p 



r 



Commenonia,] xxii. stercttltace.e. 243 



rather harshly velvety-tomentoso on both sides. Cymes nearly sessile, few- 

 flowered. Calyx very tomentose, spreading to about 5 lines' diameter, the 

 lobes broad and acute. Petals with an oblong ligula much shorter than the 



calyx. Central staminodium of each three lanceolate and fine-pointed, lateral 

 ones filiform, attached to it near the base. Anther-bearing- filaments very 

 short. Ovary glabrous. 



Queensland. Head of BoycT river, Leichhardt, hi Ilerh. F. MuelL 



3. C, echinata, Font.: DC. Prod, i. 486. A tall shrub or small ivce, 

 the young branches and iullorescencc whitish-touientose. Leaves ovate or 

 cordate, acuminate, 3 to 6 in. long or even more, irregularly toothed or nearly 

 cutne, often oblique at the base, glabrous or slightly tomentosc above, more 

 ueusely Avhitish-tomentose underneath. Cymes pedunculate, many-flowered, 

 but shorter than the leaves. Calj^x tomentose, nemiy 3 lines diameter, the 

 lobes acute. Petals with a very short concave broad base, the ligula narrow- 

 nnear, nearly as long as the calyx. Central staminodium of each three lanceo- 

 late, pubescent, much shorter than the petals, lateral ones small, filiform, re- 

 curved, attached to the very short anther- bearing filaments. Anther-cells less 

 divaricate than in the other species. Capsule often \ in, diameter, -without 

 the long, soft, villous setae which cover it. 



Queensland. Cape York, M'-GiUivvay \ Endeavour river, ^^/^X-j; Pine vhtr, Hill ; 

 t'pper Brisbaue river, F. Mueller. 



^Wales, Clarctice river, where the natives use the stony fibre of the bark for 



* 1^\^'"^ ^^ ^^ y^^y^^V^^. Amir. Bot. Kcp. t. 519 (as corrected utuler ii. 603), Boi. hh\^, 

 • lol3j is very villous-toiiicutosc, and has often larger and broader leaves. 



^^'^,1. \i, A lou' shrub, the young branches tonientose-hirsute. Leaves on very 

 snort petioles, obliquely ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, | to 1 in. long or 

 I'ather n^ore, very unequally cordate at the base, the lower broad lobe sonie- 

 tirnes quite overlapping the short upper one, scabrous-pubescent or rarely 

 glabi-ous above, d(^nsely toraentose-hirsute and white underneath. Cymes 

 Pf-duuculate, few-flowered. Calyx densely hirsute, spreading to about 3 lines 

 diameter. Petals broad with invohite lobes at the base, the ligida very broad 

 and nearly as long as the calyx. Central stanunoJiuni of each three lanceolate, 

 the lateral ones liliform, uncinate, attached to the .^nther-bearing filaments. 

 5:^f»psulc densely covered with soft, hispid, almost golden setse.— Steetz, in PI. 

 I^mss. ii. 358. 



Hr^-. Australia. Shark's Bay, Gaudichaud; Bir!^ TLirtog's Island, A. Canningham ; 

 ^lui-chison river, Brummoud, Oldjield. 



5. C. crispa, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1846, ii. 501. A low shrub, with 

 ejongated, perhaps procumbent branches, hispirl with stellate haii-s. Leaves 

 shortly pctiolate, ovate, obovate or oblong, crcnatc or irregularly lobctl, very 

 J^^uch undulate or crisped on the margin, glabrous or nearly so above, white- 

 ^laentose and often hirsute underneath. 'Cymes nearly sessile, few-flowered, 

 ^alyx tomentosc-hirsute, spreading to -t or 5 lines diameter, the lobes rather 



K 2 



