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342 XXVI. MALVACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Eibism. 



Vak, 2. purpureus, Tliwaite?, I.e.; petiole covered with rigid spreading hairs, corolla 

 purple, seeds globose. 



28. H. hostills, Wall. ms. ; annual, bristly, leaves large cordate angular 

 palmately 5-lobed lobes dentate, bracteoles 5-6 ovate-lanceolate, capsule 

 oblong-lanceoiate setose. Bamia magnifica, Wall. Cat 1919. 



BiRMA, Wallicli. - 



Erect, stem glabrescent. Leaves 10 by 8 in., lobes acute; petioles of lower leaves 

 10 in. Stipules ovate-lanceolate. Peduncle 2 in., dilated at apex. Bracteoles i^^ 

 long as the capsule, shorter than the calyx. Flowers 6-8 in. diam. Capsule 2 in. 

 lonir, cuspidate. 



** Bracteoles generally more than 5, linear, 



29. K. Abelmoscbus, L. ; Dt\ Prodr, i. 452; annual, hispid, leaves 

 polymori)hous base cordate hastate or sagittate with acute lobes, peduncles 

 as long as the petioles, bracteoles 6-12 linear much shorter than t^ 

 oblong-lanceolate setose glabrescent capsule. Roxh. FL Ind. iii. ^^^\^Pf: 

 Not. iv. 521. Abelmoschus moschatus, Moench; W.&A, Prod. i. 53: WinM' 

 Ic, t. 399 ; Wall Cat 1915, F, G, H, I, K, L ; Thwaites Emm. 27 ; Mn- 

 FL Ind. Bat i. pt. 2, 151. H. flavescens, Cav. Diss, iil t. 70, f. 2 ; DC. U 454. 

 H. spathaceus, Wall. Cat 1913, 1913 A, 1915. H. ricinifolius, Wait Cat idlo. 

 ^. chinensisj Wall. Cat 1616? H. sagittifolius, -STt^r^. in Journ. As. i^oc. 

 Beug. 1871, ii. p. 4G—liheede ffort Mat ii. t. 38. . 



Through the hotter parts of India.— Dt.strib. Cultivated in most tropical countries. 



Herbaceous, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves usually palmately 5-7-lobed, lobes FPrcadino, 

 obloncc-lanceolate, acumiuate, coarsely toothed. Stipules linear. Peduncles I i m 

 eciualling the petiole. Bracteoles {- fin. Calyx 1^ in., oblong, l5-topthed. ^^T"^ 

 4 in. diam., yellow with a crimson centre. Capsule 1-3 in. Seeds reniforra, stria , 

 musky.— Very variable, the following foims may be distinguished :— , . . 



Var. 1. multifarvm, Bamia Sp. Wall. Cat. 1917; lower leaves roundish-coraaie, 



upper oblong-sagittate, uppermost linear-lanceolate. Birma. - , ' -. ' "wW 



Var. 2. betu/ifolius, Bamia Sp. Wall. Cat. 1918 ; leaves orbicular-cordate, bracte^ie 



longer tlan in the type, 



30. H. rugrosus, Mast. ; annual, Lispid, bristly, leaves '^^l^^ll^ u) 

 Jiastate Srlobed lobes lanceolate serrate, peduncles racemose, bracteoies 

 setaceous, capsule ovoid hairy. H. hirtus, Bach, ex Roxh. Fl. Ind. "'• fT 

 tiot of otUrs. Bamia rugosa, IFaZ;. Cai!. 1923. Abelmoschus rugosus, W • *- • 



Prodr. i. 53. 



Mysore, ^aw(7/o«; Madura liills, If ijf/t{. I'^feo- 



AS'fem erect, hispid not aculeate. Leaves polymorphous, lower lohed, upper ' 

 ];ito, nearly entire ; petiole nearly as long as the leaves. StqMleK subulate. J|.^ 

 teoles half the length of the capsule. Flowers yellow with a red centre, ff^*"'; . „3 

 onnd, 5-angled, hairy, iieeds numerous —Perhaps not distinct from B- Abeimosci 



31. H. cancellatus, Ro:^h. IToH. Beng. 51 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 201 5 annual, 

 erect, very bristly, leaves cordate angled "crenate, bracteoles lO-l J '"^ 

 filiform incurved hispid. Abelraoscbus (Bamia) crinitus, WcUL /:^-.. 

 l'"r.i. 39, t. 44. A. racemosus, Wall. Cat. 1929 {not H. racemosus oj Lin(M n 

 Kiniia cancellata and B. fusitormis. Wall. Cat. 1920, 1921. -^j^ 



North-West provinces, Falconer; Kum.von. ascending to 4000 ft.; Nepal, na 



ton; Pegu. " ^^^, 



Boot fusiform. Stem herhaceous, 2-a ft. Leaves 4-6 by 3-5 in., cordate, ron ^ .^v 

 obtusely 5-angled, crenatctoothed, sometimes lobed, upper sagittate ;pe"o ,.ji,g 

 ^tipuks linear. Peduncles much shorter than the petiole, raceniose at the en' ^^^ 

 branches, each with 2 bracts at the base. Bracteoles linear-setaceous, U ip* -* 



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