Tkomasia,] xxii. STEKCULTACEiE. 251 



of the cup, between tlie short tooth-like stamuiodla. Ovary tomentose, 

 3 -celled ; style glabrous. 



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Eocky suniraits of Mount Bakcwcll, Swan River, Preiss, n. IGGl. 



4. T. tenuivestita, F, MaelL Fragm. ii. 7. Hoary all over with a 

 close minute but soft tomentuin, without rigid hairs. Leaves on slender pe- 

 tioles, ovate-cordate, obtuse, f to 1| in. long, hoarj^-tomentose on both sides. 

 Stipules broad, oblique or retiiform, Kaceraes slender, with rather small 

 flowers. ]5raeteoles oblong-linear, hoary-tomentose. Calyx opening to 5 or 

 6 lines diameter, sliglitly tomentose ; the lobes not reaching to the middle, 

 broad with a prominent midrib. Petals usually present. Anthers sliortly 

 acuminate. Staminodia none. Ovary tomentose, 3 -celled ; style glabrous. 



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Marchison river, Walcot and OidfelcL 



5, T. solauacea, /. Gay, in Mem. Mas, Par, vii. 456, t. 21, A tall shrub 

 or small tree, the branches densely tomentose or shortly hirsute. Leaves 

 deeply cordate-ovate, obtuse, mostly 1^ to 3 in. long, rather deeply sinuate- 

 lobed, scabrous or hirsute above with stellate hairs, more softly and densely 

 tomentose or hirsute underneath. Stipules rather large, reniform, often pe- 

 tiolate. llacemes pedunculate, scveral-fiowered, occasionally branched. Brac- 

 teoles small, linear. Calyx more or less tomentose, spreading to about \ in. 

 diameter, divided to rather below the middle into acute lobes. Petals usually 

 none. Filaments verj^ short • anthers shortly acuminate. Staminodia usually 

 4, sometimes bearing small anthers. Ovary tomentose, 3-celled ; style gla- 

 brous.~DO. Prod. i. 4S9; Stcetz, in PI. Preiss. ii. 327; Lasiopetalnm sola^ 

 mceum, Sims, Eot. Mag. t. 14Sr>. 



W*. Australia. King George *s Sound, 7?. Brown, Fraser, and others j Bald Island 

 and Princess Royal Ilatbuur, Oldjicld, MaxivelL 



Some monstrous specimens from King George's Sound are very villous, with more or less 

 developed petals^ and the stamens and carpels muritly deformed. 



6. T, brachystachys, Turcz. m Bulk Mosc, ISo^, ii. 1^3. Very 

 nearly allied to the more hirsute specimens of 1\ solanacea, and perhaps a 

 variety of that species. Leaves ratlicr less obtuse and Ic^s deeply cordate. 

 Eacemes apparently all simple, very hirsute-tomeiitose. Pedicels very short. 

 Uracteolcs broadly lanceolate, thick and rusly-hirsute. Calyx more tomen- 

 tose than in 1\ fiolanucea^ less deeply divided into more obtuse lobes, Petids 

 usually present. 



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•ammond, ^ih Coll. n. 262. 



7< T. discolor, Slcud. in FL Prms. I 233; Siedz, I c. ii. 326. A 

 tiiftcd shrub of 2 to 4 ft,, the branches densely tomentose. Leaves cordate- 

 ovate, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, sinuately lobed, coriaceous, glabrous or sca- 

 'Ji'ous above, white or rusty-tomenlose underneath. Stipides reniform, occa- 

 sionally petiolate. Cymes pedunculate, sevcral-tlowered. Bracteoles linear, 

 »"i\ther thick, tomentose. Calyx spreading to about |- in. diameter, sprinkled 

 jvith stellate hairs outside, glabrous within, deeply divided into acute lobes, 

 less coloured than in most Thomauas, but with prominent midribs. Petals 

 ^•^ue. Filaments as long as the anthers, w^ithout intervening staminodia. 

 Ovary very villous, 3-eelled, with 2 ovules in each cell ; style glalirous. 



