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16. SPARMANNIA Linn. f. (5369.)

(DC. pr. I. 503. — Walp. Ann. II. 169.)

Benth. et Hook. gen. pl. I. p. 235, n. 16:

Species 3, in Afr. trop. v. australi extratropiea crescentes.

1. SPARMANNIA PALMATA E- Mey. in hb. Drege. — Harvey et Sond. Pl. Cap. I, p.221. — Urena ricinocarpa E. et Z. 301. (Walp. rep. I. 297. n. 8.)

Hab, Kat et Makasana River, (hb. Sond.)

18. CORCHORUS Linn. (5371.)

(DC. pr. I. 504. — Walp. Ann. IV. 330.)

Benth. et Hook. gen. pl. I. p. 238. n. 18:

Species vix 35, 5—6 Australiae propriae videntur, paucae ad Ame-ricani tropicam limitatae, caeterae inter tropicos utriusque orbis plusminus late dispersae.

{Antichorus Linn. Mart. n. 1257).

1. CORCHORUS CUNNINGHAMI. P. Miill. fr. pk. XVII. 8. C. Australis, A. Cunn. coli.

! (Sect. Antichorus.)

Herbaceus, perennis, erectus, subglaber, foliis cordato* v. lanceolato-ovatis longe sen-> simque acuminatis grossiuscule serratis, umbellis oppositifoliis 3—8-floris vel paniculatis| et terminalibus breviter pedunculatis v. sessilibus, floribus 4-sepalis 4-petalis polyandris,^ petalis sepala lanceolata excedentibus.

R Ad flumina Brisbane, Pine River, Burnett et Dawson River.

r Herba 1—2' erecta, fere simplex. Folia tenera, 2—4" longa, infra medium */ 4 —l 3 / t "

[ lata, penniuervia, venosa, subtus paulo pallidiora, dentibus acutis muticis. Stipulae deci-i. J duae, circiter 1V/" longae, lanceolato-subulatae. Petioli leniter canaliculati, supra per-parum puberuli. Longitudo pedicellorum inter 1 et 8''' varians. Alabastra pyriformi-cla-, vata. Sepala membranea, 3—4"' longa. Petala lutea, late ovata. Filamenta flava. An-

! therae dorsifixae. Stylus circiter 2'" longus albo-virens. Germen tetragonum, 4 loculatum.Discus hypogynus indivisus, crassiusculue, margine papillosus. Fructus juvenilis fusifor-mi*ellipsoideus, maturus nondum cognitus.

2. C. ECHINATUS Benth. Fi. Austr. I. 276. — Triumfetta macropetala F. Miill. fr. III. 8.— N. Austr.

.. 3. C. HYGROPHILUS A. Cunn. herb. — Benth. 1. c. — Queenaland.

4. C. LEPTOCARPUS A. Cunn. hb. — Benth. 1. c. (n. sp.) — N. Austr.

5. C. PUMILIO R. Br. hb. — Benth. I. c. (n, sp.) — N. Austr.

6. C. QUADRANGULARIS Schmidt. — Schmidt FI. d. Capverd. Ins. 1852. p. 293.

Foliis ovato-oblongis, inaequaliter serratis acutis, setoso-pilosis, fl. axillaribus 2—3,{: capsulis oblongis, quadrangularibus scabris 3-valvibus.ii Hab. in loc. rupestrib. ins. S. Antonii. —Proxima C. triloculari Linn.

7. C. SIDOIDES. F. Miill. fr. phyt. XVII. 9. (Sect. Coreta.)i Fruticosus erectus, undique pilis stellaribus dense tomentosus, foliis elliptico- vel lan-‘ ceolato-oblongis crenato-serratis, pedunculis oppositifoliis paucifloris pedicellisque per-| brevibus, bracteolis lineari-setaceis, petalis calyce brevioribus, capsula bi- v. trivalvi cy-j lindracea subflexuosa obtusa exalata tomentosa, septulis nullis,j In locis sterilioribus secus flumen Victoriae frequens,i' 8. C. TOMENTELLUS (Sect. Coreta.) F. Miiller fr. phyt. XVII. p. 10.

; Suffruticosus, diffusus, pube stellari tomentosus, foliis cordato- vel oblongo-ovatisserrato-crenatis supra glabrioribus, dentibus muticis, petiolis folio 4—G-ies brevioribusstipulas setaceas parum vel duplo superantibus, umbellis oppositifoliis paucifloris breviter