Manum.] Lxxxii. solaNEj:. 4-63 



specimens seen solitary aiul lateral. Calyx about 3 lines long at the time of 

 flowering, with narrow lobes, much enlarged afterwards and more deeply 

 divided into ovate-lanceolate acuminate lobes. Corolla under , in diameter, 

 witli short broad lobes. Anthers tapering up^'ards. Berry large, g obular, the 

 enlarged calyx spreading under it and very prickly, but the prickles smaller 

 than those of the stem and leaves. 



M. Australia, Bauclin^s Expedition {Herh. 5'^«'^*)./''? JP^^^/'-Vl/""' '^'''"• 

 Willi rather broader more undulate leaves, Depuech Island, N.W. coast, Hynoe. 



The species is, according to Duual, also in Timor. 



45. S. echinatum, n. Br. Prod Ail. An erect or diffuse ^^f^f^-^' 

 tlie branches foliage and inflorescence very densely and softly ^tcU te-tome - 

 tose, often velvety or floccose. Prickles slender, rather small on the stem., 

 few or none on the leaves, more abundant and longer on tlie calyxc. Leaves 

 ou rather long petioles, ovate oblong or lanceolate, obt^use, entire o^ ^l ihtly 

 sinuate, very "thick and soft, mostly 1 to 2 in. long, liacemes I'^teral loos , 

 the common peduncle elongated, ^lowering calyx 2 to 3 l^" J 1«"^, | ' 

 short lanceolate lobes, ver^ tomentose, with sma I Pf '^''^^ '^;,\^"/ ^,^,i;' 

 globular, membranous, very prickly, about f in. diameter, ^«;"Pj;^^^^^^^ 

 i"S the globular beri^, tlie broad triangular If '^^ ^^"^^f !f l^^i.t'J _ 

 Corolla very tomentoX, i to f in. diameter, shortly and bioadl) lohed. 



l>un. in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 297. , , , 



,^ N. Australia. N.W. coast. B.noe ; Upper Yictoria river, F. Mueller ; islands of 



^(^ulf of Carpentaria, R, Brown. ^ ^ j -i i ..;a vch\ch I have 



^According to I. Bro^n the berry is almost 4.celled (-^J^fj^'^^t: d fo n'd the oJ^ry 

 Wu unable to verify in our specimens. la two flowers ^^^^^ I exam nea 

 2-^ened only, but with slight indicatious of transverse spurious dis.tpiraen s, 

 probably grow out as the fruit enlarges. 



4G. S, lasiophyUun., B.n inPoir. I>f^'g-l^ ^;£(Z, -^ 



A stout rigid shrub or undershrub attauiing ^ «,^_3,;^;;'''p';'^'l.le3 ^ery sL-nder 



inflorescence ve^ydeiisi; aid softly stellare-tomentose. P-J^l- ^ ^ ! 

 and not long, few or numerous on the branches, few ^ "^'^^J'^ ^^ „!f le 



-rely wanti^ng on the young calyx and ^^fj^^ Z^M^, very 

 Leaves very shortly petiolate. from ova e-oblong to neu j ^^^^^ 



; tuse, entiie or scareily sinuate very t'-^k -d o t .rmdj ^ .^^^^^ 



often under 1 in. Flowers few, large, in sho t '^^"^^ ^^[^"^i ,, ,lJ,t thick 

 and pedicels thick and soft. Calyx very thick and « o^/ ^ "^ ; j Corolla 



yarrow lobes, 3 to 4 lines long when in ^-^r^S'tt loTe "enerallv with 

 1 to 1| in. diameter, very shortly and broadly lob d^ the lobes „ 



V^rt point. Anthers tapering at the end. , ^, ^^^fj^^^^ i ui. 



globular, almost enclosed in the calyx, which is ^l^eu glob uUi ana , 



diameter.-^. eriophylUm, Dun. Spi. Sol. 30, and m DC. Pioa. x p 

 **"0; P. Muell. Fragin. vi. 145. , „ o^u .„p.;men of 



-- --- Sharks' Bav, 3.7..; Murchison river W.^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



. n.:* ^^ •^..l.lv from the J\ . not the E. coast;. reL«^_ , . Z^^,. u^ 



stralia. 



J*«dm.s i^ Herb. Mus. Brit, (probably from the \\ . not the ^-J°«*J ' fo,„i,at reason he 

 ;? the leaves rather more sinuate than Druuiniond 8. l^""/!/"*^^^ ""^Scan species, wheu 

 ''?^pted Kunth's unpublished name oi S. lasiophnUum ^f ^ pV^^ for three years. 

 ^''o«", for the present species, had already been published b^ l-oire ^ .^^ 



V ? c«„«vl„,. Leaves broad, almost orbicular, cordate at the base, 



