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the petiole. Bracteoles linear, with a spathulate appendage. Flowers yellow, witb a 

 dark centre. Capsule hairy, ovoid. jSeeds downy. 



3. H. furcatus, Boxb. Hort Beng. 51 ; Flor. hid. iii. 204; shrubby, 

 perennial or annual, prickly, leaves 3-5-lobed, stipules lanceolate, peduncles 

 scattered. BG. Prodr. i. 449; Wall. Cat 1896, 1, 2, A, B, D; W. d: A. 

 nrry}' 48 ; Thwaifes Enum, 26 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 19; Mast in 

 Uliv. hi Trop, Afr. I 201 ; Miq, FL Ind, Bat i. pt. 2, 161. ? H. hispidis- 

 simus, Gnff, NotuL iv. 52. H. aculeatus, Roai). Ft hid. iii. 206. H. bifur- 

 ratns, Eoxb. ^c. ined., not of Willd. or of Hort Beng. 



j^?^'7^« i^^J^Ts of India, from Bengal to Ceylon.— DiSTRiB. Trop. and S. Africa, 



^:^^€m erect, covered with soft down and with scattered slender recurved prickles, 

 ^ingfryni a thickened coloured base. Leaves entire or S-lob^d, serrate, pubescent 

 f^r^in ^'''^K^^^ ^^'^^^ *^^ nerves ; stipules oblong-lanceolate. Peduncles short. Brae- 

 cent* A~^^' linear, forked. Sepals bristle-pointed. Corolla yellow with a crimson 

 ^ ire, 4 in. d?am. Capsule ovoid, pointed, as long as the calyx. 



([^ ?■ ''f'^^atus, Willd. ; Eoxh.Fl. Ind. iii. 209 ; perennial, prickly, leaves 

 ^eepiy palmately divided, stipules linear, bracteoles 8-10 linear forked with 

 or witliout an appendage. Cav. Diss. iii. 150, t. 54, f. 2 ; DC. Prodr. L 449 ; 

 ir^i' -f^"'^'"- i- 48 ; Wcdl. Cat. 1894 A, B; Dalz. d: Gibs. Bomb. FL 20; 

 rJ-/J- ^>td. Bat. i. pt. 2, 161. H. Lindleii, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 4 ; Wall. 

 J? 20 ^' ^' ^' ^^^- ^^y- 1395. H. heptapbyUus, Dalz. iSc Gibs. Bomb. 



TKiB^Jat ^™'' ^^••^" '^* ^•' SiKKiM, ^././ AvA and Maetaban, IfaWcA.-Dis- 



^.uffiutescent. Leaves ^~b by 1 in., 3-51obed, lobes brondly lanceolate, serrate; 

 BrMfl ' "<'a''ly as long as the blade. Flowers axillary, solitair, shortly pedimcK'd. 

 cent^ n"* S^'^"'i"lar. Sepals 5, not glandular. Corolla yellow with a crimson 

 «i^or all purple. Fruit not seen.— The leaves are said to have an acid taste. . 



daffS^' /?■ ; ^®™l>icella. BracUoln distinct, entire, witliout appen- 

 ■^^ Ca/^a; not distended. /S'eec/s cottony or villous. 





Will r r ^'^^^^ig. n tg/it Jc. t. 41 : IJalz. d: Gios. JSomo. r c. zv. ji. pui^uii^cu^, 

 Cavri-'-^'^' Linn.)i DO. Prodr. i. 452, partly; Boxb. FL Indni. 194; 



ifialahtrf* "k'- ^'^' f- 2 (^^c/. /) ; JFrr//. Cat. 1904, B, C, D, E, F. H rosa- 

 ^"aiabanca, Ker, Bot. Meg. t. 237. -Eheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 1 ; PM. t. 2o4, 



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PExi°",!!'^^''^r rnoviNCEs, Peshavvur, Jacquemont, Stewart; Concan, ^/ocZ:»; Western 



Wv^'^-ii «-''"'''''=^^*^J-— D'STKin. Java, M^ , ,,^ ^.. 



*itli a I "^y ,2 '"-. "vate, acuminate, lower often cordate and 3 h.bed, serrate hairy, 



Aorte/tA '1; "^"^n'-. P'nk or white, spreading. " Anthers whorled. Capsule globose, 

 J _ ^ ^ man the calyx. >See J* cotton/ ^ . 



iind?«**^**'/*^*^«s,Z«?n.; C7ai;. i)m. iii. t. 66, f. 1 ; scabrid, leaves ovate 

 -^C p'^'.P^U'icles as long as or longer than the leaves, corolla reflexed 

 Cifi; ^^ L 453 ; W. d' A. Prodr. i. 51, Thwaites Enum. 28 ; Dah. ji' 



^-P'- 310; Hoxb. FL Ind. iu. 195 : Wall. Cat. 1905 B, C, D, E. H. clau- 



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