214 XXI. MALVACE.i:. ■ [Hibiscus. 



Flowers rather large, pink, on veiy sliort pedicels in the upper axils. Brac- 

 teoles narrow and rigid, rarely exceeding half the length of the calyx, free or 

 slightly nnited at the base. Calyx nearly f in. long, densely tomentose, 

 deeply divided into lanceolate lobes, prominently 1 -nerved and with thickened 

 margins, as in the preceding species. Petals 1^ to 2 in. long, nearly gla- 

 brous. Style-branches short, spreading. Capsvde very hispid, nearly glo- 

 bular, shorter than the calyx. Seeds glabrous. 



W. Australia, Islands of the Giilf of Carpentaria, H. Brown ; '\V. coast of the Gulf, 

 ZeicMardt ; rocky banks of the Seven Emu, Macarthur and Nicholson rivers, F. Mueller, 



15. H. Coatesiiy F. Mnell. Fragm. m, 5. A shrub, evidently very 

 nearly allied to//, zonatus, with the same shaped leaves and flowers, but much 

 more densely tomentose, hirsute with rather long rigid or woolly hairs, and 

 the flowers much smaller. Calyx about \ in, long, very hirsute, the lobes 

 much narrower than in H, zonatiis^ the corolla apparently about -f in. long. 



N. Australia. Haiiimersly range, near Nichol Bay, F, Gregory's Fjxpedition, The 

 specimen is very incomplete. It may possibly prove to be a variety of II, zonatits {Herb. 

 F, 3fueIL) 



16. H. leptocladus, Benth. Apparently a low herb or nndershrub, 

 with slender branches, rough with short rigid stellate hairs. Leaves ou 

 rather long petioles, ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate or oblong, 1 to 2 in. long, 

 irregularly toothed, narrowed or rounded at the base, roughly pubescent on 

 both sides with rigid stellate hairs. Flowers apparently pink, on rather long 

 pedicels in the upper axils. Bracteoles about 7 to 9, linear-subulate, rarely 

 exceeding half the length of the calyx. Calyx about \ in. long, pubescent or 

 hispid with stift' stellate hairs, deeply divided into lanceolate-acuminate, 1- or 

 3-nervcd lobes, without thickened margins. Petals 1 to 1^ in. long, gla- 

 brous. Capsule nearly globular. Seeds 2 or 3 in each cell, glabrous. 



N. Australia. Islands of Caq)entana Bay, R, Brown ; Victoria river, Bynoe, F.Mueller, 

 This species resembles in some respects H. micvochlccnus, but is mucli more slendei' and 

 less tomentose, and both petals and seeds appear to be quite glabrous. 



17. H. settdosus^ F, Muell. Fragm. i. 221. A much-branched, viscid, 

 strong-scented shrub of several feet, covered with resinous glands, the branches 

 very hispid with long spreading bristles. Leaves broadly cordate or orbi- 

 cnlar, mostly 1 to l^- in. long, toothed, more or less hirsute or pubescent 

 with scattered rigid stellate hairs. Plowers rather large, pink with a dark 

 centre, on axillary pedicels about as long as the petioles. Bracteoles linear, 

 rigid, about as long as the calyx. Cal^x about |- in. long, pubescent and 

 glandular like Uie leaves, deeply divided into lanceolate 3-nerved lobes, ra- 

 tals about 1-^ in. long. Staminal cohunu conspicuously pro(Uiced above the 

 filaments and S-tootlied. Capsule globular, hispid, shorter than the calyx. 

 Seeds glabrous or minutely scabrous. 



N.^ Australia. Rocks on the Macarthur and Seven Emu rivers, Gnlf of Carpentaria, 

 F, Mueller, 



18. H. pentaphyllus, F, Muell Fragm. ii. 13. An erect or diffuse 

 annual of a few feet, glabrous except a few rigid hairs on the upper leaves 

 and inflorescence. Leaves divided into 5 or rarely 7 oblong or Lanceolate 

 toothed segments, mostly 1 to 2 in. long. Tlowers rather large, yellow with 



