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398. Abutilon Andrewsianum W.V.F. n. sp. 



An erect biennial or perennial, closely invested with a short 

 velvety tonaentum with which is occasionally mixed 

 a few long spreading hairs ; leaves ovate-cordate, obtuse, 

 the margins irregularly crenulate, the petioles exceeding 

 the laminae ; stipules minute, subulate-linear, fugacious ; 

 peduncles axillary sometimes terminally clustered or 

 forming terminal racemes through leaf-suppression, 1- 

 fiowered, articulate about the middle, always longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx canipanulate, divided to the middle, 

 the lobes broad, obtuse, obscurely 1- rarely 3-nerved ; 

 corolla glabrous, the tube shorter than the calyx ; staminal 

 column short, glabrous, the filaments free and numerous ; 

 capsule stellate-tomentose, almost truncate ; carpels 8-10, 

 the outer edges terminating in short divaricate points, 

 not readily separable at maturity ; seeds two in each 

 carpel, minutely steUate-tomentose. 



Derby ; Lennard, Barker, Fitzroy, Adoock, Harm, and Isdell 

 Rivers (W.V.F. ). 



Height 5-6ft. Leaves lJ-4 lines long. Calyx 3-3^ Hnes 

 long. Corolla |— f inch long, yellow. Capsule 4-5 

 hnes long. Seeds brown. In sandy loam. Kanied after 

 jMr. Cecil Andrews, Inspector General of Schools, Western 

 Australia. 



Affinity to A. indicum G. Don. 



399. A. propinquum W.V.F. n. sp. 



A spreading shrub, closely invested with a short viscid velvety 

 pubescence intermixed with long spreading white hairs ; 

 leaves cordate-ovate, obtuse or minutely apiculate, margins 

 serrulate, thin, of soft texture, velvety-pubescent on both 

 pages, the petioles slender and shorter than the laminae ; 

 stipules setaceous ; peduncles axillary, solitary or through 

 leaf- suppression forming sraall terminal racemes, articulate 

 above the middle, longer than the leaves and all I-flowered ; 

 calyx divided to two-thirds of its length into ovate-lance- 

 olar, acute, prominently 1-nerved lobes ; corolla glabrous 

 without, the tube short, hirsute at the base within ; 

 staminal column shorter than the corolla, more or less 

 hirsute ; filament short, numerous ; capsule hirsute, 

 nearly truncate ; carpels 10, not readily seceding from the 

 axis, the outer edges terminating in short divaricate points ; 

 seeds glabrous. 



Wingrah Pass, Napier Range (W.V.F.). 



Height 3-5ft. ; leaves 2Jin. long, much reduced upwards. 

 Stipules 3 lines. Calyx about 3 hnes long. Corolla 4 

 lines long, yeUow. Capsule 4-4^ lines long. Seeds brown. 

 Among limestone. 



Affinity to A. Andrewsianum W.V.F. 



