30 FLORA OF 
Codonoearpus. 
Leaves narrow-linear; pistils 30-40, ion long. A 
small tree with slender stem .. & hee * 
Leaves lanceolate or obovate ; pistils 20-40, styles short. 
A small somewhat shrubby tree eis 
ORDER MALVACEAE. 
1. Floral bracts wanting. 
Ovule solitary in each cell. 
Stigmas decurrent; flowers unisexual ; fruitlets 5 
or less, separating from the axis, nye ee 
bursting or indehiscent , es es 
Stigmas terminal ; flowers bisexual; fruitlets 5 or 
more, separating from the axis, wi ictiaaibe 
bursting or indehiscent ; be ' 
Ovules 2 or more in each cell; stigmas terminal. 
Capsule consisting of 5 to 20 fruitlets, united at 
the base, each opening in 2 valves “= 
Capsule 3-celled, opening in 3 valves 
u. Floral bracts 3 or more. 
Ovule solitary in each cell. Staminal column bearing 
filaments to the summit. 
Floral bracts 3, united at the base; stigmas de- 
current; fruitlets many in a depressed circle 
round the prominent axis, indehiscent 
Floral bracts 3, filiform, distinct; stigmas terminal; 
fruitlets 8-12, separating from the short axis, in- 
dehiscent or slightly 2-valved 
Ovules more than one in each cell. Staminal column 
bearing filaments on the outside below the top, 
rarely to the top. 
Floral bracts 5 or more; style branched at the top, 
stigmas generally terminal ; capsule 5-valved 
Floral bracts 3; style undivided, stigmas decur- 
rent; capsule 3- to 5-valved 
Plagianthus 
Flowers large white; leaves flat, membranous. Shrub 
Flowers small, yellow ; leaves fleshy. 
Flowers in dense terminal leafy spikes. Tall, 
erect, somewhat succulent herb’; leaves glabrous 
ovate or ovate-oblong, on long stalks; calyx 5- 
angled, petals scarcely longer He 
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
pyramidalis 
cotinifolius 
Plagianthus 
Sida 
Abutilon 
Howittia 
Lavatera 
Malvastrum 
Hibiseus 
Gossypium 
Berthae 
spicatus 
