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A shrub cano-tomentose, bi'canches spreading. Leaves 2-3 in., pul)escent on both 

 Burtaces, white beneath, 5- nerved ; petiole 1 in. Stipules setaceous, scarcely shorter 

 «ian the petiole, t Peduncles axillary and terminal, 3-flowered. Bracteohs recurved 

 M tbe edges. Sepals lanceolate, cuspidate, villous. Petals yellow, obovate, oblique, 

 wnger ttian the sepals. Staminodes ligulate. Capsule ovoid, obscurely truncated at 

 ine ton, villous, shorter than the calyx, S-celled, cells many-seeded Seeds oblong, 

 Some^v'W 4.sided, truncated, tubercled. - 



Vah. 1. tomentosa; leaves rounded or subcordate at the base densely tomentose 

 oDtuse petals hardly exceeding the sepals. Pentapetes tomentosa, WaU. Cat. 1156 — 

 i^ry places on the banks of the Irawaddi, WaU. 



Km ^^ ^' ^^^^^^^^^f -A.m. (sp.) ; leaves deeply cordate cano- tomentose more mem- 

 Altera p"*-^ ^^ acuminate, petals much exceeding the sepals. Wight Ic. t. 23.- 



_ 5. in. iiztteyporensls, Munro in Herb, Hook ; leaves oblong acu- 

 inate serrate base cordate, bracteoles equalling the calyx cordate-oblong 

 Uu ^^^^^ recurved, sepals lanceolate cuspidate. M. Hamiltoniana, 



'ens, 9 ijiot of 



-^ato^r,and Bundelkhund, ^J^e«.or«A; Sjndh, Stoclcs. 



p J ^^"o-pubescent shrub. Leaves 3 by 2 in., petiole 1 in. Stipules setaceous, 

 ^^««?ic^e5 axillary and terminal, 2-4-flowered, twice the length of the petiole. Flowers 

 • aiam. Capsule 4 in., oblong, villous, scarcely so long as the sepals. 



crenaf" ***™eatosa, StocJcs in Herb. Hooh ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 lan^! t'!^^^^^^' ^^^^ rounded, peduncles terminal cymose. bracteoles oblong- 

 ^Qceolate cusnlr^«fe shorter than theaenals. M. abutiloides, Ailch. Cat. 



partly 



* Til T> -"y^'^i/, not oj Jim. 



' Aon^^f'^^^'^^^^^*^^^^' ^^^^n, Stocks. 



Boftlv t "*^^® ^'^^"b. Leaves 2 by li in. ; thinly stellate-hairy above, paler and 

 3-flowi*"^^^^^^ beneath ; petiole f in. Peduncles about the length of the leaves. 2- 

 toment ^^^^^eoles ^ in., margins not recurved. Se2)als | in., oblong-cuspidate, 



?fea] *ir j^*"^^°^'°^^' villous, shorter than the calyx. J^ds muricate, angled, 

 "y allied to M. futteyporensisj but with flowers about half the size. 



ohL*' "^^^J^aml, Br. in Benh. & Glarm. Yoy. Ajrp. 233 ; leaves ovate- 



17 n ^''^«t, J, 54i. ±5rotera Dracteosa, {juai.ti i 

 H'ii ^^™i^stegia Kotschyi, Presl Epimel Bot. 249. 



sit" ^^^^"' ^^<^cfcr,— DisTRiB. Beloochistan, Tropical Afri 



Africa and Arabia. 



SnffM,*: ") '-'tyt^/wf. — uiSTRiB. iseioocnisian, iro^ _ . , 



hair/.r ^^^f' "^^"^-toraentose. Branches spreading. X^^r^* li m, elliptic, stellate- 

 as lont ' l^^ary.pubescent beneath ; petiole J-l in. Stipules setaceous. Peduncles 

 •phS ^' *^^ P^"*>'«' 3-flowered. Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Petals yellow. Capsids 

 CTaVeT''^' hardly as long as the calyx. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell.-The flowers 



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stnalf ^? °r iindershrubs, more or less downy. Leaves simple. Flmers 

 ^^^^.^^^ o'" loosely panicled. Sepals 5, connate below. Petofo 6, 

 £atte.^.*r.^«««^«*r ^'^a^_«^ 5, opposite to the petals connate be ow 



ceS, i^*^® i anthers extrorse, 2-lobed, lobes parallel. Ovary sessUe, 5-celled ; 

 CaL2?^°''*« tbe petals, 2-ovuled ; styles 5, free or connate at the base. 

 stS locuhcidally 6-valved. Seeds ascending, albuminous ; embryo 



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