128 XXII. MALVACE^. [Hibiscus. 



topientose or hispid, deeply divided into lanceolate lobes, with a dorsal and 

 marginal nerve, as in H. radiatiix. Petals Sin. long or more, glabrous: ■ Capsule 

 silky-hairy. Seeds glabrous.— Bot. Mag. t. 3025 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1629 ; Abehnoschm 

 splendens, Walp. Eep. i. 309. 

 Hab.: Percy Island, N.E. coast, Eookhampton, Moreton Bay. 



16. H. zonatus (zoned), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 221 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 218. 

 A shrub with a scabrous tomentum, sometimes short and close, sometimes dense 

 and velvety, the rather slender branches occasionally hirsute, or bristly.: 'Leaves 

 from orbicular-cordate to ovate, the larger ones attaining 3 or 4in., and shortly 

 and broadly 3, 5, or Trlobed, the upper ones entire or toothed and often narrow. 

 Flowers rather large, pink, on very short pedicels in the upper axils. Bracteoles 

 narrow and rigid, rarely exceeding half the length of the calyx, free or slightly 

 united at the base. Calyx nearly fin. long, densely tomentose, deeply divided 

 into lanceolate lobes, prominen,tly 1-nerved and with thickened margins, as in the 

 preceding species. Pejials 1^ to 2in. long, pearly glabrous. Style-branches 

 short, spreading. Capsule very hispid, nearly globular, shorter than the calyx. 

 Seeds glabrous. m ,! i 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. 



17. II. leptOCladus (slender-branched), Benth. Fl. Austin, i. 214. Appar- 

 ently a low herb or undershrub,"'with slender branches, rough with short rigid 

 stellate hairs. Leaves on rather long petioles, ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate or 

 oblong; 1 to 2in. long, irregularly toothed, narrowed or rounded at the base, 

 roughly pubescent on both sides with rigid stellate hairs. Flowers apparently 

 pink, on rather long pedicels in the upper axils. Bracteoles about 7 to 9, linear- 

 subulate, rarely exceeding half the length of the calyx. Calyx about ^in, long, 

 pubescent or hispid with stiff stella,te hairs, deeply divided into lanceolate- 

 acuminate 1 or 3-nerved lobes, without thickened margins. Petals 1 to l|in. 

 long, glabrous. Capsule nearly globular, Seeds 2 or 3 in each cell, glabrous. 



Hab.: Islands of Carpentaria Bay, Daintree and Gilbert Rivers. ' 



This species resembles in some respects H. microchkenus, but is much more slender and less 

 tomentose, and both petals and seeds appear to be quite glabrous. — Benth. . ;<• ,,:_.; t 



18. -H. setulosus (bristly), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 221 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 214. 

 A much-branched, viscid, strong-scented shrub of several feet, covered with 

 resinous glands, the branches very hispid with long spreading bristles. Leaves 

 broadly cordate or orbicular, mostly 1 to l^in. long, toothed, more or less hirsute 

 or pubescent with scattered rigid stellate hairs. Flowers rather large, pink with 

 a dark centre, on axillary pedicels about as long as the petioles. Bracteoles 

 linear, rigid, about as long as the calyx. Calyx ' about fin. long, pubescent and 

 glandular like the leaves, deeply divided into lanceolate 8-nerved lobes. Petals 

 about IJin. long. Staminal-column conspiicuoiisly produced above the filaments 

 and 5-toothed. Capsule globular, hispid, shorter than the calyx. Seeds glabrous 

 or minutely scabrous. 



Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria. 



19. H. geranioides (Geranium-like), A. Cunn. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 215. 

 A low branching annual of 1 to 2ft., densely hispid with long rigid stellate hairs 

 or bristles. Leaves deeply divided into 8 or 5 oblong-linear or cuneate segments, 

 mostly about lin. long, lobed or coarsely toothed, the lobes or teeth obtuse, hispid 

 on both sides. Flowers small for the genus, on hispid pedicels often as long as 

 the leaves. Bracteoles 8 to 10, linear-subulate,- hispid. Calyx 4 to 5 lines long, 

 hirsute, deeply divi&ed into lanceolate-acuminate 3-nerved lobes. Petals about f 

 to liii. long, dark at the base. Filaments short, along the upper nart of the 

 column. Stigmas capitate. Capsule small, globular,! glabrous; Seeds glabrous, 



Hab.; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. "; ' 



