190 XXV. MALVACEJE (MASTERS). [PaVOma. 



A rather large genus, whose species are met with in the tropics of both hemispheres, the 

 islands of the Pacific, and even in Australia. 

 Epicalyx of 5-6 segments. (Sect. Lebretonia.) 



Carpels muricate I. P. procumbent. 



Carpels smooth. 



Segments of the epicalyx broad, exceeding the calyx . . . 2. P. macrophylla. 

 Segments of the epicalyx narrow, shorter than the calyx . . 3. P. Meyeri. 

 Epicalyx of 6-12 segments. 

 Carpels pricklv or awned. 



Prickles softish, reflexed 4. P. hirsuta. 



Carpels with 2 stout awns 5. P. propingua. 



Carpels with 3 awns 6. P. Schimpenana. 



Carpels smooth, neither prickly nor awned. 

 Carpels winged. 



Carpellary wings narrow 7- P- zeylanica. 



Carpellary wings broad. 



Bractlets 10-12, slightly exceeding the calyx .... 8. P. Kotschyu 



Bractlets 15-20, very long 9. P. clathraia. 



Carpels entirely without wings. 



Leaves entire or nearly so 10. P- arabica. 



Leaves palmately divided, downy beneath 11. P. odorata. 



1. P. glechomsefolia, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 54. A rigid procumbent 

 plant, with slender hirsute branches. Leafstalks as long as the blades, which 

 are cordate-roundish, somewhat 3-lobed, the central lobe longest, crenate- 

 serrate, hairy on both surfaces. Stipules linear. Peduncles slender, axillary, 

 1-flowered, as long as or longer than the petioles, jointed near the top. &P 1 " 

 calyx of 5-6, spreading, oval or lanceolate; segments exceeding the calyx. 

 Corolla yellow, longer than the epicalyx. Carpels 5, oblong, obtuse, some- 

 what woody, muricate, sometimes having a dorsal, serrulated crest. "£. en J[ 

 glabra, K. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 65. Lebretonia procumbens,^}?,™, 

 and Arn. Prod. Fl. Tnd. i. 47. Lebretonia cordata, Hochst. PI. Schimp. 

 Abyss. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Salt ! Schimper ! Kordofan, Cienkowski. 

 Mozamb. Distr. Lupata, Zambesi, Br. Kirk ! Senna, Peters. , j u 



The form and size of the leaves and the spiny tubercles are subject to much variation. 

 Abyssinia the plant is said to close its flowers after noon. 

 The species occurs in India, Ceylon, Arabia, etc. 



2. P. macrophylla, K May. ; Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 169- A 

 tall, erect, pilose, branched herb or undershrub. Leaves on long stalks, oval, 

 cordate acuminate, sometimes somewhat 3-lobed, coarsely and irregular y 

 crenate-serrate, pubescent; nerves prominent below and ciliolate. Peduncles 

 slender, axillary, 1-flowered, as long as or longer than petiole, jointed above. 

 Epicalyx of 5 or rarely 7, foliaceous, elliptic, acute segments, exceeding tn 

 sepals in length. Petals pink, three times the length of the calyx. Carpels o, 

 obovate, with prominent reticulated nerves. Styles 8-10. Seed solitary j 

 each carpel, reniform, smooth, ascending.— Urena mollis, R. Br. m or , 

 Abyss. App. 65 ; Hochst. PI. Schimp. Abys3. P. (Lebretonia) crenata, Hocns . 

 PI. Schimp. Abyss. Lebretonia acuminata, Rich. PI. Abyss, i. 53. t. 1^>- 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Salt I Pearce ! Schimper ! Plowden ! Roth t "White Nile, *• 

 Harnier ; Uganda, Speke and Grant ! 



South Central. Lake Ngami, M'Cabe I 



