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266 XXII. STERCULIACE.E. [Lasioj)etalum 



"W. Australia, Drummond, n. 28 and 156, OldfeM, Maxwell: Darling Kauge, || 

 Collie ; between Perth and King George's Sound, Ilarvey. The upper leaves are often here 

 and there opposite, as in a few other Lasiopetala. 



18. Ii. molle, BentJi. Brandies hoary or rusty-tomentose. Leaves 

 petiolate, cordate, from orbicular and very 'obtuse to ovate-acuminate or 

 almost lanceolate, but never acute, 1 to 2 in. long, or in some specimens 

 under 1 in., entire or sinuate, thick, soft and much-wrinkled, scabrous-pubes- 

 cent above, densely tomeiitose underneath. Cymes little-branched, loose, 

 and several-flowered, but scarcely exceeding the leaves, Bracteolcs solitary, 

 broadly ovate, membranous and coloured, 3 to 4 lines long, close to the calyx. 

 Calyx loosely tonientose-villous, the segments fully 3 lines long, including 

 their long points, glabrous mside. Petals none. Anthers nearly sessile. Ovary 

 tomentose ; style scopifonn. 



VT, Australia^ Drummond^ n. 26 and 108. 



19, Ii. membranaceum, Beulh. A low shrub, the young branches 

 hispid Avith stipitate stellate hairs, and slightly tomentose. Leaves pctiolate, 

 deeply cordate, ovate or orbicular, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, rigidly membra- 

 nous, ir]^\ich wrinkled, green on both sides, and more or less sprinkled with 

 rigid stellate hairs. Cymes forked, pedunculate, usually longer than the 

 leaves, hirsute and apparently viscid. Bracteoles solitar}^, ovate, acuminate, 

 membranous and coloui-cd, inserted below the middle or near the base of the 

 pedicel. Calyx tomentose-villous outside, the segments ovate-lanceolate, less 

 acuminate than in Z. Iracteatunty to which this species is closely allied, differ- 

 ing chiefly in the indumentum. — Corelhrodylis memhranacea^ Stcud. in PL 

 Preiss. i. 236 ; Steetz, 1. c, ii. 343. 



W. Australia, Drummond, n, 155, Oldfield ; sandy woods, Puit Lcschenault, Vreiss, 

 w. 1656. 



bracteatum 



tomentose and hirsute with long brown stellate hairs. Leaves broadly ovate- 

 cordate, usually rather acute, 1 to 2 in. long, entire or the margins slightly 

 crisped, thinly coriaceous, scabrous or glabrous, and not wrinkled above, to- 

 mentose and sometimes hirsute underneath. Cymes forked, many-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves, hirsute. Bracteoles solitary, ovate, memhranous and 

 coloured, inserted below the middle or near the base of the slender pedicels. 

 Calyx hirsute outside at the base, the segments about 4 lines long, with long 

 fine points, glabrous within, dark coloured and sonie\\hat thickened at the 

 base, less deeply separated in this and the last species than in most others of 

 the genus. Petals usually none. Anthers nearly sessile. Ovary tomentose ; 

 style scoinfoxm.—Corelhroslf/li^ hmcleala, Endl. Nov. Stirp. Dec. 1 ; Steetz, 

 in PL Preiss. ii. 313; 13ot. lleg. 1844, t. 47; C. comm/, Stcud. in Ph 

 Pmss. i. 236. 



W, Australia. Swan Rmv, ITuc^cl, Lruwmond, Isl ColL and 2 fid Call n. 65; 

 rreiss, n. 1G37. 



ID. LYSIOSEPALUM, P. MuelL 



Sepals 5, petal-like, quite free, valvate in the bud, and then enclosed in the 

 thick valvate bracteoles. Petals 5, minute and scale-like. Stamens 5, free, 



