MALVACE.fi. 147 



petiolate ; flowers 1 axillary in fasciculate cymes; pedicels 1 -flowered, 

 articulate at middle {New Zealand?). 



51. Palgianthus Forst. 3 — Calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid, sometimes 

 angular {Lawrencia 4 ), valvate. Corolla (malvaceous) often small 

 connate with androceum at base. Stamens qo ; filaments connate at 

 base in tubular, or urceolate column finally free ; anthers (sometimes 

 sterile) stipitate or sessile, extrorse 1, 2-locular, rimose. Carpels (in 

 polygamous species, sometimes abortive) either solitary or 2 (Philipo- 

 dendron, 5 Asierotrichion*), sometimes 4, 5 {Lawrencia, Blepharanthe- 

 mum 1 ), more rarely go {Hoherianthus 9 ) ; ovules (sometimes aborting) 

 solitary in each germen, descending ; micropyle iirtrorse superior ; 9 

 styles same in number, apex stigmatiferous filiform, or variously 

 thickened, sometimes clavate or subcapitate, upper part inwardly 

 longitudinally papillose. Carpels 1, 2, or 3-oo finally separating 

 from axis, erostrate, siccate, indehiscent, or sometimes irregularly 

 torn, 1-spermous. — Small trees or usually shrubs, rarely herbs ; 

 leaves much varied in form entire or sinuate, angular, rarely lobed ; 

 flowers 10 solitary or in cymes ; cj^mes axillary, with or without bracts, 

 sometimes few in axillary racemes, more rarely {Laivrencia) in 

 spikes, sometimes long terminal, bracteate {Australia and New 

 Zealand 11 ). 



52. Abutilon T. 12 — Calyx 5-fid, valvate. Corolla of Mahea 



1 White. Hook. p. (Fl. N.-Zel., 1, 31, t. 11). A species 



2 Spec. 1. H. populnea A. Cfxn., loc.cit. — of Plagianthus, flowers oc-gynous. 

 Hook., Icon., t. 565, 566. — A. Ghat, Amer. 9 Coat double. 



Expl. Exp., Bot., i. 180. — H. angustifolia 10 Small, usually whitish, sometimes greenish. 



Raotjl, Ch. de PI. N.-Zel., 48, t. 26. — Hook. " Spec, about 10. Bonpl., Mabmais., t. 2 



f., Fl. N.-Zel., i. 30. (Sida).— G. Don, Gen. Syst., i. 501 (Abutilon). 



3 Char. Gen., 85, t. 43.— DC, Prodr., i. 477. — Lindl., in Pot. Reg., (1838), Misc., 22.— 

 — Esdl., Gen., n. 5311. — Pastee, Organog., Nees, in PI. Preiss., i. 242 (Lawrencia). — - 

 47, t. 7.— B. H., Gen., 202, 982, n. 11.— H. Hook, f., Fl. Tasm.,\. 48 (Lawrencia) ; Handb. 

 Bn., in Payer Fam. Nat., 284. — Lem. & Dcne., N.-Zeal. Fl , 29. — Benth., in Journ. Linn. 

 Tr. Gen., 348.— Gynatrix Alef., in (Estr. Bot. Soc, vi. 101 ; Fl. Austral., i. 187.— F. Mtjelx,, 

 Zeit. (1862), 33 (ex Walp., Ann., vii. 391). PI. Vict., i. 162.— Bot. Mag., t. 2753, 33U6 



4 Hook., Icon., t. 261, 417.— Wrencelia A. (Sida).— Walp., Pep., ii. 789; v. 89 (Lau- 

 Gkay, Amer. Expl. Exp., Bot., 180, not. rencia) ; vii. 390. 



5 PoiT.,iu Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 2, viii. 183, t. 3. 12 List., 99 (part.).— G.eetn., Fruct., ii. 251, 

 — Exdl., Gen., n. 5358. — H. Bx., in Adansonia, t. 135. — Endl., Gen., n. 5292. — Duchtee, in 

 ii. 179; in Payer Fam. Nat., 284. — Ralotham- Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 3, iv„ 137. — Payee, These 

 nus F. Mtjele., PI. Vict., i. 158. Malvac., 4, 23. — A. Geay, Gen. 111., t. 125. — 



6 Kl., in Link,, Kl. et Ott. Lc. PI., 19, t. 8. B. H., Gen., 204, 982, n. 21.— H. Bn., in 



7 Kl., loc. cit., 20. Payer Fam. Nat.. 280.— Abutilea F. Muelx., 



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The type of this section is Hoheria Lyallii in Linna-a, xxv. 379. 



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