f324 XXVI. MALVACE^, (Maxwell T. Masters.) [^da, 



acuminate. Carvels smooth or reticulate. — Very variable in form of leaf, relative 

 length of peduncle, position of joint, and size of the carpellary awns. — This species and 

 its allies yield good fibre. ^ _ 



The following forms may be more or less readily distinguished, and many more might 

 he added, but their characters merge so much one into the other, that discrimination 

 becomes difficult. 



Vah. 1. scabrida, W. & A. Prodr. i. 57 (sp.); sprinkled with rigid hairs, leaves con- 



co'orous, peduncles jointed at the base, carpels awned. - j i 



Var. 2. reiusa^ Linn, fsp.) ; leaves obovate retuse hoary underneath, peduncles 

 cqrialling the leaves jointed above the middle, cnrpellary awns short. — Cav. Diss. 1. 1. j, 

 f. 4, and Diss. v. t. 131, f . 2 ; W. S A. Prodr. i. 58 ; Wall Cat. 1870 ; DC Prodr.i. 

 402 ; Boxb. Fl Ind, iii. 175 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Ft. 17. S. cbinensis, Retz ex Boxb. 

 Mort. Bevg. 97 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 174. S. philippica, DC. Prodr. i. 462 ; W. & A. Frodr. 

 Ic; Wall Cat. 1869 ; Rheede Hart. Mai x. 18 ; Pmnph. Arab. v. t. 19.— The S cory- 

 nocarpa, Wall Cal 1870, seems to be a form of this variety, with densely mtncate 

 woody bninclies, and long carpellary awns. ., 



Var. 3. rhomhoidea, Roxb. Hort, Beng. 50, Fl, Ind. iii. 176 (sp.) ; leaves rhomboid 

 hoarv beneath, peduncles 'jointed at the base, carpellary awns very short inflect'^a. 

 DC: Prodr. i. 462; W <& A. Prodr. I 57; Wall Cat. 1862 E, 186^; Thu'Oites 

 Euum. 28. S. rbombifulia, Wall Cat. 1862 F. ? S. orientalls, Cav. Diss. x. t. 12.— 

 Tlie flowers expand at noon {Roxb). 



Var 4. ohovata. Wall. Cat. 1864 (sp.) ; leaves U by 2 in. broadly obovate hoary 

 bcnenth. apex coarsely toothed, base cuneate, petiole i in., peduncle longer than tue 

 petiole shorter than the blade. 



Var. 5. microphyllfi, Cav. Diss,!, t, 12, f.2 (sp.); leaves small elliptic ^^^^^^^fJJ 

 beneath, peJuncle sliejhtly exoeedine the petiole, carpels 5-7 awned. — Roxb. H ■'"^ 

 iii. 170; DC. Prodr. i. 461. 



8. S. corylifolia, WaU. Cat. 1865; leaves oblong glabrous on bot^ 

 surfaces crenate-serrate base rounded, peduncle longer than the F"P^f 

 jointed above the middle, carpels smooth, awns long erect covered wiifl 

 reflexed bristles. ' 



BiRMA, Wallich. 

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Ptduncle 



shorter than the carpellary awns.— ResemWes S. cordifoUa in the long awns. 



9. S. cordifoUa, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 464 : downy, erect, leaves cordate- 

 oblong obtuse crenate, ' ^ - ^ '^ ^v^.u...i.,vnnverea 



with stiff reflexed hairs 



Prodr. i. 58; Thwaiies _ _ , „. , , 



tl. Trop. Afr. i. 181 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bal i. pt. 2, 140. S. herbacea o«J- 

 Bm. i. 19, t. 13, f. 1 ; DC. Prodr. i. 463 S. micans, Cav. Btss. i. 1 V// ^o/' 

 S. rotuDdifolia, Cav. 2)m. i. 20, t. 3, f. 6, and IMss. vi. t. 194, f . 2 ; ^^f^^A^^ 

 1849, D ; DC. Prodr. i. 464. S. alth^ifolia, Swariz; Gidll & Per. Fl ^rieg 

 1. 7^.— Rheede Hort. Mai x. t. 64. - ;^ 



renerally distributed throughout tropical and subtropical India.— Distkib. A tropi 



ceous Leaves 4 by 2 in., concolorous ; petiole IJ in. ; stipules <lecidaoas. 

 ^ 14 in. Calyx broad, cup-shaped, \ in. diam., glabrous ; sepals deltoid, acu , 



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weed. 



Annual or perennial. Leaves 1^-2 by l-lj in., very downy ^^.Y^"^ pZncl^ 

 petiole as l(;ng as the leaf; stipules linear, hall' the length of the P©ti<'le- ^^ j^^^t. 

 jointed near the flower, lower distant longer than the petioles, upper ^»'^J^*^^ Jv^rith the 

 FLwers yellow. Carpels furrowed at the back, sides reticulated.— 1 lowers >^ 

 other species in the rainy and cool seasons. ^ ' 



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