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Petals 5. 



, Calyx tubular or bell-shaped. 



Vi- Anthers linear/cells sinuous 19. Durio. 



-'' Anthers globose, opening by a pore * . . 20. Boschia. 



Calyx dilated at the base. * ' 



Calyx cushion-shaped or orbicular 21. Neesia. 



talyx 5-pouched at the base ■ 22. Ccelostegia. 



1. AZiTHSA, Linn. 



Herbs pubescent or villous, erect or decumbent. Leaves more or less 

 aeeply divided, rarely entire. Flowers peduncled, axillary, solitary or 

 la^icicled, often in long terminal racemes. Bracteoles 6-9, connate at the base, 

 ^nmer-valves subglobose or linear. Ovar^ many-celled; styles filiform, 

 uiner surface stigmatose ; ovules 1 in each cell. Carpels numerous; 

 Ultimately separating from a short torus. Seed solitary in each carpel, 



a.scenaing.— DiSTRiB. Temperate regions, rare in the tropics: known 

 species about 12. =. j , 



' ^/^/^(Ka rosea, L., the common Holly-hock, is often cultivated in Indian Gardens: it 

 '^^^^ coromandelina, Cav., and 4. chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2689. 



ssJa ^' ^"^^ig"*i. L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 437 ; annual, hispid, prostrate or 

 «Leuaing, leaves deeply lobed lobes 3-fid, flowers shortly peduncled few or 

 utcea, anther- valves subglobose, carpels glabrous. Cav. Ic 423 ; Boiss. Flor. 

 r*^- ^ 824. Malva malwensis, Edgeiv. in Hook. Joum. Bat. ii. 284. 



Mp^?f^° ^^^TERN India, the Panjab, and Sindh.— Distrib. Western Asia and the 



lobes w ^ u° ■'^^' ^^*^"^'^''' ^''■*"'^^'"&' ieaj^es long-petioled, orbicular, 5-7-lobed, 

 diam p!'/ ''^*^^^" -^''"c^eoZcs 7-9, as long as the calyx. Flowers whitish, 4-f in. 

 v -t^ttuls exceeding the lanceolate sepals. C'orpt^' wrinkled at the sides. 



leaved" ®®®.*'ial*af L. ; DC Prodr. i. 436 ; perennial, uniformly downy, 

 bractP 1 1 • ^™P^® °^ sligtitly lobed, flowers peduncled in axillary clusters, 

 i. 825 "^ear-lanceolate, anther-valves subglobose. Boiss. Flor. Ormd. 



sS^^^' .'^"'^l^e^iont, &c.— Distrib. Westward to England. 

 rtipuU ]•' ? *^- -leaves ovoid, annular, base scarcely cordate, unequally toothed ; 

 thesena ^^^-^'u""^"'**®- blowers 1-2 in. diara., rosy. Bracteoles half the length of 



Var, • ''^'■^** ^*l'o^^ which yields Guimauve. , . , , 



A.t«nrin ''•'"*^"*' "°' «o densely downy as the type, flowers comparatively few. 



nensis, DC. Prodr. i. 436. 



2. ZiAVATERA, Linn. 



ttilkrv^ ^D^ branching downy stems. Leaves lobed. Fhwers peduncled, 

 filifon; ■ --^^^^^^s 3, connate at the base. Ovary many-celled ; styles 

 nuiuemn 0^^°®'' surface stigmatose : ovules 1 in each cell Bipe carpels 

 "ItimatplJ ^^"^rounding a prominent conical torus, from winch they 

 ranZ ^ separate. Seed solitary, ascending.-DisTEiB. Chiefly Mediter- 

 ^ . > one 13 Australian, two are Canarian. 



^ 1^^'. ^*s*»"niriana, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot 29, t. 32.! 



'^"late ^fe*^,"T"^ '^•^rb. 'Lower leaves with petioles as long as the blade, orbicular, 

 *orter'tt,n .1 ' , ^^ '^'•enate nearly glabrous above, downy be..eath, upper with petiole 



.■^anthe blade, 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, central longest; stipules liuear-lanceo- 



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