182 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



Carpels numerous (about 20), closely packed, very hirsute. Tall herbs, 

 with large, broadly cordate leaves . — 1 . A. pedatum . 



Carpels rarely more than 10, glabrous or slightly tomentose, not searious. 

 Leaves mostly cordate-orbicular. 



Densely velvety-tomentose (shrubby). Petals shortly exceeding 



the calyx.— -4. A. Cunninghamii. 

 Low undershrub, shortly tomentose or pubescent, often with 

 spreading hairs. Petals fully twice as long as the calyx. — 5. A. 

 Fraseri. . 

 Carpels 10 to 15, slightly hispid, enlarged and searious when ripe. Slender 

 undershrub, with cordate, often almost sessile leaves. — 3. A. crispum. 



1. A. amplum, Benth. — Harding River, S.E. of Mchol Bay, F. Gregory's 

 Expedition. 



2. A. auritum, G. Don. — Keppel Bay, R. Brown ; Percy Island, A. 

 Cunningham. 



3. A. crispum, G. Don. — Sources of Hooker's Creek, and MacArthur 

 River, F. v. Mueller ; Maitland River, F. Gregory's Expedition. 



4. A. Cunninghamii, Benth. — Enderby Island, N.W. Coast, A. Cunning- 

 ham ; Albert River, Henne. 



5. A. Fraseri, Hook.—m miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (No. 289), 

 7/6/1911. 



Recorded. N.W., M'Douall Stuart's Expedition. 



6. A. indicum, G. Don. — Head of Kilgour River, G. F. Hill (No. 434a), 

 30/8/1911. 



Recorded. Point Cunningham and Cygnet Bay, A. Cunningham ; Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, Landsborough.- 



7. A. leucopetalum, F. v. M.—60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. HiU (No. 

 277), 7/6/1911. 25 miles N.W. of Anthony's Lagoon, G. F. HiU (No. 530), 

 27/8/1911. 



Recorded. Hooker's Creek and Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



8. A. otocarpum, F. v. M. — In the desert or Sturt's Creek, and on 

 Gilbert River, F. v. M. ; Nichol Bay, F. Gregory. 



9. A. oxycarpum, F. v. M. — Fiizroy and Mackenzie Rivers, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



10. A. pedatum, Ewart. — Peduncles long, calyx with numerous veins, 

 tube as broad as long, and more than twice the length of the lobes. Corolla 

 yellow, shortly exceeding the calyx. Fruit (immature), depressed globular, 

 carpels not angular. Whole plant densely and softly clothed with a yellowish 

 or rusty indumentum, branches under 26 cm. high from the base, branchlets 

 softly angular. Leaves on long petioles, reaching 3 cm., cordate-orbicular 

 with large blunt teeth or margins, green smooth and velvety on upper surface, 

 paler and veined below, 3.5 cm. diameter. Peduncles in upper axils, up to 

 4.5 cm. in length, pedicels thickening towards calyx, both being rusty, calyx 

 with a broad base overhanging top of pedicel, 1 to 1.5 cm. long, and about 

 as broad with 20 to 30 veins more or less distinct, tube scarcely expanding 

 upwards, nearly 1 cm. long, lobes 3 or 4 mm., deltoid and shortly acuminate, 

 tomentose on under side ; buds cordate-globose contracting to an acute 5-ribbed 

 apex. Petals yellow, 17 mm. long, ciliate at base. Fruit (immature) depressed 

 globose densely pubescent, rounded and smooth, and quite concealed by calyx. 



70 miles N. by W. of Camp III., near Lander Creek, G. F. Hill (No. 342), 

 14/6/1911. 



