192 xxv. Malvaceae (masters). [Pavonia. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Some of the specimens have a curious fleshy process at the base of the carpels. 



6. P. Schimperiana, Hochst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 52. A villose or 

 tomentose, erect perennial or undershrub, 3—4 ft. high. Stalks of the 

 lower leaves as long as the blades ; upper ones shorter ; leaf-blades cordate, 

 palmately 5-7-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely serrate, smooth 

 or very downy. Peduncles shorter than the petioles, aggregated in the axils 

 of the leaves.- Epicalyx of 10-12 linear ciliolate segments. Calyx bell- 

 shaped, 5-cleft; segments lanceolate, 3-nerved, shorter than the epicalyx. 

 Carpels 5, 1-seeded, indehiscent, somewhat woody, obtuse, 3-gonous, with 

 3 long erect awns, clothed with reflexed hairs and projecting beyond the 

 calyx.— Walp. Ann. ii. 140. P. tomentosa, Hochst. PI. Schimp. Abyss. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Salt I Pearce ! Schimper! Roth! Parkyns! Karague hills, 

 Spelce and Grant ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Chiradzura mountains, Br. Metier ! 



The plant varies considerably in the proportional size of its leaves, in the more or less 

 dense covering of hairs, and in the remoteness or approximation of its flowers. Specimens 

 gathered on the hills are much more downy than those collected on lower ground. Garcke 

 inclines to the opinion that the two forms here united (as also by Richard) are distinct. He 

 also considers the tomentose form to be identical with P. urens, of Cavanilles, a point not 

 readily determined without seeing authentic specimens. 



7. P. zeylanica, Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 444. A much-branched, hispid 

 perennial, 2-3 feet high, with a thick woody stock, dividing at its apex into 

 numerous elongated, decumbent branches. Leaves on long stalks, cordate, 

 roundish, deeply 3-5-lobed; the central lobes longest, dentate. Stipules 

 subulate. Peduncles solitary, axillary, as long or longer than the petioles, 

 jointed near the top. Epicalyx of 10 linear, ciliolate bracts, longer than the 

 cup-shaped calyx. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla exceeding the epicalyx, pin* 

 or yellow (?). "Carpels 5, oblong, obtuse, 3-sided ; back flat with convex sides 

 and a rudimentary marginal wing. Seeds slightly hairy. — Hibiscus senega- 

 lensis, Cav. Diss. t. 68. f. 1. Pavonia triloba, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 

 i. 50. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Heudelot ! 



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



The species occurs in India, Ceylon, the Mauritius, etc. It varies greatly in the form 

 lobation of the leaves. 



8. P. Kotschyi, Hochst. in Webb, Frag. Fl. jEthiop. 43. A low grow- 

 ing woody perennial, dividing at the summit of the stock into a number o 

 closely set, erect or spreading branches, densely villose. Leaves stalked, oo- 

 long-ovate, obtuse, coarsely serrate, 3-5 -nerved. Stipules linear. Peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, 1-flowered, as long or longer than the leaves, jointed at tn 

 summit. Epicalyx of 10 linear, ciliolate bracts, exceeding the cup-snap* 

 5-parted calyx, whose segments are lance-shaped, villose. Corolla yello , 

 scarcely an inch across, as long or longer than the epicalyx. Eruit of 5, 

 seeded, oblong, subfoliaceous carpels, each provided with two large wings. 



North Central. Kouka, E. Vogel ! 



Nile Land. Sennar, Kotschy ! Kordofan, Cienkowski; Abyssinia, Schimper' 



Also found in Arabia. 



