24. MALVACE^. 89 



Gochinch. p. 415 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 456 ; Mast, in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. i. p. 346. 



Gossypium indicutn, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 134. 



Gossypium religiosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 185, an Linn. ? 



China. Commonly cultivated and more or less colonized in 

 many parts. The Nanking cotton is the produce of the variety 

 or species named religiosum by Eoxburgh. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



1. Bombax malabaricum, DC. Prodr. i. p. 479; Mast, in Hook.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 349. 



China, without locality {Staunton !) ; Hongkong (Urquhart !). 

 India ; Java ; Sumatra. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



1. Eriodendron anfractuosum, DC. Prodr. i. p. 479 ; Mast, in 

 Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 350. 



Bombax pentandrura, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 511 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 415 ; Bretsch. Early Res. p. 140. 



China (ex Loureiro). 



Tropical Asia, Africa ?, and America. 



25. STEBCULIACEjE. 



1. Sterculia lanceolate, Cav. Diss. p. 287, t. 143. fig. 1 (144 

 in tab.) ; DO. Prodr. i. p. 481 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 36 ; Bot. Beg. 

 t. 1256. 



Helicteres undulata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 531, ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 

 ii. p. 81. 



China, without locality (Millettl Parker !); Kwangtung: 

 Canton (Beeves !), Macao (Vachelll); Hongkong (Championl 

 Lamont !) ; Hainan (Swinhoe !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



2. Sterculia nobilis, Smith in Bees, Cyclop, no. 4 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 482; Mast, in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 358. 



Sterculia Balanghas, Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2, v. p. 338, non Linn. 

 Sterculia monosperma, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 91. 

 Southwellia nobilis, Salisb. Farad. Lond. t, 69, excl. synon. 

 China, without locality (Blake ! Lay !) ; Hongkong (Boicring 

 in herb. Hance, 1179 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Malabar ? ; Sumatra. 



3. Sterculia peltata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 517 ; Walp. Pep. ii. 

 p. 795. 



China, without locality (in herb. Lambert ex Don). 



