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Information Shrublet with the habit and general appearance of M. forbesii but differing as follows: herbaceous parts greyish-tomentose and not so markedly ferruginous-hairy on the stems and nerves; bracts of the epicalyx abruptly acuminate or even caudate at the apex and often noticeably cordate at the base; style from 0·7–1·1 cm. long rather than 0·1–0·3 cm. long; and seeds slightly rugose.

Information 1. Putative hybrids with the facies and epicalyx-bracts of M. forbesii but with styles 4–6 mm. long (intermediate between the two putative parents).2. Putative hybrids with the facies and epicalyx-bracts of M. acuminata but with styles 4–6 mm. long.

Information Stem suffruticose, erect, 2 ft. high, slightly branched, smooth below, thickly covered with ferruginous down on all the herbaceous portions. Petioles about an inch long, downy. Stipules setaceous, nearly as long as the petioles; blades 3–4 in. long, 2 in. broad, oblong, obtuse, serrate, palmately 3-costate; nerves covered with rust-coloured down especially on the lower surface. Peduncles axillary, lower ones remote, 2–3 in. long, dividing above into 3 branches, upper ones shorter, crowded at the end of the branches. Epicalyx of 3 broadly ovate, acute, scarcely acuminate segments, as long as the downy lanceolate sepals. Petals deep yellow, convolute. Capsule oblong, obtuse, villose, shorter than the calyx. Seeds rugose or subglabrous.

Information Branching shrublet c. 0·6 m. tall, densely covered in all the herbaceous parts with a greyish-tomentellous indumentum intermingled, particularly on the stems, petioles and nerves on the under surface of the leaves, with longer stellate-ferruginous hairs. Leaf-lamina up to 11 × 5 cm., oblong, narrowly ovate-oblong or ovate, somewhat discolorous, apex obtuse or rarely acute, margin serrate or crenate, base rounded; petiole up to 2·5 cm. long. Flowers yellow, 1–3 together on axillary peduncles up to 9 cm. long; pedicels 0·5–1·5 cm. long, fasciculate. Epicalyx-bracts 1–1·5 × 0·8–1 cm., very broadly ovate, acute or slightly acuminate at the apex, subcordate at the base, densely greyish-white-tomentose. Sepals of 2/3 or equalling the length of the epicalyx, lanceolate-acuminate, tomentose. Petals about the same length as the sepals, very broadly obovate. Stamens connate for 1–2 mm. below; filaments flattened, 1–2 mm. long; anthers lanceolate, 2–5 mm. long; staminodes c. 7 mm. long, linear or lorate. Ovary ovoid, tomentose; style 1–3 mm. long; stigmas linear, recurved. Fruit slightly shorter than the sepals, ovoid, tomentose. Seeds c. 6 per loculus, c. 2 mm. in diam., dark brown, irregularly compressed; testa smooth or occasionally slightly rugose.

Information Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate. Inflorescence-branches and epicalyx lacking the scattered dark-brown stellate hairs of var. agnosta. Sepals and petals from 1–1·5 cm. long.

Information Perennial herb or subshrub, to 1(–2.5) m tall; erect; young stems pale yellowish to brownish or ferruginous pubescent to tomentose or velutinous,thehairs sessile-stellate, stalked-stellate, and tufted; sparsely pubescent in age. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate (rarely some leaves obovate), 2.5–13 cm long, 1–6 cm wide, apex rounded to emarginate, margin shallowly serrate, base rounded (rarely somewhat cuneate), tomentose above, the hairs stellate or long-armed tufted, paler below and usually more densely stellate, especially along veins and leaf margin, the hairs stellate or long-armed tufted and often reddish-brown, especially along the veins and leaf margin; palmately 3–5-nerved from the base; petiole 0.6–3 cm long, ± 1–2 mm wide, reddish-brown, golden-brown to light-brown velutinous; stipules filiform (rarely subulate), 0.4–1.7 cm long, reddish brown when dry (with scattered stellate hairs), tardily dehiscent. Inflorescences 2–4-flowered cymes, occasionally appearing subumbellate, or flowers solitary; peduncle 1.8–8.5 cm long; pedicels 0.2–4 cm long; both peduncle and pedicels velutinous to tomentose; epicalyx bracts broadly ovate, asymmetrical, 4–12 mm long, 2–8 mm wide, often slightly accrescent in fruit, apex sharply narrowing, acuminate, base cuneate to very shallowly cordate, reddish-brown, golden-brown to pale-yellow velutinous. Floral buds widely ovoid, the sepal tips free. Sepals narrowly ovate, 7–12 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, often slightly accrescent in fruit, velutinous without, glabrous within. Petals obovate, asymmetrical, 6–10 mm long, 4–7 mm wide, yellow, glabrous. Staminal tube ± 1 mm long, free portion of filaments 1–1.5 mm long, anthers ± 1.5 mm long, free portion of staminodes 4–5 mm long, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, 2–3 mm long, 2–3(–7) mm in diameter, densely velutinous; 10–12 ovules per locule; style 0.5–2.5 mm long, briefly pubescent at base; stigma lobes 0.5–1 mm long, erect to spreading or recurved. Capsule ovoid, sometimes pointed at the apex, 6–10 mm long, 6–9 mm in diameter, tomentose; 4–12 seeds per locule; seed trigonous, ± 1.7 mm long, ± 1.2 mm wide, testa scatteredly tuberculate, without an elaisome.