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destinus, Cav. Ic. i. t, 2. H. suborbiculatus, Wall Cat. 1906. H. ovalifo- 

 lius, Vahl Symk i. 50; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 839. ' '^ 



HoTTEB PARTS OF Ini>ia, froTO the North West provinces eastward and soutaward 

 to Cevlox. — DisTKiB. Tropical Africa, Arabia, &c. , -. ." 



Shrubby, with slender rod-like spreading branches, thinly covered with stellate 

 bristles. Leaves |-1 in., ovate or oblong, quite entire or serrate, rough with bnstlj 

 hairs; petiole very short. Peduncles axillary, as lonpj or longer than the leaves. 

 Bracteoles linear, shorter than the calyx. Flowers white or pink, 4 in. diam. bepais ^ 

 lanceolate. Corolla reflexed. Anthers whorled. Capsule globose.^ Seeds cottonv. 

 Variable ; Roxburgh suspects that it may be specifically identical with H, hirtiis. ine 

 green capsules of both are eaten by children. The form called mhorhiculatus has 

 roundish ^.errated leaves, but is otherwise not different. 



7. H. scindicus, Stocks in HooL Ic. Plant, t. 802 ; a hoary Tindershrub, 

 leaves glandular, cuneate at the base, petals convolute. Boiss. Fhr. Onenl 



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SiNDH, )S'iocA'«. — DiSTRiB. Bcluchistan. , , 1 1^ 



A much branched tortuous and subspinous nndershrub. Leaves snbsessile, \hiniy 

 bestrewn with stellate hairs, retuse, toothed ; stipules subulate. Peduncles axulary, 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves. Bracteoles 6-8, linear-subulate. Sepals hnear- 

 lanceolate, connate at the base, longer than the bracteoles. Petals longer than t e 

 calyx, twisted below into a tube. Anthers in a globose head. Ovary cells 2-ovulea. 

 Capsule globose. Seeds with long wool. 



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with 



pnckly hairs, leaves polymorphous gland less, peduncle shorter tnan \u^ 

 leaf. Mast, in OUv. Fl. Prop. Afr. L 198. H. scandens, Dah. & Gibs. BomO. 



Fl. 2a - v" 



SiNDH, Stoch; coast of Kattv WAR, Pahell—DjHTniB. Arabia, East tropical Afric^ 

 A weak-stemmcd annual, with a line of hairs along one side of the branches 8»"i^ 

 in position at each joint. Leavf^s entire or irregularly toothed, usually deeply 0- ■ 

 parted ; lobes oblong, wedge-shaped at the base. Peduncle axillary, shorter than i^^ 

 petK^e. ^racfeoics strap-shaped, shorter than the calyx. Flowers 1 in. diam., jeu 

 with a purple centre. Sepals lanceolate, 3-nerved, connate at the base. Petals t^uc 

 the length of the calyx. Capsule beaked, hispid, valves slightly winged at the ea^^- 

 Seeds black, covered with appressed shining hairs. ' v' 



Sect. 4. X.a?unea, Cav. (gen.) Bracteoles small or 0. Seeds pilose or 

 smooth, nut cottony. i, 



9. K. Solandra, rHer. Stirp. i. 103, t. 49; annual, herbaceous le^^ J 

 palnnately lobed or entire, peduncles as long as the petioles, seeds tuherceu. 



Boxb. IL Ind. iii. 197. Mast, in OUv. VI Tm^ Afr. i. 206. H. V^J^r^]^ 



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Sida heterophylla an(/' sT diversifoTiarS>rm^. ^^^ A. Prodr i. 5M''? 



in Herb, lleym. Solandra lobata, Murr. Comm. Goett. vi. t H ; Cav.P^^^"^ 

 Mantissa, i 55 ; Lam. III. t. 5^0. Triguera acerifolia, Cav. Diss- i^^y 

 Lagunea silenifiora, Wall. Cat. 1882. _; 



Hotter PARTS op India, from the N. W. provinces to Sikkim and from Kumaon strf 

 Bima to Ceylon. -DmEiB^ East tropical Africa. , \^xm^' 



Erect slightly villous. Lower leaves on long petioles, upper palinately )«^*^' ^^al 

 most 3-fid. Peduncles I \ in., l-flowered, jointed near the top, arranged in a te^ 

 cose leafless raceme. Bracteoles linear, usually 0. Flower yellow, % in. diam. *^^ 

 knceolate, 3-nerved, connate at the base, as long as the ovoid beaked capsule. 



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