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400. Fugosia populifolia Benth. 



Stems prostrate for several yards ; leaves ovate-cordate, obtuse 

 or shortly acximinate ; corolla fully 2in. long. 



401. Hibiscus microchlaenus F. v. M. 



Erect, 2-3ft. ; branches spreading ; flowers bluish-purple 

 with a darker centre. 



402. H. pinonianus Gaudich. 



Erect, 2-4ft. ; leaves mostly entire ; bracteoles often equalling 

 or exceeding the calyx ; flowers pink to purple with a 

 darker centre. 



403. H. trionum L. 



Erect, few-branched, 2-4ft. high ; leafless or with few tri-lobed 

 leaves ; flowers white with reddish-purple centre. On 

 grassy plains. 



404. H. ficulneus L. 



Lennard, Barker, Fitzroy, and Isdell Rivers (W.V.F.). 

 Erect, 2-4ft. high. 



405. H. zonatus F. v. M. 



Erect, 4-8ft. high ; flowers sometimes 2Jin. across, pink to 



rose-red with a purple centre ; seeds black, tuberculate. 

 Var. spinulosa W.V.F. n. var. 



Mt. Broome, King Leopold Ranges (W.V.F.). 



Stems simple or slightly branched, 2-3ft. high, more or less 

 invested with short sharp spines, arising from tubercles, 

 and associated with a short stellate pubescence. Among 

 quart zite. 



406. H. Sturtii Hook. 



Erect, 2— 3ft. high ; flowers violet, with a darker centre. 



407. H. cannabinus Ti. 



Lennard and Isdell Rivers ; Bell Creek (W.V.F.). 



Stems erect, almost simple, 4-6ft. high; gland on the underside 

 of the leaf, midrib large ; flowers white to pale pink with 

 a purple centre. This species is described in the Flora 

 Australiensis under H. radiatus Cav. The Kimberley 

 specimens differ from the type in the stems being quite 

 devoid of prickles and in having a gland on the back of 

 each calyx-lobe. 



In good soil. 



408. H. Gibsoni Stocks. 



Lennard River, between Napier and King Leopold Ranges ; 

 Chamley and Sprigg Rivers (W.V.F. ). 



Of straggling habit, the herbaceous stems li-eft. long ; setaceous 

 bracteoles much longer than the calyx ; sepals almost 

 acute ; corolla yellow with a purple centre ; often dying 

 to a metallic green ; seeds black, sparingly hispid. Sandy 

 loam. Includes H. pentaphylla F. v. M. 



