210 XXT. MALVACE^. [Hl^iSCliS. 



Capsule oblong-ovoid, acute, 5 -angled, longer than the bracteoles, very hispid. 

 Abelmosclins rJiodopetahis^ F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 112. 



N. Australia- Arnbem's Land, 12. 5rmc?i; Port MoUe, 3{'Ginivray (witkvery nar- 

 row leaf-luLes). 



Queensland. "Woody streams. Point Pearce nnd Brisbane river, J^. Mueller, 

 This species is very nearly allied to the common East Indian //. Abelmosckiis, Linn., dif- 

 fering cbiefly, as observed by F. Mueller, in the colour of the flowers, red not yellow, and in 

 smaller, more divided leaves. 



3. H. Manihot, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 418. A tall herb, sprinkled with 

 a few pungent bristly ^ hairs, more copious on the peduncles, otherwise 

 glabrous. Leaves deeply palmate ; lobes 5 to 9, lanceolate, the larger 

 ones naiTOvv, 4 to 5 in. lou"', more or less toothed. Flowers large, yellow 

 with a purple eye, or rather long pedicels in the axils of tlie upper reduced 

 leaves. Bracteoles 5, herbaceous, broadly lanceolate, fully 1 in. long, roughly 

 pubescent, persistent long after the flower has fallen. Calyx shorter than the 

 bracteoles, shortly 5-toothed, tomentose, deciduous. Petals fully %\ in. long. 

 Capsule oblong, 1^ to 2 in. long, 5-angled, hispid especially on the angles 

 with stiff bristly hairs. — Bot. Mag. t. 3152 ; Abehnoschus Maniliot, AValp. 

 "Rep. i. 311 ; Hibiscus pentaphylliis^ Eoxb. PL Ind. iii. 212. 



Queensland. Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown, The species is frequently cultivated m 

 eastern tropical Asia, and in the islands of the Archipelago and the Pacific, but we have no 

 cei'taiu record of it in a wild state. 



4, H. trionum, Linn,; DC. Prod, i, 453. An erect annual or peren- 

 nial of short duration, usually 1 to 2 ft. high, 3cabrous-p^lbesceut or shortly 

 hirsute. Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, deeply 3- or 5-lobed with oblong or lan- 

 ceolate iiTcgvilarly-toothed lobes. Flowers rather large, pale-yelloAV with a 

 dark purple* centre, on axillary pedicels. Bracteoles 7 to 12, linear-setaceous. 

 Calyx about ^ in. long when in flower, twice that size in fruit, inflated, 

 membranous with about 20 raised veins, glabrous or slightly hirsute, very 

 shortly 5-lobed. Capsule ovoid-globose, hirsute, enclosed in the calyx. Seeds 

 glabrous.— Eeichb. Y\. Germ. v. 181; E. MnelL Fragm. il 115; //• -KicA-' 

 ard-aoui, Sweet; Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 875 ; H. trionioides, G. Don, Gen. Syst. 

 L 483 ; 11. tridactylites, Lindl. ia INIitch. Three Exped. i. 85. 



W. Australia. Victoria river and Start's Creek, F. Mueller. 



Queensland. Between the Burnett and Dawson rivers, F. Mueller. 



W- S. "^Vales. Hunter's and Nepean rivers, R^ Brown ; Clarence and Hastings rivers, 

 BecHer ; Darliag river, Fiallacliy and Goodwin. 



8. Australia. Cooper's Creek, llerh, F. Mueller. 



Common throughout Africa and southern Asia, extending northwards to China and the 

 Amur. Found also in New Zealand. 



5. H. bradiysiphonius, F. Muell Fragm. i. 67 and 243. A lo"^ 

 perennial or nndershrub, with erect or decumbent stems, rarely above 1 ft. 

 long, slightly hirsute with short stift' stellate hairs. Lower leaves small or- 

 bicular, undivided, crenate; upper ones divided into 3 obovate or oblong- 

 cuneate coarsely crenate or lobed segments or deep lobes, mostly 1 to If i^^- 



ermm 



times very long. Bracteoles about 10, rather rigid, linear, shorter than the 

 calyx. Calyx ciliate with a few stiff hairs, deeply divided into lanceolate 1- 

 nerv*ed lobes, not thickened at the margin.. Petals about i in. long, Sta- 



