158 XXIV. TILIACEiE. [Con-horu.^<. 



petioles. Flowers small, the buds obovoid, contracted at the base. Petals- the 

 length of the calyx. Stamens numerous, on a raised torus. Capsule globular 

 or ovoid-oblong, very obtuse, 2 to 4 lines long, more or less tuberculate, 2 or 8- 

 eelled. Seeds 8 or more in 2 rows in each cell, without transverse partitions. 



Hab.: Cleveland Bay, A. Gunni'n,gham. 



2. C. Cunninghamii (after A. Cunningham), F. v. M. Fragm.. iii. 8 ; Bmth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 276. A tall, erect, glabrous herb, annual, or sometimes perhaps 

 perennial. Leaves petiolate, from cordate-ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to 4in. 

 long, coarsely serrate, without setffi. Peduncles short, bearing a cyme of 3 to 7 or 8 

 flowers, on rather long pedicels. Buds obovoid, narrowed at the base. Stamens 

 numerous, on a raised torus. Ovary narrowed at the the top. Capsule narrow- 

 oblong, acute, |- to fin. long, slightly 3 or 4-angled, 3 or 4-celled, with numerous 

 seeds in each cell. 



Hab.; Dawson and Burnett rivers and Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller ; Brisbane River, Fraser 



8. C. acutangulus (alluding to angles of fruit). Lam.; W. mid Am. Prod. 73 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Ai(str. i. 277. An annual, sometimes very small, but attaining 2ft., 

 decumbent or erect, slightly pubescent and often sprinkled with a few rigid hairs. 

 Leaves petiolate, ovate, serrulate, without setae. Flowers 1 to 3, nearly sessile, 

 and very small. Sepals little more than 1 line long. Stamens 15 to 20. Capsule 

 straight, I to fin. long, rather thick, prominently 3-angled, or with 3 longi- 

 tudinal wings, truncate at the top, with 3 spreading points or teeth, 3-celled. 

 Seeds numerous. Very rarely the capsule has 4 cells and as many wings and 

 teeth.— Wight, Ic. t. 739. 



Hab.: Cape York. The species is common in tropical Asia and Africa, and occurs also — 

 perhaps introduced — in some parts of S. America. — Benth. 



4. C. pumilio (small), R. Br. Herb:; Benth. FL Austr. i. 277. A small, 

 rigid, much-branched herb or undershrub, not much more than ^ft. high, hirsute 

 with spreading stellate hairs, the slender branches appearing almost woody at the 

 base, although the plant flowers the first year. Leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse, rarely above ^in. long, crenate, rugose and plicate, sprinkled with rigid 

 stellate hairs. Flowers very small, in sessile clusters. Buds narrow-oblong. 

 Sepals very narrow, acute, hirsute, 1 to IJ line long. Petals narrow. Stamens 

 about 10. Ovary very hirsute. Capsules reflexed, linear, 8 to 4 lines long, 

 slightly curved, rather. acute, very hirsute, 2-eelled, with few oblong seeds. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Broion. 



5. C. tomentellus (tomentose), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 10 ; Benth. Fl. Aiistr. 

 i. 278. A low, diffuse, stellate-tomentose shrub or undershrub. Leaves petiolate, 

 from ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse, f to lin. long, crenate, slightly plicate and 

 rugose, rather loosely stellate-tomentose, especially underneath. Flowers 

 pedicellate, in nearly sessile clusters, much larger than in C. vermicular is. Buds 

 obovoid. Sepals 8 to 4 lines long. Stamens numerous, the torus expanded into 

 a prominent disk round their base. Capsule very slender, tomentose, ^ to fin. 

 long, 3-valved, with few distant seeds, but scarcely contracted between them. 



Hab.: Mackenzie Biver, F. Mueller. It is possible that this may prove a form of the very 

 variable G. sidoides, but besides the difference in habit and foliage, the flowers appear to be 

 larger and the disk much more developed. — Benth. 



6. C. sidoides (Sida-like), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 9 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 278. 

 An erect shrub of several feet, the branches densely but rather loosely tomentose. 

 Leaves shortly petiolate, from oval-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1 to 2in. 

 long, rather thick, crenate, plicate and rugose, or on luxuriant specimens longer 



