Pavoma.} xxv malvace^e (masters). 193 



9. P. clathrata, Mast. A perennial or undershrub, whose braiiches are 

 densely covered with long shag-cry hairs. Leaves on long stalks, roundish, 

 cordate, deeply palmately 5-7-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse or acute, sinuous 

 or serrulate. Stipules setaceous. Peduncles solitary, axillarv, 1-rlowered, 

 jointed near the top, as long as or longer than the leafstalk. Epicalyx of 15- 

 •Jl long, ciliolate, distinct bractlets. Calyx much shorter than the" epicalyx, 

 oeil-shaped, 5 -parted ; segments lanceolate, hairy. Corolla pink, scarcely 

 longer than the bractlets. Carpels 6, ovate, pointed, winged at the edges, 

 shorter than the calyx and concealed by the overarching epicalyx. Seeds 

 numerous, glabrous except at the hilum. 



South Central. North Shaw Valley, Baines ! 



the very long erect bracts, which ultimately arch over the capsule and resemble a bird- 

 cage, furnish good marks whereby to distinguish this species. 



10. P. arabica, Hochst. PI. Schimp. Abyss. An erect, tufted, tomen- 

 tose perennial or undershrub, with few spreading branches. Leafstalks as 

 long as the blades, which are oblong, subcordate, obtuse or subtruncate, 

 entire or with small dentations at the apex. Stipules linear. Peduncles 

 solitary, axillarv, as long as or longer than the leafstalk. Epicalyx of 10-20 

 linear villose bracts arching over the ripe fruit. Calyx cup-shaped, shorter 

 th an the bracts, its 5 segments lanceolate. Corolla pink, longer than the 

 c <ilyx. Fruit subglobose, about the size of a pea, of 5 somewhat woody, ob- 

 long-obtuse, 3-sided, villose carpels, shorter than the epicalyx. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Ehrenberg J 



Occurs also in Scinde and Arabia. 



The Indian specimens have sometimes lobed leaves, when they greatly resemble some of 

 the forms of P. zeylanica. The Abyssiuian plant is so distinct in appearance that it is here 

 kept distinct, but probably it will ultimately merge into P. zeylanica. 



11. P. odorata, JFilld. ; DC. Prod. i. 44L An erect herbaceous plant, 

 covered with sticky hairs. Leafstalks as long as or longer than the blades, 

 which latter are cordate ovate, obscurely lobed, somewhat 3-cuspidate, den- 

 ote, palmately 3-5-nerved, densely hairy beneath. Peduncles solitary, axil- 

 lary or clustered at the ends of the branches, as long as the leaves, 1 -flowered. 

 Epicalyx of 10-12 linear ciliolate segments, longer than the sepals. Calyx- 

 lo bes 5, lanceolate. Corolla pink, twice the length of the calyx. Fruit of 

 5 obovate, unarmed carpels. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Ehrenberg ! 

 IWosamb. Distr. Querimba, Peters ! 



A common Indian plant, probably occurring in other parts of Africa than those above 

 "lentiontd. 



9. KOSTELETZKYA, Presl ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 206. 



Bractlets 7-10, very small or obsolete. Calyx 5 -cleft or 5-toothed. Sta- 

 Jinal column entire or 5-toothed. Ovary 5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. 

 %les 5. Stigmas capitate. Capsule oblong, depressed, dehiscing loculici- 

 d{ % along the 5 projecting angles. Seeds reniform, flat, ascending.— Herbs 

 J shrubs, with hispid leaves. Flowers purple or yellow.— Hibmi, sect. 

 Pentaspermnm, DC. 



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