fngosia!\ xxi. malvace^. 221 



obscurely S-nerved at the base, Plowers large, on rather long pedicels iu the 

 axils of the uppermost reduced leaves. Bracteoles 3, lanceolate, persistent. 

 Calyx about 1 in. long, deeply divided into huiceoL^te, obscurelv 1 or 3-ne»ved 

 lobes, marked with a few black dots. Petals fully 2 in. "long. Capsule 

 small, nearly globose but rather acute, 3-valved. Seeds apparently globose, 

 but not seen ripe. — Hibiscns puiictatHs, A. Cunn. Herb. 



H. Australia. Port Essington, A. CunningJiam. 



6. P. latifolia, Bentli, Habit and general characters of ¥, punctata, 

 but the leaves are orbicular or broadly ovate, 5 -nerved, on petioles of 1 in. or 

 raore, and the calyx-lobes are marked each with 3 stronrfy raised nerves. 

 Which unite mto 10 proniinont ribs on the tube. The whole plant is also 

 somewhat hoary with a minute pubescence, especially the inflorescence and 

 younger leaves. Petals and stamens not seen. Capside of F. punctata. 



N. Australia. Careening Bay, N.W. coast^ A. Cunningham, 



7. F, populifolia, BentJi. Apparently shrabby, with slender, perhaps 



procumbent branches, quite glabrous or with a minute pubescence on the 



under side of the leaves. Leaves on long petioles, cordate, long-acuminate, 



entire, rarely above 2 in. long, green on both sides. Flowers rather large, on 



pedicels longer than the petioles. Bracteoles 3, linear-lanceolate, rellexed. 



Calyx not \ in. diameter, marked with black dots, almost truncate, with " 



bnear- acuminate lobes about as long as the tube. Petals nearly 1^ in. long, 



inmutcly tomentosc outside. Capsule globular, glabrous, 3-valvcd, but not 

 seen fully ripe. 



xr w' ■'^^*^*''*^* Grevillc Tslanil, Montague Sound, Isles of King George IV/s Sound, 

 «.W. Coast, A. Cimning/fam ; N.W. coast, Bgnoe. 



12. THESPESIA, Com 



Bracteoles 1 to 5, small or deciduous. Calyx truncate, minutely 5 -toothed 

 or rarely 5-lobed, Staminal column bearing numerous filaments on the out- 

 side, below or up to the summit. Ovary 5-ceIled, with few ovules in each 

 cell. Style club-shaped at the top, 5-furrowed or obscurely divided inio 

 erect stigjnatic lobes. Capstde hard, almost woody, indehiscent or loeuli- 

 cidally 5-valved. Seeds obovoid, glabrous or woolly. Cotyledons verj- 

 much folded, enclosing the radicle, often black-dotted.— Trees or tall herbs. 

 Leaves large, entire or angularly lobed. Flowers large, usually yellow. 



, A small gem IS, hmitcd to tropical xVsia, the Pacific isles, and eastern Africa, the Austra- 



.. . ^ , , , , Closely allied lo miiscus, Fu- 



w ', «iju \ju.s^yptH}n, II ainers irorn mc lornicr cnit'ii^ lu the style, firom the two Jatter 

 genf'rally either in the calyx or hracts, and from all in the more woody capsule. 



1. T. popiilnea, Corr,; DC. Prod, i, 456. A tree, with the young 

 parts and under side of the leaves sprinkled with minute rust-coloured scales, 

 otherwise glal^rous. Leaves broad-cordate, acuminate, entire, 4 or 5 in. long. 

 Flo^vers reddish-vcllow, rather large, on axilhiry pedicels usuaDy shorter than 

 tlie petioles. Bracteoles 1 to 3, lanceolate and deciduous, or sometimes 

 Wanting. Calyx veiy open, 6 to 8 lines diameter, truncate, with minute 

 teeth. Petals broad, 1| to 2 in. lontr. Capsule fully \\ in. diameter, hard 



A small gcnns, hmitcd to tropical xVsia, the Pacific isles 

 "an species being one wiuVh extends over the whole range. 

 goii\a, and Gossj/phan, it differs from the former chiefly in 



