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238 XXII. STERCULIACE^. [Ruliiigia. 



Calyx 5 or 6 lines diaracterj lobes very broad. Petals gib- 

 bous at the base 7. -S, plat^cahjx. 



Cymes sessile or nearly so. Leaves hoary-tonientose or velvety on 

 both sides. 

 Leaves very oblique, densely velvety, f to 2 in. Ligules of the 



petals shortty oblong . ' 10. i2. loxophjUa. 



Leaves small, hoary-tomentose. j» 



Ligules linear, rather broad. Leaves J to ] in 11. -S. cuneata. 



Ligules obovate or spatbulate. Leaves under ^ in 12. 72. rottmdifoUa, 



D. Leaves pinnatlfid. Flowers in dense terminal corymho&e 

 cymes. Carpels separating^ crested on the back. (Achilleopsis^ 

 Turcz.) 13. 72. densifiora. 



1, R. salvifolia, Bmth, An apparently erect shmb, clothed with a soft 

 but dense and close whitish tomentum. Leaves on very short petioles, lan- 

 ceolate or lanceolate-linear, 2 to 4 in. long, entire or deeply divided into 3 

 lanceolate lobes, the middle one the longest, all quite entire and softly to- 

 mentose on both sides, especially underneath. Cymes 'pedunculate, but 

 shorter than the leaves. Calyx spreading, about 3 lines diameter. Ligula 

 of the petals linear, usually pubescent. Stamens very shortly united, rrint 

 not seen. — Thomasia (?) sahvfoUa, A. Cunn. Herb. ;*Steetz, in PL Preiss. ii. 

 333. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, ^. Cunningham ; Minto's Craig, Fraser, 



2. R. pannosa^ R. Br, in Bot. Mag. t. 2191. A shrub of several feet, 

 but flowering young so as to appear an undershi-ub, softly liirsute with velvety 

 stellate hairs. Leaves on the full-grown plant shortly petiolate, ovate-lan- 

 ceolute or lanceolate, mostly 2 to 3 iu. or sometimes lon?:er, toothed, rounded 

 or cordate at the base, scabrous-pubescent al)ove, with impressed vems, 

 densely velvety or hirsute underneath ; on the younger plants they are 

 broader and often 3 or 5-lobcd. Cymes shortly ped'unculate. Calyx tomen- 

 tose, spreading to 3 or 4 lines diameter. Ligula of the petals linear, ratlicr 

 short. Staminodia pubescent, united with the perfect stamens higher up 

 than in most species. Ovary glabrous, granulate. Capsule nearly gkibrous, 

 globular, hard and almost indehiscent, beset with rigid subulate bristles, gh^-- 

 brous except a stellate tuft at the tip.— Steetz, in PI. Preiss. ii. 351; P- 

 Muell. PL Yict. i. 150; Commersonia danypliylla, Andr. Bot. Pep. t. 603; 

 Bnettneria dasyphylla, J. Gav, in DC. Prod.i. 486, and in Mem. Mus. Pnr. x. 

 200, t. 12 ; B.pannosa, DC. Prod, i, 486. 



Qtteensland. Glasshouses, Moreton Bav, F Mueller. - . . 



N- S. "Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, S irJjer.n. ^17 /and 'Fl.^Mia't, n. 54R, and 

 others ; nortliwarJ to Clareuce and Hastings x\\iiv%,Beckleri and New England, C. Stuart ; 

 southward to Twofold I^ay, F. Mueller, 



Victoria- Amongst granite boulders in the Buffalo range, and near Mount Inilay, F' 

 Mueller, 



8. R. rugosa, Slvetz, in PL Preiss. ii. 352. A shrub, so closely resem- 

 bling R.panyiosa in iiulumentnm, foliage, and apparently iu flowers, that it js 

 difficult to distinguish it without tbc fruit. Leaves usually narrower, more 

 nigose, and almost bullate. Flowers (which 1 have only seen very young) 

 fewer in the cymes. Ovary tonieutose. Capsule about 4 lines diameter 

 without tlie setae, not so hard as in B^pannoaa and readily dehiscent, beset 





