338 XXVI. MALVACE-as. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 



14. K. coUinus, Roxh. HoH. Beng. 51 ; Flor. hid. iii. 198 ; arborescent, 

 leaves lobed, peduncles axillary shorter than the leaves, bracteoles 8-10 

 oblong wavy free. Wall. Cat. 1908 E. H. aestuans, Wall. Cat. 1908 U. 

 H. asperatus, Wall. Cat. 1908 C. H. acerifolius, LC. Prodr. i. 448. H. erio- 

 carpus, DC. Prodr. i. 452; W. dc A. Prodr. i. fil ; Thwaites Enum. Jib. 

 Hibiscus simplex, ii!oa;6. Hort. Beng. 51; G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. 480; W. <fc.^, 

 Prodr. i. 51. Pavonia acerifolia. Lk. & Otto. Ic. PL Select, x. t. 1. , i 



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Western Peninsula; in the Coiican, Circars, and Coromanclelj Ceylon. ^^ 



-S^fem \sitLi)ut prickles. Leaves 4 in., glabrous or thinly hairy, cordate, B-lobea; 

 lobes oblong, narrowed at tho base, acuminate, marp'n wavy ; petiole 2 in. otipv^^^ 

 setaceous. ^Peduncle 2 in. Bracteole | in., nearly equal to the calyx. Sepals ^^biong, 

 lanceolate, I nerved. Corolla 2-3 in. diam., pink with a dark centre; claw of ptt^ 

 hairy. StaminaUtuhe antheriferous all the way down; anthers whorled. CapsvJ^ 

 4 in., orbicular, depressed, densely hispid. Seeds spherical, glabrescent. : > ■ 



15. K.lunariifolius, Willd.; DC. Prodr. i. 451 ; herbaceous, perennial, 

 clothed with appressed hairs, leaves angled or lobed, peduncles very snort 

 farming a terminal leafless raceme, bracteoles 5-10 lanceolate connate at 

 the base. W. &. A. Prorfr. i. 49 ; Wight Ic. t. 6; Thwaites Enum. 401 J 

 Mast, in OUv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 202 ; Miq. FL Ind. Batl pt. 2, 159. fl. pni- 

 riens, Roxh. HoH. Beng. 51 : Fl. Ind. iii. 196 ; Wall. Cat, 1892 ; DC. Irodr. 

 i. 4-18. H. racemosus, Lindl Bot. Reg. t. 917. H. sidoides, W. & A. rroar. 

 i. 494. 



Western Peninsula, in the Carnatic and Mysore; Birma, Wallich; Ceylon.— 

 DiSTRiB. Tropical Africa. , , ^^ 



Stem covered with rigid pungent hairs. Leaves about 3 in. diam., roundish-corda , 

 slightly and acutely 3-5-lobed, serrate, hairy beneath; petiole as long or '^"^^'"^^^^j.^ 



the blade. Sti^tules subulate "" ' ' ^ 



Flowers 4 in. diam., yellow 



SepaU linear. Corolla conv __ 



Capsule ovuiJ, beaked, clothed with pungent hairs. Seeds kidney-shaped 



uraefonuis, Burm. FL Ind. 151, t. 47, f. 2, «*. — - 



ut prickles densely clothed with sticky hairs, leaves corciai^ 

 se, peduncles very short, bracteoles 7-lu linear-spatlmiai , 

 ""rodr. i. 50 : Thwaitej^ Knum. 2fi : DaU & Gils. Bomb. / • 



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902 E, G i M?. Fllnd. 

 TfRoxb.). H. velutmus, 



DC. 



16. H. panduraefonuis ^ ^^ '""-' '^"* *- ^^ ^ '^" a^n^^^ ^^ 



perennial, without 

 angular tomentose, . 

 free. W. d- A. Prodr. 

 20. H. tubulosus, Cav. 1 

 Ind. iii. 196; I)C, Prodr 

 i. pt. 2, 157. H. setosus, 

 Prodr, i. 452. 



Hotter parts of India, from the North-West pkovinces to Birma and Ceylo^.; 

 DiSTKiB. Iropical Atrica and Australia. 



Leaves tomentose 

 about 2 in., shorte 



axillary or clustcrea at tne eiiUs of tbe branches. Bracteoles ^tiorter uian -- - - .^ 

 Sepals lanceolate, connate below into a cup-shapcd tube. Petals yellow with a pu F^^ 

 centre or all purple. Filaments few. Capsule ovoid, very hairy. Seeds pubesce 



glabrous. 



17. H. vltlfolius, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 450; annual or biennial, villo^?. 

 leaves 3-5-lubed, bracteoles 8-12 free, capsule .5-winged. Poxb. J^t. ina- 

 2()0; Wall. Cat. 1899. 1, 2, .3, and E, F, G ; Cav. Diss. iii. 145, *• ^8, 1-^' 

 W. cl-A. Prodr. i. 50; Thwaites Pnum. 26: Dalz. d: Gibs. Bomb. n. ^ ' 

 Mig Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 160. H. obtusifolius, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ^ . 

 mm. Cat. 1899 D. H. truncatus, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 51 ; Flor. Jj^^;%.,Ja 



H. serratus, Wall. Cat. 1900, 1, '2. H. cuspidatus, Fdgew, tat. -o« 

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