252 XXII. STERCirLiACE.'E. [Thomasia. 



W. Australia. King Gcorge*s Sounds Briimmoful ; rocks at ^Yiliiamsto^lc, Preiss,n. 

 1G58; Mount Elpliiastoue, Ohljield, 



8. T. quercifolia, /. Gay^ in Mem, Mas, Par, vii. 459, <, 21. A low 

 slinibj with numerous branches, rigidly hirsute-tomentose. Leaves ovate, 

 usually deeply S-lobed, the lateral lobes short, divaricate and often obtusely 3- 

 lobed, the middle one longer, often 3-lobcd, the whole leaf rarely exceeding 1 

 in., coriaceous, sprinkled above with rigid stellate hairs, tomentose and often 

 rigidly hirsute underneath. Stipides rcniform. Eacemes simple, riowers 

 rather small, Bracteolcs linear. Calyx-lobes not reaching the middle, broad 

 and obtuse. Petals none. Filaments about as long astlie ovary, the anthers 

 rather short, obtusCj opening to the base ; staminodia usually present. Ovary 

 tomentose, 3-ceUed ; style glabrous. — DC, Prod. i. 489 ; Steud. in PI. Preiss. 

 ii. 329 ; Lasiopelalmn quercifollam, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 459 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 1485 ; T, hupoleaca^ Steud. in PL Preiss. i. 234. 



l?ir. Australia, Brummond ; King George's Sound, R. Broivn^ Preiss, n, 1646, and 

 others; Franl^liii river, Ma.ncelh 



Mem 



A shrub, with 



nvunerous rather slender branches, toinentose and hirsute wdieu J'oung. 

 Leaves petiolate, ovate-cordate, rather deeply sinuate-lobed, rarely exceeding 

 1 in., sprinkled with stellate liairs above, more densely hirsute underneath. 

 Stipules very small, rarely attaining 2 lines and sometimes almost wanting. 

 Racemes numerous, often branched, slender, hirsute, ilowers small, on 

 slender pedleds. Bractcoles small, linear. Calyx hirsute, aboAit 3 lines dia- 

 meter, deeply divided into acute usually connivent lobes. Petals none. 

 Filaments as long as the ovary, without intervening staminodia ; anthers 

 short and obtuse, almost didymous, the cells opening laterally almost their 

 whole length. Ovary tomcntosc, 3-celled. Style glabrous. — DC. Prod. i. 

 489 ; Steetz, in PL Preiss. ii. 325 ; T. x^iridh, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 234 ; also 

 most probably 1\ diffusa, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. 527, which 1 have not seen. 



\V. Australia. Geographer Bay, Lesckenault, Baudin ; Swan Kivcr, Fraser, Brtm- 

 mond, Preiss, «. 1630, 1649, 1G33 ; Gordon, Salt, Kalgaii, and Phillips rivers, OldJIekL 



10. T. triloba, Turcz, iii BalL Mosc, 1846, ii. 500. A low shrub, with 

 slender brandies, quite glabrous or slightly tomentosc towards the top. 

 Leaves on long petioles, broadly cordate, mostly i to | in. long, nearly equally 

 3-lobed, lobes broad, obtuse, often sinuate-erenatc and undulate, glabrous or 

 rarely sprinkled with a very few stellate hairs. Stipules reniforraor 3-lobed. 

 llaccmes long and slender, usually glabrous. Bracteoles linear, slightly 

 ciliate. Calyx spreading to about | in. diameter, divided to about the 

 middle iuto broad rather obtuse lobes, glabrous or nearly so, the midrib not 

 much tliickened. Filaments short. Ovary densely tomentose, 3-celled; 

 style glabrous. 



Wf. Australiaj Brummond, n. 106. 



Mi 



tomentose and sonjetimes hispid. Leaves petiolate, ovate-cordate, 1^ to 2 in. 

 long, sinuate-pinuatiful, with short broad veiy obtuse lobes, more or less 

 sprinkled with very rigid stellate rusty hairs, but otherwise glabrous. Stipules 

 petiolate, broad, obliquely 2 or 3-lobed, or reniform. Flowers large, in short 



