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Pavonia.] xxvi. malvace^. (Maxwell T, Masters.) 331 



l^A Heyne, Lebretonia procurabens, Wall Cat. 26S8 ; Wight Ic. t. 4 ; 

 H". <& A. Frodr, i. 47. L. flava, Wall. Cat. 1883.— Fluk. t. 352, f. 5. 



^NomrH-WEST provinces, Sindh, the Western Peninsula, Birma, and Ceylon,— 



Di|TRiB. Trop. Africa, Arabia. 



Kigid procumbent, more or less pubescent Leaves 24 by 2 in., hirsute or glabrous, 

 roundish-cordate, crenate-serrate, somewhat 3-lobed, niiJh)be longest; p.-tiole 2 in. 

 reduncle slender, axillary, 1-flowered, about the length of the petiole. Bracteoles b-Q, 

 mte-Ianceolate, exceeding the sepals. Petals yellow, longer than the bracteoles. 

 ^'pe carpels 5, niuricate, sometimes with a serrulate crest. — Variable in pubescence, 

 size of bracteoles and armature of carpels. 



oECT. 2. Eupavonia. Bracteoles 10 or more. Carpels dehiscent. 



Hochst in Schimr). PL Exsicc, 



Bom. 



AA 



^ a^H, -Soc/^^.-DisTRiB. Abyssinia. 



sni^^^^!i"°^^ ' "^ore or less densely clothed with down. Stems erect Leaves 1^ by J in., 

 wDcordate, oblong, entire or sliglitly dentate ; petiole as long as the leaf. Peduncle 



-Hilary as long as the petiole. Bracteoles 10-12, linear, villous, exceeding the calyx 



p xwxig as Liie peiioie. jJracteotes lU- iz, imear, vuious, exceeumy 

 '11a. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla pink. Cartels 5, oblong, 3-sided. 



Hibiscus zeylanicus, Liun. ] Koxh, 



Tmn^A^-^^*^*''' PROVINCES, Sindh, the Western Peninsula and Ceylon— Distuib. 

 Arop. Afnca, JIauritins. 



^eenlvT'-'^'i "?^"^'^ trandiod, hispid. Leaves 1 by f in. and upwards, cordate, roundish, 

 hcUvl^u' ^^^'^^ wedge-shaped, dentate, midlobe longest ; petiole equalling or 

 BracZr I ^^^- Peduncles about the length of the petiole, solitary, axillary. 

 «b!e i-nt* r' ''"^^'■> ciiiolate. Sepab lanceolate. Carjjels oblong, 3-sided.— Vari- 

 ""e m the form and lobing of the leaf. 



*2htTv ®A°y^**' ^iiid.; DC. Prodr. i.l44; glandular-pubescent, leaves 

 WaV n.''^^^^ carpels unarmed wingless. Roxb. Fl. Ind ui. 214; 

 jC if;J^^%, 1' %^,^; W. dc A. Prodr. i. 47; Thwaites I.num'26 ; 

 50 vlY-.- ^^- ^''•^i'- ^/r. i. 193. Hibiscus odoratus, Roxb. Hwt. Beng. 



sidoides, H(ym 



Wall •^"'^"'aes, M(ym. in DC. Prodr. i. 444 ; Wall. Cat. 1886 J^, U. P. rosea, 

 ^«- Ca<. 1887 ; P. Romborua, WaU. Cat. 2690. 



fi'RVA?r,S^ PROVINCES, Sindh and Banda, EdgewortTi; Western Peninsula, 



Erect h« I ''^°^~^''^TRiB. East Trop. Africa. , » -.u 



^-5 shaflnr • ""'' ^"^erod with sticky hairs. Leaves 2\ by 3 in., cordate-ovate, ^vith 

 as the wT ^"'^'^'^ l"bes ; lower petioles longer than the blades. Pcdances as long 

 ''"ear !& ^f °'"ered, clustered at the ends of the branches. Bracteoles \0-l2 

 "''Ovoid ^'^ lanceolate. Corolla pink, twice the length of the calyx. Carpels 



5. P. 



fegularlv^®' *i*°*'*'T>a» ^(i^zeU in herb. ; stellate-hairy, leaves oblong ir- 

 •Ppendages'''^^''' ^^^'^^'^ each with 3 terminal horns and 4 hnear basal 



^l^""^ Stocks. ' 



^CaftefrV,- Xeaye, li-2 by 1 in., oblong, rounded at the base obtuse, irregu- 

 "**^'»«W?ofn °S'^^*i ; petiole^ in Pet/««cfe« axillary and crowded at the end of the 



' •'°'°'^'i liear tlie top. Flowers 1 in. diam. Bracttoles 10, hnear, conuate at 







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