HiBiscus. MALVACEAE. 405 



In monte Denisou. J. Macd. Stuart. 

 Frutex incertae magnitudinis, caet. 



15. H. STURTII Hook. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 363. — P. Mull. fr. XI. 13. 



Suffruticosus, erectus vel diffusus, subtomentosus, foliis cordato-orbiculatis vel ovatis 

 vel oblongo-ovatis crenulatis, stipulis liueari-subulatis petiolo pluries vel multoties bre- 

 vioribus caducis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis involucro parum vel duplo longioribus 

 prope apicem articulatis, involucro companulato-obconico vel turbinato iuaequaliter 7 — 8- 

 dentato calyce paulo breviore, calycis dentibus tubo duplo brevioribus deltoideo-lanceo- 

 latis, petalis roseis extus apice tomentellis basi imberbibus concoloribus calycem semisu- 

 perantibus, columna glabra, filamentis fasciculatis antbera pluries lougioribus, capsula 

 calyce superata subglobo.sa sericea, loculis oligospermis. 



Ad flumina Mackenzie, Burdekiu , Suttor, Dawson, Belyando et Darling River, in 

 pratis adPeakDowns, prope Tenterfield, alibique inAustralia orientali calidiore interiore. 



16. H. ZONATUS F. Miiller I. c. p. 221. (Sect. Ketmia.) 



Fruticosus, toraentoso-hipidulus, ramis hispidis f. cordatis v. superiorib, ovatis indivi- 

 sis angulatis v. trilobis concoloribus repando- v. serrato - dentatis, pedunc. axillarib. et 

 terminalib. unifloris b.versus articulatispetiolo aequilongis v. brevioribus, invoIucrilO — 14 

 partiti laciniis linearibus acutis dimidium calycem vix superantibus appressis, calycis la- 

 ciniis lanc. acutis tubo fere duplo longiorib., petalis magnis obovato-cuneatis roseis ante 

 b. pallidam rubrozonatis et ad baseos marginem suturate rubrobarbatis, columna glandu- 

 lis conspersa, rosea b. tantum nuda, petalis '/2 breviore, filam. solitariis anthera parum 

 longioribus, stylis glandulosis superne liberis, stigmatib. barbatis c. polline atro-rubrls. 



In clivis rupestribus ad ripas fluvior. Seven Emu et Mac Arthur River sinus Car- 

 pentariae. 



Frutex paucipedalis. 



B, Species novae Africanae Asiaticae trop. et Sundaicae. 



17. H. ARISTAEVALVIS Garcke Peters. Mossamb. bot. I. p. 124. 



Frutex in siccis regionib. Senae. (17 '/2" l^t- austr.) 



18. H. CAESIUS Garcke in Peters Moss. bot. I. p. 125. 



In collib. lapidosis pr. Tette^n» lat. austr.). 



19. H. CORDATUS Harv. 1. c. — Harv. et Sond. fl. Cap. I. 171. 



Herbaceus, parvus; caulibus petiolo pedunculisq. molliter pubescentibus, pilis stellatis 

 obsitis; f. longe petiolatis oblongo-ovatis b.cordatis 3 — 5 lobulatis, lobis lateralib. brevib.et 

 obtusis, lobo medio ovato acuto, omnibus crenato dentatis, tomeutose et stellato pubescen- 

 tibus ; peduncuHs axillaribus petiolos adaequantibus supra medium articulatis; involucro 

 foliolis 10—12 minutis filiformibus conformato, quam calyx semi quinquefidus stellato-pu- 

 bescens multo breviore; caps. acuminatis hispidis; seminibus glabris. 



Prope Vaal River, Macallisberg. Burke et Zeyh. (hb. Hook., Sond.). 



20. H. LAGUNEOIDES Edgeworth. (n. sp.) Flora Mallica inProc. of L. Soc. 1862. p 199. 

 In regione dicto MuU.an, in Gossypii plantationib. 



21. H. LEIOSPERMUS Harv. 1. c. 



Humilis, erectus, tota planta, petalis exceptis dense setosis , pilis rigidis stellatis 

 patentibus obsita; f. ovali-oblongis 5-nerviis integris v. ap. 2 — 3 dentatis breve petiolatis ; 

 stip. subulatis ; fl. axillarib. pedunculatis; involucro foliolis circ. 10 subulatis, calycis lobis 

 acuminatis vix aequantibus conformato; caps. semiuibusque glabris. 



Hab. in Africa austr. (herb.Hook.). • 



22. H. LEPIDOSPERMUS Miq. FI. Ind. I. II. p. 159. 



Frutex ; rami teretes c. petiolis (pilis simplicibus) appresse pubescentes v. tomentelli 

 et aculeis brevib. luteis vitreo-nitidis saepe3 — 5partitis armati; stipulae exiles lin.-lanceo- 

 latae reflexae folia petiolo subaequalia v. longiora, e b. subhastatocordata ovato-oblonge 

 sublanceolata, inaequalitcr serrato-dentata membranacea, utrinque pubera, aculeolis 3-fldis 

 v. simplicib. sparsis; pedunculi axillares petiolo (foliis supremis diminutis) longiores, su- 



