220 XXI. MALVACEiE. [Fiigosia. 



2. F. hakeaefolia, Boole. Bot. Mag. t 4361. Au erect shrub, flower- 

 ing young, but attaining 8 to 10 ft., entirely glabrous, or tomentose on the 

 flower only. Leaves from deeply bipinnatiiid to trifid only, or the upper ones 

 entire, often several inches long, the \Yhole leaf or lobes narrow-linear, some- 

 what fleshy, grooved above or almost terete. Flowers large, of a purple lilac, 

 on axillary peduncles, articulate, and often bearing a small bract about the 

 middle. Involucre placed a little below the calyx, very small, divided into 

 3 to 6 short, rigid, imequal teeth. Calyx |- to 1 in. long, deeply divided into 

 lanceolate-acuminate S-nerved lobes. Petals 1|- to 2 in. long. Capsule 

 tomentose, ovoid, with a short point, 5 -celled. Seeds woolly. — Hibiscus 

 hakecefoUus, Giord. ; Endl. in llueg. Enum, 10 i //. multifidm, Paxt. PI. 

 Gard. vii. 103, with a fig. 



S. Australia. Goose Island Bay, S. coast, R. Brown ; m the interior, M'Doiiall 



Stuart. 



Vf. Australia. From King George's Sound, Fraser, to Swan River, Drurnmond, 

 PreisSy n, 1342, and Murchison river, Brummondy Oldfield. 



Var. coronopifolia, Leaf-sej^raents often somewhat dilated and deeply toothed. Hibiscus 

 liladnns, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 2009 ; H. coronoplfolhis, Miq. in PL Preiss. i. 2S9 (from the 

 descxiptioQ) ; Lacunar la liiacina, AValp. Rep. i. 311. W. Australia. 



3. F, australis^ Benth, An undershrub of several feet^ hoary with a 

 dense hut very short tomentum. Leaves broadly or narrow-ovate, obtuse, 

 1 3 to 2|- in. long, entire or more or less sinuate or 3-lobed. Flowers rather 

 large, pinlc, on very short pedicels, which are often clustered 2 or 3 together 

 at the top of axilhiry peduncles, with a bract or small leaf under each. 

 Bracteoles 3, linear, distinct. Calyx from i to f in. long, tomentose and 

 marked with black glandidar dots, the lobes lanceolate or almost linear, vary- 

 ing very much in length. Petals 1^ in. long, slightly tomentose outside. 

 Capsule obovoid-oblong, shortly acuminate, tomentose, 3- or 4-valved. Seeds 

 numerous, woolly. — Gossypium auslrale, P. Muell. Fragm. i. 46, and iii. 6. 



W, Australia. Barren plains, not rare, F. Mueller ; N.W. coast, Fgnoe; Maitland 

 river, F. Gregory's Ej-pedition ; Gulf of Carpeutaria, Landshorougli. 



In habit and foliage this much resembles the Brazilian F. pkhmidlfolia, St. Hil., which 

 has, however, more numerous bracteoles and yellow flowers. 



4. F, thespesioides^ Benth. Habit nearly that of F. aiistralis, hut 

 larger and more tomentose, especially the infloreseence and under side of the 

 leaves, which are somewhat rust-coloured. Leaves orbicular or broadly 

 ovate, 2 to 4 in. long, softly tomentose. Flowers large, on short pedicels, or 

 the lower ones on longer peduncles, articulate and braeteate below the summit. 

 Eracteolcs 3 or rarely 5, usually minute and setaceous. Calyx broadly cup- 

 shaped, truncate, with 5 minute distant teeth, about ^ in. diameter, tomen- 

 tose. Petals above 2 in. long, tomentose outside. Capsule nearly globose, 

 twice as long as the calyx, hard and almost woody, 8-celled and 3-valvcd. 

 Seeds apparently pubescent, but not seen rii^e.—IIihimis thcspesioideSy B. Br. 

 Herb. 



Ji. Australia. N. coast, without any precise locality iudicatcd, R. Brown {116, E- Br.)- 



5. F. punctata^ Beulk. Apparently shrubby, with tall erect branches, 

 the whole plant glabrous or very minutely hoary.' Leaves on very short pe- 

 tioles, from ovate to lanceolate, mostly acute, 2 to 3 in. long, pcnuinerved or 



