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subcordatis, stylo brevi, stigmate subcapitato minuto obscure qua- 
drilobo, carpidiis obtusis, seminibus nitenti-nigris lsvibus. 
In plagis arenosis et rupestribus terrs Arnhem’s Land et sinus 
Carpentaria Gulf. 
Foliola longa, V" lata vel angustiora. Sepala 4 /7/ metientia, 
cum petalis saturate rubra. Carpidia 2'" longa. 
Adnot. Boronia ledifolia Gay Lasiop. p. 20, nondum trans 
limites Australis orientalis extratropics et subtropics reperta, 
combinari nequit cum stirpe homonyma occidentali, quam cl. Bart- 
ling in Lehm. pi. Preiss. vol. n. p. 226 enumeravit. Hanc nomine 
B. ledophylls nuncupavi. Ceterum neque B. rosmarinifolia nec 
B. paradoxa ab ilia speciiice discriminands sunt. 
Malvaceae. 
Hibiscus brae hy sip honius. 
(Sect. Ivetmia.) Fugosia sp. Mitch, trop. Austr. 387. 
Suffruticosa, erecta vel procumbens, parce pilosula, foliis ambitu 
subcordatis trisectis trifidis integrisve, lobis insqualiter repando- 
dentatis incisisque obtusis, stipulis linearibus integris y. laciniatis 
petiolo duplo v. aliquoties brevioribus, pedunculis axillaribus soli- 
tariis calyce duplo pluriesve longioribus infra apicem articulatis, 
involucri 9-10-partiti segmentis patentissimis linearibus cum calyce 
fere duplo longiori ciliatis, calycis laciniis lanceolatis trinerviis, 
petalis roseis ovato-obcordatis glabris imberbibus calycem vix 
semi-superantibus, columna brevissima , filamentis fasciculatis an- 
thera multoties longioribus capillaribus, capsula globoso-ovata 
obtusa glabra, seminibus in loculis 4-6 velutino-tomentosis. 
In Australia orientali interiore. Sir Th. Mitchell. 
Ad flumen Mackenzie, in planitiebus Peak-Downs, &c. 
Suifrutex Geranii potius quam Ilibisci facie. Padix cylindracea 
fibrillas elongatas emittens. Caules longi ramosi teretes. Folia 
pleraque |- 1 ^ longa, petiolo parum breviore semitereti prsdita, 
concoloria vix nitidula, supra fere glabra subtus pilosula. Stipuls 
circa 2'" longs interdum bipartits. Pedunculi fructiferi 4-5" longi. 
Calyx ultra medium 5-fidus, semunciam longus. Petala et styli 
rosea cum basi filamentorum saturatius rubra. Anthers albs. 
Stigmata ochroleuca hemisphsrica minutissime puberula. Capsula 
y metiens. Semina vix V" excedenti^ tomento albo velutina. 
Abelmoschus albo-ruber. 
Inermis, caule annuo, simplice, foliis cordatis 5-lobis dentatis, 
racemis terminalibus, pedicellis calyce 5-dentato puberulo squi- 
longis, involucelli triphylli foliolis minutis oblongis , petalis colum- 
naque glabris, capsuls ovats pubescentis loculis 3-6-spermis, 
seminibus angulato-subglobosis pubescentibus. 
In planitiebus basalticis Australis tropics et subtropics. 
