Almtilon.] XXII. MALVACE^. il7 



Carpels rarely more than 10, glabrous or slightly tomentose, not scarlous. 



Leaves mostly cordate orbicular. 

 Densely velvety-tomentose (shrubby?) Petals shortly exceeding the 



calyx 12. A.Cmminghamii. 



Low undershrub, shortly tomentose or pubescent, often with spreading 



hairs. Petals fully twice as long as the calyx 13. A. Fraseri. 



Distinct as the two sections are in some instances, they are closely connected by A . graveoleng 

 and some other intermediate species, • 



1. A. tubulosum (tubular), Hook.; Walp. Ann. ii. 158; Benth'. Fl. Austr. 

 i. 200. Tall and shrubby, clothed with a dense, soft, close or velvety tomentum. 

 Leaves deeply cordate, ovate or lanceolate, almost acuminate, crenate, attaining 

 3 to 4in., very soft and velvety. Pedicels much shorter than the leaves. Buds 

 acuminate, prominent-angled. Calyx tubular, about lin. long, with 10 slightly 

 prominent ribs, softly tomentose, the lobes acuminate, much shorter than the 

 tube. Petals (yellow ?) nearly fin. longer than the calyx, the claws adhering to 

 nearly the middle of the glabrous staminal column. Capsule angular, about half 

 the length of the calyx, softly villous ; carpels 7 to 10, strongly acuminate on 

 their outer edge, containing each usually 3 seeds. — Sida tubulo-ta, A. Cunn.; 

 Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 390. 



Hab.: Open woods on the Mooni and Dawson Rivers. 



Var. (?) breviflm-um. Petals shorter and broader, but glabrous and more adnate than in A. 

 leucopetalum ; the specimen, however, scarcely sufficient for accurate determination. — Dawson 

 Biver, Benth. in Fl. Austr. 



2. A. leucopetalum (petals white), F. v. M. Herb. ; B.enth. Fl. Austr. i. 200. 

 A tall shrub, clothed with a soft velvety tomentum like A. tubulbium, but inter- 

 mixed with long, spreading hairs on the branches, and paler on the under side of 

 the leaves. Leaves deeply cordate, from orbicular to "nearly lanceolate, often 

 shortly acuminate, irregularly crenate or almost lobed, mostly shorter than in A^ 

 tubulosum. Flowers large and white, on short ' pedicels. Calyx broadly tubular- 

 campanulate, J to fin. long, 10-ribbed, scarcely acuminate in the bud, the lobes 

 obtuse or shortly acuminate, shorter than the tube. Petals more than twice as 

 long as the calyx, adnate only to the pubescent base of the staminal tube. 

 Capsule as in A. tuhulunum, but fully as long as the calyx-tube. — Sida leucopetala, 

 F. V. M. Fragm. ii. 12. - 



Hab.: Inland. 



3. A. IVIitchelli (after Sir T. Mitchell), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 201. Apparently 

 shrubby, clothed with a dense, soft, velvety tomentum mixed with long spreading 

 hairs. Leaves deeply cordate, orbicular or broadly ovate, often; shortly acuminate, 

 H to 2iin. long, crenate, very soft and thick. Pedicels shorter than the petioles. 

 Calyx campanulate, 10-ribbed and somewhat 5-angled, 4 to 5 lines long, the 

 acuminate spreading lobes shorter than the tube. Petals (yellow ?) shortly exceed- 

 ing the calyx, pubescent at the base. Ovary-cells and style-branches about 10. 

 Fruit not seen. 



Hab.: Gullies in the ranges on the Maranoa. The plant has at first sight the aspect of A. 

 muticum, but the calyx and ovary are quite different. i . 



Var. (?) moUissivm. Tomentum very dense and soft, but without the long hairs of the other 

 specimens. Stony Bidge, Mitchell. 



4. A. micropetalum (small petals), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 201. Shrubby, 

 very densely and softly tomentose or velvety. Leaves deeply cordate, acuminate, 

 2 to 4in. long, crenate. Pedicels short, in the upper axils. Calyx loosely cam- 

 panulate, almost inflated, very Shortly sinuate-toothed or almost truncate, 4 to 5 

 lines long, tomentose, slightly Spangled and 10-ribbed. Petals, in some flowers 



