SuUn^ia,] xxii. sterculiace^., 241 



nearly so. Calyx tomentose inside and out, spreading to about 2 lines dia- 

 meter, the lobes acute. Petals broad, concave, with an oblong rather short 

 ligula. Stannnodia glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



W.Australia. Table L-rnd between Yictoi'ia river and Hooker's and St uri's Creeks, 

 F. Mueller. 



11. R. cuneata, Tarcz. in. Bull Mosc. 1852, ii. 151.* A lo^v shmb or 

 nndershrub, witli prostrate or ascending branches of ^ to 3 ft. or ratlier niore, 

 whitish witli a close tomentum without spreading hairs. Leaves petiolate, 

 iroixi obovate to nearty orbicular, J to 1 in. long, very obtuse, iiTegidarly and 

 coarsely crenate, and often undulate or crisped on the margin, whitisli with a 

 close tomentum on both sides. Cymes small, nearly sessile. Calyx tomen- 

 tose, spreading to nearly 3 lines diameter, the lobes obtuse. Petals broad 

 and expanding into involute lobes at the base, tlie ligula cuncate-oblong or 

 almost obovate, rather shorter than the calyx. Fruit not seen. 



W 



pnmjer. Some larger-leaved specimens were described by Turczaninow (Bull. Moso. 1852, 

 *u ^^' wilder the name of i2. kexamera., givcu to them jjrobably from having examined aa 

 abnormally hexamerons flower. 



Shrubby, 



rotimdifolia 



^^ith elongated slender lu*anches, tomentosc wlien young, but soon becoming 

 glabrous. Leaves on short petioles, nearly orbicular, rarely \ in. long, very 

 obtuse, crenate or rarely lobcd, undulate or crisped on the margin, whitish- 

 toinentose on both sides, especially underneath. Critics nearly sessile. 

 r lowers the smallest of the genus, when expanded scarcely measuring above 

 2 lines diameter. Calyx tomentose, with obtuse lobes. Petals very concave, 

 but not gibbous or saccate at the base, the ligula linear, rather broad and 

 iiearly as long as the calyx. Stamens almost free. Carpels of the ovary 

 «bnost free. Fruit not seen. 



"Wr 



13. R, densiflora^ Btnlli, An erect shrub of several feet, densely 

 mrsute with stellate hairs. Leaves from ovate to linear, mostly lanceolate, 

 1 to 2 in. long, pinnatifid, the lobes short, obtuse, and coarsely crenate, or 

 longer and again lobed, very nigose and convex, almost bullate, scabrous or 

 l^^spid above, white-tonientose or hirsute underneath. Flowers numerous, 

 >vhite, crowded in a terminal compound corymbose cyme, often many inches 

 *n diameter. Calyx spreading to about 6 lines diameter, with petal-like, 

 father acute, softly pubescent lobes. Petals with a broad concave base, often 

 pvodnced into shortly involute lateral lobes, the ligula linear but very short, 

 stamens nearly or quite free; staminodia pubescent. Fruit-carpels quite 

 ^parating, keeled and crested on the back, 1-sceded. — JcJtilleopsis densijlora, 

 lurcz. in Bull Mosc. 1849, ii. 10. 



W. Australia. iVTurchisoii river and ^Vansran hills, Brummond, «. 100, 38, Ohifield 

 and otIuTs. 



12. COMMERSONIA, For t. 



Calyx 54obed. Petals 5, broad and concave at the base, with a small 

 broad or linear ligula at the top. Stamens united in a short cup at the base, 

 5 peifect with short filaments opposite the petals, alternating with staminodia 



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