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Thespesia.] 



XXVI. MALVACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 



345 



13. 



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, Corr, 



Tall trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Inflorescence axillary. 

 ^iacteoles 5-8, arising from the thickened end of the peduncle, deciduous. 

 i^fl"^^^^^^^' minutely S-toothed or 5-parted Corolla convolute. StaminaU 

 t Moe 5-toothed at the apex. Ovary 4-5-celled ; style club-shaped, 6-furrowed, 

 deh'^^ ^r 5-t<>pthed ; ovules few in each cell. Capsule loculicidal or scarcely 

 dott T^ A ^^^^ glabrous or tomentose ; cotyledons conduplicate, black- 

 fiJ • 1 "^1 §?"^s of few species, natives of tropical Asia, Madagascar, and 

 tlie islands of the Pacific. ' ^ ' . 







nftif- ^*™Pas, DaZz. «& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 19; subarboreous, herbaceous 

 portions downy, leaves palmately lobed Hibiscus Lam pas, Cav. Diss. iii. 

 tT'. -.^M- 2; DC. Prodr. i. 447 ; Eoxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 197 ; Wight Ic. t. 5 ; 



Wall. Cat. 1889, 1 to 4 & E to I. Thwaites Enum. 26 ; 



A7.;„ T ^""- '■• pt- 2, 153. H. tetralocularis, EoaA. Fl. Ind. iii. 198. 



^nza Lampas, Alefeld in Bot. Zeit. 1861, 29 " "" ' ' 



*«««. and Ileyne in Herb. ' 



^ Tropical Himalaya nlf i. 



{f-n i; r'"'^''- ^- 48 ; Wall. Ca 



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H. gangeticus, lioxb. Ic, 

 Paritium gangeticura, Don^ Gen. SysL i. 485. 



100 ft. from KniTiAOTi past wjinls : BenGAL. the WESTERN 



minaiP *^^-'*' ^^^ r^i^kly. Leaves 5 in. diam., cordate, 3-lobed, lobes spreading, acu- 

 poreit/jf^r^^^'^^^^'^*^' pilose above, tomentose beneath, midrib with a glandular 

 Wort • ? beneath; petioles 2^ in., downy. Stipules subulate. Peduncles axil- 

 ^ sub.i] t™*" N^^"*^^^^' B-flowcred. Bracteoles 4r-8, subulate, deciduous. Calyx of 

 Wmaon r^^ connate below the middle. Corolla campanulate, yellow with a 

 IreHPPnf ^^ o • , (^^P^^lc ovoid, pointed, villous, 5- rarely 4-valved, valves hispid gla- 

 «^eni. ^eed^ glabrescent. 





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acuminate. 



150. 



Hibi 



18 



portions P'**?^©a,, vt///. Vll, XlWIh. lY±aS. lA. p. i»U , aiuuic^ua, 



Qa-u nf '^^.Y.^^d with peltate scales, leaves entire ovate acute or 

 wl/i^T'."^- ^i^' *• 56, f. 1; i)6'. Frodr. i. 456; IF. (f: A. Prodr A. 5 f; 

 r> Jt^^c. t. 8: Thvnites Emm. 27 ; BeddomsFl.Sylvat. t. 63; i^a/z. <£• (^jM 



..V H K ^''^- ^«^- 1888, 1, 2, & C to H. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 



H noTTi -^^ Populneus, L. ; Uoxb. Ilort. Beng. 61 ; Flor. Ind. iu. 190. 



t lo7 A ®"^^*^s» Ro^b. I.e. Malvaviscus populneus, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 253 



L 29;" ^^nza acuminata, Alefeld Bot Zeit. 1861, 299.— /?>^ee(fe Ilwt. Mai. 



the IP'S' ?V^^^ °^ Bengal, Ceylon, and both Peninsulas.— Disteib. Tropical Asia, 



A s'!5f'''''"'i«. and Africa. . ,, 



' free. Zfa«es 3 in. diam., cordate, roundish, acuminate, qtiite entire 5-7- 



indularj ' ' • • .-,- o. :. P.^„»^7^ 



orter than the _ _ 



3-toothed calyx. Corolla 2-3 in. diam. 

 ascending. ^^ayj^wZe 1 J in., oblong, depressed, scaly. 



The characters assigned 



nerved witk ^ -"^""'ta o m. mam., coraare, rounuisu, auuiumai-c, »j....-^ — -■-, - 

 "xaiarv- Ti J' S^*"'^"'*^'' pore beneath between the nerves; petiole 24 m. Peduncle 

 ' ^ si'ortP.r fT,„. r. . ji^,g_ Bracteoles obsolete or 5, ohlong-hmceolate, deci- 

 («i« /••;,'""& as the cup-8hane(' '^ ^--^i-j — i— n^^lU 9_?? in ,Ham. btammnl- 



V Roxburgh f^rr^".^* Seeds pilose or powdery on the surface. 



ffel to II liiscus populneokles are not sufficient, as on the same specimen acute 



"remartaM '"^ ^^^'^ spontaneously when ripe, exposing me inu«i ■«."...», .....v,.^ 



?^'« force "^ '^''"S' ^^"f^'i' reticulated' with fibres and not opening without consider- 

 ''fokeubv'tK^^''''^^'"^-i'^i^«'«eM*the integument "is single, and can be easilj 



J^,'ae pressure of the thumb and finger." ^ ^*"'' 



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