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ffibiscus.] XXVI. malvace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 337 



f Sect. 5. Ketmia, DC, Bradeoles entire, free or connate at the base, 

 sometimes adnate to the calyx-tube. Calyx 5-cleft, not ventricose. Seeds 

 liairy, not cottony, 



Bracteoles 5, free or connate at the base, not adnate to the calyx. 



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: 10. K. fragrans, Roxh. FL Ind, iii. 195; arborescent, glabrescent, 

 leaves cordate-ovate acuminate, flowers axillary and terminal, peduncle 

 snorter than the leaf, bracteoles ovate connate below. Wall. Cat. 1911 A. 



SiLHET, Roxhurgh; Cachar, HkJ. & T,; Assam. 

 - A small tree. Young leaves 3-4 by 3 in,, pubescent, serrate ; petiole 2\ in. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, panicled, 2-3 in., jointed near the top. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, connate 

 J^iow, longer than the bracteoles. Corolla 24 in. diam,, white, fragrant. Capsule 

 iP', cylindric, downy, longer than the persistent calyx. Seeds covered with long white 



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j ^^- ^' canescens, Beyyie in Wall. Cat. 2698; shrubby, leaves acutely 

 T?f" i' ^PP^^ simple tomentose beneatla, peduncles axilhary shorter than the 

 petiole, bracteoles linear-subulate longer than the calyx. W.<k A. Prodr. i. 

 ^; ii septemnervosus, Wight in Wall. Cat. 269'3. R. hoTbonicas, Wight in 

 ^m. Cat. 2694, not of Link. 



Western Pemksula ; Mysore, and the Carnatic. 



otm not prickly. Leaves 3^ by 3 in., roundish, cordate, minutely toothed, 7-nerved ; 

 rwri- .1 c ^^y^'^^ 1 ^n-> setaceous. Fedunde fin., anguhvr. Bracteoles 1 in., 

 14 in f . ^i^^^^ ovate, acute, 3-nervcd. Corolla yellow with a pink centre. Capsule 

 * ' '^'c*^ the length of the calyx, oblong, pointed, villous. Seeds downy. 



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scanr) f" ^*'*'*<*e»s, Roxh. Hort Beng. 51 ; Flor. Ind. iii. 200 ; {not 

 ill \i • PY"*^^^^'^*> leaves cordate-ovate sometimes lobed, flowers numerous 

 terminal panicles, bracteoles ovate acute connate below the middle. 



»''««C'«^. 1910, 1910 B. 



^"A^W^i^^^'^^'^^ Himalaya and Eastern Bengal, from Sikkim to Chittagong. 

 3-8 hv 9 V- ^^'"^ ^^'^^ ^^^y *''®^^- Young shoots thinly stellate-tomentose. Leaves 

 l-ince^ r ^^*' ovate-acivniinate, dentate, sometimes 3-angIed or 3-lobed, lobes deltoid- 

 flower K V Pf ^^^^ 1 ^n- pilose. Stipule's linear-lanceolate, deciduous. Ptduncles 1 in. ; 

 in? th \ Slobose. Flowers 1| in. diam. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, slightly exceed- 

 centrp ^^,^^*^.«^^s. CoroUa twice the size of the calyx, white or jdlow with a crimson 

 , ^' -^rwi^ not seen. 



Bracteoles more than 5, free or connate at tJie base, not adnate to tJie calyx. 



vilhmo^i' **^acrophyllus, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 51 ; arborescent or shrubby, 

 8Dath ' ^^^^^ ^"^^^^ orbicular cordate rarely lobed hispid, bracteoles large 

 ^v^iLuaceous deciduous, flowers in terminal cymes. Wall PL As Rar, i. 44, 



Qriff i^'rh P""^' 1903. H. setosus, Roxb. FL Ind. iii 194. H. vestitus, 

 "^W* JSotul IV. 519. 



^^^uUrTd pl^^'^i' ^^^ ^^^ Eastern Peninsula, from Silhet and Chittagong to 



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large To""" *'"""*^ "^'"'^ o'" less covered with brown, villous, often tufted hairs. Zear 

 Wade X,^*^'T«J. ^ery h,,iry on the lower surface ; petiole 7-8 in., longer than t.ie 



'Stipules large, oblong, foliuccous, deciduous. Ivflorescence teriiiinal, many- 



tl^.' r^^^ » ^'^"ceo'^te, connate below the middle into a bell-shaped 10-nbbed 

 persistent? , ^ '"' ''''™-> Pu^ple. Capsvle oblong, pointed, hispid, as long as the 

 Tot. T W^^' '*^^<^«. densely bearded with long silkj fulvous hairs. 





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