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BUETTNERIACE.E, R. BROWN. 



Thomasia petalocalyx — Ferd. Mueller. 

 Hab. Wilson's Promontory. 

 Fl. 



MALVACEJ3, R. BROWN. 



Sida pulchella — Bonpland. 



Hab. Banks of Yarra Yarra, Merri River near Warmambool, etc. 

 Fl. November, December. 



A very elegant shrub, with cordate-lanceolate, crenated leaves, of a delicate 

 transparent green, and white flowers. 



*Malva vulgaris — Fries. 



Hab. Waste places, Melbourne, Warmambool. 



Fl. Spring. 



Introduced. Decoctions of the leaves of this plant arc useful in dysentery ; 

 and the whole plant, in common with other species, yields a tasteless, 

 colourless mucilage — hence its generic name, from the Greek word, 

 malache, soft. 



GERANIACE^E, CANDOLLE. 



Geranium potentilloides — L'Heritier. 

 Hab. Delatite, etc. 

 FL 



Geranium parviflorum — Willdenow. 

 Hab. Scrub near Liardet's Beach. 

 Fl. December. 



Geranium erodioides — Hooker. 



Hab. Sandy soil in scrub near Liardet's Beach. 

 Fl. January. 



