276 xxiii. TiLiACEiE, [CorcJiorus, 



Erect shrubs. Capsule tonientosc, elongated, many-seeded. 

 Toineutum scabrous or almost villous. Sepals 2 or 3 Hues. 



Petals narrow \\. C, sidoides. 



Tomentum soft, close and hoary. Sepals 4 lines or more. 



Petals broad 12. C. leptocarpus. 



Capsule erect, straight, not twice as long as the calyx, 5-celled. 13. C. Walcotlli. 



1, C. echinatus, Benth. An erect anmial, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves petiohite, from ovate-lanceolate to oblong, rather obtuse, serrate, the 

 lowest pair of serralures rarely bearing short setse. Pedicels 1 to 3, often 

 as long as the petioles, on a very short common peduncle. Bads globular. 

 Sepals 2^ to 3 lines long. Petals broad, rather longer. Ovary obtuse, 

 tuberculate. Capsule ovoid-globular, 3 to 5 lines long, very obtuse, gla- 

 brous, densely echinate with short recurved soft prickles, 3- or 4-celled. 

 Seeds usually 6 to 8 in each cell, in two rows, without transverse partitions. 



Triuivfetia macropetala^ F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 8. 



N. Australia. Hoolicr's and Sturt's creeks, sources of the Victoria river, F. Mueller* 



2. C. hygrophilusy J. Ciinn. Herb. A tall, erect, glabrous herb, appa- 

 rently annual. Leaves petiolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acinninate, 3 to 

 5 in. long, acutely and iiTegularly toothed. Cymes several-flowered, reflexed, 

 shortly pedimcvdate, but rarely equalling the petioles. Flowers small, 

 the buds obovoid, contracted at the base. Petals the length of the calyx. 

 Stamens numerous, on a raised toras. Capsule globular or ovoid-oblong, 

 very obtuse, 2 to 4 lines long, more or less tuberculate, 2- or 3-celled. Seeds 

 8 or more in 2 rows in each cell, without transverse partitions. 



Queensland. Clcvelaud Bay, A. Cunn'mgham, 



8. C. Cunninghamii, ¥. Muell Fragm, iii. 8. A tall erect ghibrous 

 herb, annual, or sometimes perhaps perennial. Leaves pctiohUe, from cor- 

 date-ovate to lanceolate; acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, coarsely serrate, without 

 setae. Peduncles short, bearing a cyme of 3 to 7 or 8 flowei's, on rather 

 long pedicels. Buds obovoid, narrowed at the base. . Stamens numerous, 

 on a raised toms. Ovary narrowed at the top. Capsule narrow-oblong, 

 acute, 4 to i in. long, slightly 3- or 4-angled, 3- or 4-celled, with numerous 

 seeds in each cell. 



. Queensland. Dawson and Burnett rivers and Moreton Bay, F. Mueller ; Brisbane 

 river, Fra^er, 



4. C, Olitorius, Linn,; TF.and Am. Prod, 73. An erect annual, of 

 2 ft. or more, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves from ovate-acuminate to lan- 

 ceolate, 2 to 3 in. long or more, serrate, the lowest pair of seiTatures end- 

 ing in spreading or recurved sctfe: Flowers single or 2 together, on veiy 

 short pedicels, the buds obovoid-globular. Stamens numerous, on a small 

 toms. Capsule linear, often above 2 in. long, slightly 5-angled, S-ccllcOj 

 with numerous seeds, separated by almost complete transverse partitions. 



N. Australia. _ Van Biemen's Gulf, A, Cunningham. The species is'coiuiuon in 

 tropical Asia and Africa, 



5. C. tridens, linn. ; W, and Am, Prod, 73. A glabrous, hard annual, 

 with decumbent ascending or erect branches. Leaves mostly lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, 2 to 3 in. long, crenate-serrate, the lowest pair of serratures 



