CORCHORUS. TILIACEAE. 447 



16. SPARMANNIA Linn. f. (5369.) 



(DC. pr. I. 503. — Walp. Ann. II. 169.) 



Benth. et Hook. gen. pl. I. p. 235. n. 16: 

 Species 3, in Afr. trop. v. australi extratropica crescentes. 



1. SPARMANNIA PALMATA E. Mey. in hb. Drege. — Harvey et Sond. Pl. Cap. I. p. 

 221. — Urena ricinocarpa E. et Z. 301. (Walp. rep. I. 297. n. 8.) 

 Hab. Kat et Makasana River. (hb. Sond.) 



, 18. CORCHORUS Linn. (5371.) 



(DC. pr. I. 504. — Walp. Ann. IV. 330.) 



Benth. et Hook. gen. pl. I. p. 238. n. 18: 



Species vix 35, 5 — 6 Australiae propriae videntur, paucae ad Ame- 

 ricam tropieam limitatae, caeterae inter tropicos utriusque orbis plus 

 minus late dispersae. 



{Antic?torus Linn. Mart. n. 1257). 



1. CORCHORUS CUNNINGHAMI. F. Mull. fr. ph. XVII. 8. C. Australis, A. Cunn. coll. 



(Sect. Antichorus.) 



Herbaceus, perennis, erectus, subglaber, foliis cordato- v. lanceolato-ovatis longe .sen- 

 .«iinique acuminatis grossiuscule serratis, umbellis oppositifoliis 3 — 8-floris vel pauiculatis 

 et terminalibus breviter pedunculatis v. sessilibus, floribus 4-sepalis 4-petaIis polyandris, 

 petalis sepala lanceolata excedentibus. 



Ad flumina Brisbane, Pine River, Burnett et Dawson River. 



Herba 1—2' erecta, fere simplex. Folia tenera, 2—4" longa, infra medium '/4 — 1^/," 

 lata, penninervia, venosa, subtus paulo pallidiora, dentibus acutis muticis. Stipulae deci- 

 duae, circiter l'/j"' longae, lanceolato-subulatae. Petioli leniter canaliculati, supra per- 

 parum puberuli. Longitudo pedicellorum inter 1 et 8'"' varians. Alabastra pyriformi-cla- 

 vata. Sepala membranea, 3 — 4"' longa. Petala lutea, late ovata. Filamenta flava. An- 

 therae dorsifixae. Stylus circiter 2"' longus albo-virens. Germen tetragonum, 4 loculatum. 

 Discus hypogyuus indivisus, crassiusculus, margine papillosus. Fructus juvenilis fusifor- 

 mi-ellipsoideus, maturus nondum cognitus. 



2. C. ECHINATUS Benth. Fl. Austr. L 276. — Triumfetta macropetala F. Mull. fr. III. 8. 



— N. Austr. 



3. C. HYGROPHILUS A. Cunn. herb. — Benth. 1. c. — Queensland. 



4. C. LEPTOCARPUS A. Cunn. hb. — Benth. I. c. (n. sp.) — N. Austr. 



5. C. PUMILIO R. Br. hb. — Benth. 1. c. (n. sp.) — N. Austr. 



6. C. QUADRANGULARIS Schmidt. — Schmidt Fl. d. Capverd. Ins. 1852. p. 293. 



Foliis ovato-oblongis, inaequaliter serratis acutis, setoso-pilosis, fl. axillaribus 2 — 3, 

 capsulis oblongis, quadrangularibus scabris 3-vaIvibus. 



Hab. in loc. rupestrib. ins. S. Antonii. — Proxima C. triloculari Linn. 



7. C. SIDOIDES. F. Miill. fr. phyt. XVII. 9. (Sect. Coreta.) 



Pruticosus erectus, undique pilis stellaribus dense tomentosus, foliis elliptico- vel lau- 

 ceolato-oblongis crenato-serratis, pedunculis oppositifoliis paucifloris pedicellisque per- 

 brevibus, bracteolis lineari-setaceis, petalis calyce brevioribus, capsula bi- v. trivalvi cy- 

 lindracea subflexuosa obtusa exalata tomentosa, septulis nullis. 



In locis sterilioribus secus flumen Victoriae frequens. 



8. C. TOMENTELLUS (Sect. Coreta.) F. Muller fr. phyt. XVII. p. 10. 



Sufi^ruticosus, difl^usus, pube stellari tomentosus, foliis cordato- vel oblongo-ovatis 

 serrato-crenatis supra glabrioribus, dentibus mutici.s, petiolis folio 4— C-ies brevioribus 

 stipulas setaceas paruni vel duplo superantibu.s, umbellis oppositifoliis paucifloris breviter 



