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apice rotundatis. — T. palmata Benth.! Fl. Austral. 3, p. 315 (non 
Roxb.); F. v. Muell. Fragm. 6, p. 187. bi. à 
. Caulis satis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, angulato-suleatus, pube- ` 
rulus. Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, brevissime denseque villosus, 
3-7 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 
10-18 cent. longa et fere totidem lata, basi 3-5-nervia, lobis triangu- 
laribus vel oblongo-lanceolatis, intermedio breviter acuminato, ad 
basim sæpius constricto, lateralibus acutis, brevioribus ; sinus inter 
lobos obtusi, basilaris subrotundatus, 2-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
robusti, elongati, subangulati, breviter denseque villosi. Pedunculus 
communis maseulus robustus, suleatus, puberulus, 6-10-florus, 12-16 
cent. longus; pedicelli robusti, erecti, breviter denseque villosi, 
1-2 cent. longi; bracteæ obovato-oblongæ, basi attenuatæ, supra sca- 
briusculæ, subtus molliter villosze, 2 */,-3 cent. longæ, 1 !/,-2 cent. 
late. Calycis tubus ab apice ad basim attenuatus, dense longeque 
villosus, 4-4'/, cent. longus, 1 cent. latus; dentes patuli, lineares, . 
12-15 mill. longi, 1 ‘/,-2 mill. lati. Petala obovata, sparse puberula, 
trinervia, 2-2 */, cent. longa, 2 cent. lata; fimbriæ ramosæ, 2'/,-3 
cent. longæ. Staminum filamenta subfiliformia, glabra, 8-9 mill. longa; 
capitulum antherarum leviter ciliatum, 11-12 mill. longum, 4 mill. 
crassum. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Australia ad Moreton Bay (F. v. Mueller in herb. Brux., Mus. 
Par.; Leickhard n. 4, 8, 26, in herb. Mus. Par.); ad Clarence River 
(C. Moore in herb. Mus. Par.); ad Brisbane River (F. v. Mueller in 
herb. Kew. et Mus. Par.). 
16. T. cordata (Roxb.! in Wall. List. n. 6686 A et Fl. Ind. 3, 
` P- 703); foliis membranaceis, integris vel rarius obscure angulato- 
Sublobatis, late ovato-cordatis, apice acutis vel breviter acuminatis, 
margine minute dentieulatis vel crenulato-dentatis, utrinque sparse 
breviterque villoso-hirsutis : cirrhis 2-3-fidis ; racemis masculis pauci- 
floris; bracteis oblongis, acuminatis, integerrimis. — Kurz in Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. 1877, part. 2, p. 99; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
2, p. 608. — T. palmata Wall.! List, n. 6688 F. part. et C (non Roxb.). 
— T. tuberosa Roxb. in E. Ind. Comp. Mus. tab. 1691 ined. — Invo- 
lucraria cordata Rom. Syn., fasc. 2, p. 97. —? T. macrosiphon Kurz 
m Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, part. 2, p. 308. 
Radix tuberosa. Caulis robustus, longissimus, ramosus, angulato- 
Sulcatus, glaber vel sparse puberulus. Petiolus robustus, striatus, 
Sparse puberulus, 5-10 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, sub- 
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