278 xxiii. TILTACE.E. ICorchorm. 



about 20. Ovary glal^rous. Capsule refiexed, linear, slender and very much 

 twisted, contracted between the seeds, 2-valved. Seeds ovoid-obloug, few 

 and distant, the cells usually closed between them. 



W, Australia. Upper Victoria river, F, Mueller, 



10. C. tomentellus, F. Mnell Tragm. iii. 10. A low, diffuse, stellate- 

 tomentose shrub or undershrub. Leaves petiolate, from ovate to ovate-ob- 

 long, obtuse, -|- to 1 in. long, crenate, slightly plicate and rugose, rather 

 loosely stellate-toraentose, especially imderncath. Flowers pedicellate, m 

 nearly sessile clusters, much larger than in (7. vermicidaris. Buds obovoid. 

 Sepals 3 to 4 lines long. Stamens numerous, the torus expanded into a pro- 

 minent disk round their base. Capsule veiy slender, tomentose, \ to t i^- 

 long, 3-valved, with few distant seeds, but scarcely contracted between 

 thera, 



Queensland. Mackenzie river, F, Mueller. Tt is possible that this may prove a form 

 of the very variable C. sidoides, but besides the dilVerence in habit and foliage, the flowers 

 appear to be larger and the disk much more developed. 



11. C. sidoidesy F. MuelL Fragm. iii. 9. An erect shrub of several 

 feet, the branches densely but rather loosely tomentose. Leaves shortly petm- 

 late, from oval-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, rather 

 thick, crenate, plicate and rugose or on luxuriant specimens longer and 

 thinner, scabrous-tomentose above, more densely tomentose inidcrneath. 

 Flowers in nearly sessile clusters. Calyx tomentosc-villous, 3 to 3 lines long, 

 the buds often tipped by the tooth-like points of the sepals. Petals narrow, 

 in some flowers very small. Stamens numerous, on a small torus. Capsule 

 slender, f to near 2 in. long, tomentose or villous, more or less torulose, 2- 

 or 3 -celled. Seeds oblong, often distant in each cell, although rather nu- 

 merous on the whole. 



N. Australia. N. W. coast, Bi/noe ; Cygnet Bay, A. Cunningham ; frcqucut in sterile 

 places oil the Victoria river, F. Ilueller ; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



13. C. leptocarp-os, ^. (7««w. Herb. An erect slimb of several feet, 

 hoary all over witli a minute elose tomentum. Leaves petiolate, from ovate 

 to_ lanceolate, obtuse, 2 to 4 in. long, irregularly crenate, cordate at tlie base, 

 minutely but softly tomentose on both sides. Flowers in nearly sessile clus- 

 ters. Euds tomentose, angular, tipped with the long points of the sepals. 

 Sepals 4 lines long or rather more. Petals broad, almost foveolate at the 

 base. Stamen'' numerous, on a prominent torus. Capsule slender, incurved 

 at the base, densely tomentose, 1 to 1^ in. bug, slightly torulose, 3-celled. 

 Seeds numerous, oblong, with incomplete transverse partitions between them. 



N. Australia. Water Islaua, N.W. coast, A. Cunningham. 



13. C. Walcottii, F. Muell. Frarjm. iii. 9. A shrub or nnderslmib of 

 1 to 3 ft., densely and softly tomentose or woolly. Leaves petiolate, from 

 broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, \\ to 2^ in. long, coarsely toothed or creuat^ 

 not cordate, thick, soft and densely tomentose. Peduncles nearly as long as 

 the petioles, with 3 to 6 rather large pedicellate flowers. Sepals woolly- 

 tomentose, 5 or 6 lines long, lanceolate with long soft subulate points. 

 Petals broad. Stamens numerous. Capsule erect and straight, from about 



