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XXVIII. ilUTACEiE. 



\_Astcrolasia. 



Sect. 1, Euasterolasia. — Ovar^ h-merotcs, 

 • Stigma rcflexcJ-pcltate, scarcely luLcJ. Ovary with 5 erect lobes. 



Flowers pedicellate. 



Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 1 to 2 in., glabrous and snioBth 



above 



Leaves obovate to narrow-oblongs rarely above 1 in., rou^b 



above with stellate hairs 



Flowers sessile. Leaves obovate, coriaceous, glabrous above 

 Stigma with 5 distinct rctlcxcd lobes. Ovary truncate, scarcely 



lobed, slightly depressed iu the centre. 

 Leaves flat, obovatc-oblong or lanceolate, f to 1^ in., tomcntose 



on both sides, llowers shortly pedicellate ...,.» 

 Leaves under J in. Flowers sessile. 



Leaves obovate or cuneate, flat or concave, tomentose on both 

 sides ....,...- 



Leaves ovate or obloug, the margins revolute, glabrous above 



Sect. 2. Urocarpus. — Ovajy ZS-merous. 



Indumentum scaly. Ovary divided to the middle. Leaves oblong 

 ludumeutum of stellate hairs. Leaves mostly ovate, 

 ■ Stamens 10 to 15. Ovary usually 2-mcrous. 



Ovary with 2 erect lobes 



Ovary truncate, not lobed 



Stamens above 20. Ovary usually 3-merou3 



1. J, corrnfo/m. 



2, J. Muellnri. 



3. A. lituifolia. 



4. A, mollis. 



5. A. pleiimndroides. 



6, A . tryiiialloides. 



7. A, sqnanmVigera. 



8. A, 'pallida. 



9. A,])hebtdioides, 



10. A. grand'ijlora, ■ 



Section 1. Euasterolasia. — Ovary 5-nierous. 



1. A. correifolia, Benth, A. tall slirub, the brandies densely tomen- 

 tose. Leaves petiolatc, from ovate to lanceolate, obtuse, mostly 1 to 2 in. 

 long, flat, glabrous and smooth above, softly velvety-tomentose underneath. 

 riuwcrs (white?) on short pedicels, in axillary or terminal clusters. Calyx 



Petals about 2^ Hues 



excecding'ly minute, concealed under the stellate hairs. 



Stamens 10. 



long, vakate and slightly induplicate, tomentose 



Ovary densely tomentose, with 5 short, erect lobes. .^,.^ ^ . 



Cocci small, truncate, with incurved beaks on tlieir 



outside. 

 Sti<>-ma large, reflexed- 



vfoliumy A. J 



PI. 



Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. 



Ifoli 



peltatCj scarcely lobed. 



outer angle. 



Par. ii. 130, t. 10; P. ovatmn, Sieb. PI. Exs. ; 



(partly), 1\ ituell. Pragm. i. 105 ; PL Vict. i. 132. 



. S. "Wales. Port Jackson, 72, Brown, Siebe r\n, 113 > A. Cunningham; Paramatta, 



2. A, Mnelleri, BentL A low shmb, allied to J. con'e?folia,^ with 

 which P. ;Mtieller now unit(js it, but from the specimens I have seen it ap 



pears to me bett 



to consider it as a distinct' species, as he originally pro- 



* ' ' " ' ^ ■ ■ -arciy 



in. 



ery 



at the base, rough above with 

 underneath, Plowers of A. cor 



sea 



;attered steUate hairs, densely tomentose 

 ifolia, but the pedicels usually longer, and 

 the calyx rather more conspicuous. Cocci truncate as in that species, but 

 the heads much more horizontally divaricate. — Phebaliiim aderiscopJiorim, 

 F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst, i, 31; Enodemon correlfoUus (partly), *• 

 Muell. Pragra. i. 105, and PI. Viet. i. 132, 



Victoria, Ravines of Bufifalo mountaius, Buffalo river, and Mount Disappointment, 

 F, Mueller, 



