25S XXII. STERCULTACE.E. [Giiic/ienotia. 



1. G. ledifolia, /. Go?/, in Mem, Mus. Par. vii. 449, t, 20. k shrub 

 clothed with a soft whitish tomcntum, either close, or dense nnd velvety, or 

 almost floccosc. Leaves on very short petioles, oblong-linear, obtnse, mostly 1 

 to \\ in. \o\v^, the marg-ins much revolute, wrinkled, thick, and soft. Sti- 

 pules similar, but nsunlly rather shorter and more sessile, Kaccmes sevenil- 

 flowered. Calyx 2| to 4 lines long, scarcely membranous, touientose, the 3 

 prominent ribs on each sepal giving it a rigid striate appearance. Filaments 

 rather short ; authers acuminate. Ovary densely tomcntosc, usually 5-ccllefl, 

 w^ith 3 to 5 ovules in each cell; style glabrous.— DC, Prod. i. 489; Steetz, 

 in PL Preiss. ii. 318. 



"W. Australia. Swan River, Brummondy 7i. 67; Preiss, n. 1G70 ; and north'irard to 

 Rotienest Tslandj J. Cuymingham ; Sharks Bay, Leschenatilt ; Murcliisoa river, Ohljield. 



2. G. macrantha, Tnrcz. in Bull. Mosc, 1846, ii. 500. A shrub with 

 the foliiige and indumentum of G. ledifolia, but very much larger pendulous 

 flowers, on thickened pedicels, in racemes of 2 or 3. Bracteoles sometimes, 



'but not always, larger and closer to the calyx. Calyx at leugth f to 1 ni* 

 long, sprinkled with stellate tomcntum, more membranous than in G. ledifolia, 

 divided to about the middle into broad, acute lobes, with 3 prominent ribs to 

 each sepal. Filaments rather long. Ovary 5 -celled, densely glandular-to- 

 mentose, with 4 or 5 ovides iu each cell ; style tomcntose at the base, gla- 

 brous upwards. — Bot. Mag. t. 4651. 



"W- Australia, Swan River, Brummovd^ «. 133 ^ in the iutcrior, "Roe, 



3. G- semihastata, Benll. A low shrub, with the aspect nearly of 



G. Saroles, but th.c t omentum usually closer and thinner, sonuitimcs disap- 

 pearing from the upper surface of the leaves. Leaves on short petioles, oh- 

 long-lincar, obtuse, i to 1 in. long, the margins much rcvolute. Stipules 

 scmihastate, sometimes very small, sometimes half as long as the leaves, 

 riowcrs pendulous, solitary, or 2 or 3 in a short raceme, large, like those of 

 G. Sarotes. JJractcoles small, cordate-acuminate or lanceolate. Calyx H^"* 

 in. long, sprinkled with a slight tomcntum, divided to below the middle into 

 broad, almost cordate lobes, with 3 or 5 raised ribs to each sepal. Filaments 

 shorter than the anthers. Ovary toraentose and glandular, 5-celled, with_2 

 ovules iu each cell; style ^M)vo\\i-~Saroles semihastata, F. Muell. Fragm. ii- 

 4; Bilomodrople avrjusfifolia, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1846, ii. 499. 



Vr. AustraHa, Drummond, ?z. 10^; AVhitc Peak mul Chainpiori Bay, Oilfield. 



4. G. Sarotes, Benth. A low, much-branched, softly tomentose shrub. 

 Leaves almost sessile, obloug-lincar, obtuse, the margins much rcvolute, 

 mostly about \ in., but sometimes 1 in. long. Stipuk^s similar, but smnller, 

 sometimes scarcely above half as long. Ricemes pedunculate, with few rather 

 large pendulous llowerg. Bracteoles small. Calyx thin, 5 or C lines long, 

 or nearly 9 when in fruit, divided to below the middle into broad, olniost 

 cordate lobes, with 3 raised ribs to each sepnl. FUaments very short ; anthers 

 acuminate. Ovary densely glaudular-tomentose, .5-cclled with 2 or 3 ovules 

 to each cell. Style glabrous at the base, densely covered with stellate hairs 

 in the upper \\^\L~Sarotes ledifolia, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 19; Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. ii. 381, t. 16; Tliomada pimila, Steud, in PI. Preiss. i. 238, ac- 

 cording to Steetz, I.e. ii. 345. 



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