 

 Petals (j^ellow ?) neai'ly f in. longer than the calyx, the claws adhering to 

 nearly the middle of the glabrous staminal cohunn. Capsule angular, about 

 half the length of the calyx, softly villous ; cai-pels 7 to 10, strongly acumi- 

 nate on their outer edge, containing each usually 3 seeds. — Blda lahulom-, A. 

 Cunn.; Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 390. 



Queensland. Open woods on the Mooni river, Mitchell ; Dawson river, -F. Mueller. 



W. S. ^Vales. llocky whinstone hills on Liverpool plains, A. Cunningham, 



Var. (?) Lreviflorum. Petals shorter and broader, hut glabrous and more adnatc than m t 



A, leucopelaimn ; the specimen, however, scared)^ sufficient for accurate determination.— 



Dawson ri\cr, F. Mueller. 



2. A. amplum, Bmllt, Tall and shrubby, the foliage and inflorescence 

 softly tomentose-hirsute, not so white as in the allied species, and apparently 

 somewhat viscid. Leaves deeply coixiatc, ovate, acuminate, crenate, 2 to 4 i"- 

 long, soft hut green. Pedicels shorter than the leaves. Buds acuminate, 

 prominently angled. Calyx, ^vben open, broadly tubuiar-campanulate, about 

 1 in. long, touientose-hirsute, with 10 slightly prominent ribs, tlic lobes 

 broadly lauceohi^tc, nearly as long as the tube. Petals (yellow ?) often twice 

 as long as the calyx, much broader than in A, tubulosiim, the claws adhering 

 to the lower part only of the staminal column, and there very pubescent. 

 Capsule angular, softly villous, about half the length of the calyx ; carpels 

 abont 5, scarcely acuminate. 



N. Australia. Harding river, S.E. of Nichol Bay, F. Gregory^ Expedition.— 

 F, Mueller is disposed to consider this as a variety of A. ttihulostan, but the sliai)e of the 

 petals and their pnbcsccnt base are more those of A. leiicopelahnn, and the calyx is dilTercut 

 from both. Further and more complete specimens may, however, considerabXv modify the 

 circumscription of j4.///^«/o^tfw, UHijdum, leucopetahm, and Mlichelli, which are all nearly 

 allied to each other, 



3. A. leucopetaluiu, F. Maell, Herb, A tall shrub, clothed with a 

 soft velvety tomentum like A. tuhidomui^ but intermixed with long spreaduig 



