180 THE FLOBA OF THE NOETHEEN TEEEITOEY. 



Recorded. Victoria and Fitzmaurice Rivers and Arnhem's Land, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



Goulburn Island, A. Cunningham ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. 

 Brown ; Sweers Island, Henne. A valuable remedy in cases of dysentery. 



6. O. xanihopetala, F. v. M. — Sandstone rocks, Upper Victoria River, 

 F. V. Mueller. 



G. laevigata, Vahl. ; recorded in Nat. Herb. Census from North Australia. 



3. TRIUMFETTA, Pltjm. 1737. 

 {Bartramia, Linn, 1747 ; Porpa, Blume, 1825). 



Ovary 3 to 5-celled. Fruit 3 to 8-celled, with 1 seed in each cell. 



Leaves round-cordate, entire or lobed. Fruit rather large, with two 



cells and seeds to each carpel. — 1. T. Appendiculata. 

 Leaves ovate to lanceolate. Fruit small, with as many cells and 

 seeds as carpels. Erect tomentose shrubs. 



Broader leaves obovate-rhomboid. Calyx appendages ovate- 

 peltate. (Fruit unknown). — 3. T. glaucescens. 

 Broader leaves cordate-lanceolate. Calyx appendages small, 

 obtuse. Fruit depressed-globular, 5-ceUed, nearly glabrous. 

 — 2. T. denticulata. 

 Broader leaves obovate-cordiate. Calyx appendages small, acute. 

 Fruit ovoid-globular, 4-celled, very tomentose. — 4. T. 

 micrantha. 

 Ovary 2-celled. Fruit 1-seeded. 



Fruit covered with long soft plumose setae. — 6. T. plumigera. 

 Fruit very small, scarcely pubescent, shortly echinate. — 5. T. parvi- 

 iiora. 



1. T. appendiculata, F. v. M. — Nichol Bay, N.W. Coast, F. Gregory ; 

 Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



2. T. denticulata, E. Br. — Cavern Island, and Groote Eyland, in the 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



3. T. glaucescens, R. Br. — Islands of the GuH of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



4. T. micrantha, F. v. M. — Cullen Creek, Gilruth and Spencer, July- 

 August, 1911. 



Victoria River, Hooker's and Sturt's Creeks and Abel Tasman River, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



5. T. parviflora, Benth. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



6. T. plumigera, F. w.lf.— Near Top Spring, G. F. Hill (No. 544), 

 31/8/1911. Eleven-mile Creek, near Katharine, Gilruth and Spencer, July- 

 August, 1911. 



Recorded. Montague Sound, A. Cunningham ; N.W. Coast, Bynoe ; 

 Depot Creek, sources of the Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



T. chaetocarpa, F. v. M. ; T. leptocantha, F. v. M. ; T. Winneckeana, 

 F. V. M. (in Nat. Herb. Census), and T. Bradshawii, F. v. M. (in Proc. Linn. 

 Soc, N.S.W., 1891), recorded from North Australia. 



MALVACEiE. 



Many of this order yield fibre in great quantity, and material valuable in 

 paper making. 



Tribe I. Malveae. — Staminal column bearing filaments to the summit. 



