Hibiscus.] XXII. MALVACE^. 127 



beneath, nearly chartaoeous, margins crenulate. Petioles an inch or shorter. 

 Stipules linear-subulate, soon falling off. Pedicels axillary, solitary. Bracteoles 

 short, broad, subulate-linear, about 12, sparsely pilose as well as the calyx. 

 Calyx about lin. long, lobes deltoid-lanceolate, immarginate, inside velvety. 

 Petals white, sparsely pilose. Staminal-oolumn glabrous. Style-branches 3 or 4 

 lines long. 

 Hab.: Edgeoombe Bay. 



13. XI. heterophyllliS (leaves various), Vent. Hon. Malm. t. 103; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 212. Native rosella; " Batham," N.Q., Thozet ; " Yarra," 

 Taromeo, Shirley. A tall shrub, small erect tree, glabrous except a stellate 

 tomentum on the inflorescence and very young shoots, the branches often bearing 

 small conical prickles. Leaves entire or deeply 3-lobed, linear, lanceolate or 

 elliptical-oblong, often 5 to 6in. long, usually serrulate or crenulate, in some 

 specimens white underneath. Flowers large, white with a purple centre, on short 

 pedicels in the upper axils. Bracteoles about 10, linear, rigid, not ciliate. Calyx 

 often above lin. long, deeply divided into lanceolate lobes, densely covered with a 

 stellate tomentum often concealing the venation, which, as in H. radiatus, con- 

 sists of a midrib and the thickened margins of each lobe. Petals nearly Sin. 

 long. Capsule . ovoid-globular, acute, densely setose or silky-hairy. Seeds 

 glabrous. — Bot. Reg. t. 29 ; DC. Prod. i. 450 ; H. grandiflorus, Salisb. Par. 

 Lond. t. 22. 



Hab.: Broadsound, Shoalwater Bay, Percy Isle, Port Curtis, Brisbane River, and Rook- 

 hampton. 



Boots of young plants, young shoots, and leaves eaten without any preparation by natives of 

 N.Q.— rftozet. 



The northern specimens belong mostly to a broader-leaved form, distinguished by A, Cunning- 

 ham under the name of H. Margerice.— Benth. 



Wood of a pale yellow, open grain, smooth and tough ; suitable probably for making musical 

 instruments, being considered a good conductor of sound. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 17. 



The gum contains true bassorin. Analysis : Bassorin 78%, water 2i%.—LautereT. 



14. H. diversifolius (various-leaved), Jacq.; DC. Prod. i. 449 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. i. 213. A tall rigid herb or undershrub, sprinkled with a rigid pubescence, 

 the branches and petioles more or less beset with small conical prickles. Leaves 

 broadly cordate or nearly orbicular, irregularly toothed, angular or more or less 

 5-lobed. Flowers in a terminal raceme, on very short pedicels in the axils of 

 small lanceolate or 3-fid flora,l leaves, often reduced, especially the upper ones, 

 to small linear bra,cts. Bracteoles linear, and calyx with marginate lobes, as in 

 H. radiatus, but the lobes are narrower, and usually densely hispid with rigid 

 bristly hairs. Capsule acuminate, very hispid. Seeds glabrous.— Bot. Eeg. t. 

 381 ; H. Beckleri, F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 117, 



Hab. : Eockhampton, TJiozet ? 



The species is chiefly found in S. Africa, Mauritius, and Madagascar, but is also common in 

 waste places in the Fiji and other S. Pacific islands. In E. India it appears to be in gardens 

 only. — Benth. 



15. H. splendens (showy flowers), Fraser: Grrah. in Edinh. Phil. Journ., 

 j^pf, — June, 1830 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 213. A tall shrub, of great beauty, attaining 

 12 to 20ft., densely clothed with a soft velvety tomentum, the branches and 

 petioles armed with small scattered prickles or bristles. Leaves on long petioles, 

 broadly ovatcrcordate or palmately 3 or 5-lobed, often 6 or 7in. long, the lobes 

 oblong-acuminate or lanceolate, often narrowed at the base. Stipules often 2 on 

 each side. Flowers very large, rose-coloured, on pedicels about as long as the 

 petioles. Bracteoles 10 to 15 or sometimes many more, linear- subulate, as long 

 the calyx, densely hispid or softly villous. Calyx at least lin. long, densely 



