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with very small leaves or bracteæ at the base of the pedicels: involucel mi- 
nute, consisting of 5-7 distant subulate leaflets arising from the thickened 
apex of the pedicel: calyx nearly truncated, with 5 distant subulate teeth: 
corolla convolute and forming a tube at the base.— Cav. diss. 3. p. 154. t. 56. 
J:2; DC. prod. 1. p. 447; Spr. syst. 3. p. 101; Wall.! L. n. 1889; Wight! a- 
cat. n. 219.—H. Gangeticus, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1502.—Paritium Gan- _ 
geticum, G. Don. Travancore. 
De Candolle’s character is erroneous. The fruit is, we believe, unknown ; 
and probably this species belongs to Thespesia. 
177. (6) H. sidoides (W. & A.:) suffrutescent, without prickles: leaves 
oblong, obtuse, crenated, with a soft short tomentum on both sides particu- 
larly beneath: peduncles about as long as the petioles, 3-4-flowered, leafless : 
flowers approximated: leaves of the involucel linear-lanceolate, about equal © 
to and resembling the calyx: fruit globose: seeds tuberculated, glabrous.— 
Wight! cat. n. 58.—H. Wightianus, Wall. L. n. 2695 ?——Madura. 
The present is almost the only plant in the genus which we cannot refer 
satisfactorily to some other species in Wallich’s List, and therefore we presume 
it is his No. 2695 ; but we are far from certain: this may perhaps rather be 
his H. setosus ? n. 1902. c; in which ease his H. Wightianus must belong to 
the following. ; ite 2 
178. (7) H. lunarifolius (Willd.:) stems herbaceous, clothed with ad- 
pressed hairs, but not prickly: leaves on longish petioles, roundish cordate, 
slightly and acutely 3-5-lobed, serrated ; upper side sprinkled sparingly, un- 
der copiously, with shining brittle 3—4-partite hairs: pedicels very short, 
thickened below the flower, very hairy, axillary or by the absence of leaves 
disposed in a long terminal raceme: leaves of the invoiucel about 10, linear, 
acuminated, rather longer than the calyx: segments of the calyx linear; 
sinus rounded: corolla tubular below, about 4 times longer than the calyx: 
capsule nearly, globose, acuminated: seeds glabrous, with a very few small 
tubercles — DC. prod. 1. p. 451; Spr. syst. 3. p. 105; Wight! cat. n. 223.— 
: pruriens, Roxb, hort. Bengh. p. 51; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 359; DC.? prod. 
D. 448; Spr.? syst. 3. p.105; Wall.! L. n. 1892. Dindygul. 
De Candolle and Sprengel say that the corolla is only as long as the calyx, 
So that if theirs be the true plant, which is probable, the flowers must be in 
à state of abortion, or not expanded. Perhaps Wallich's H. Wightianus may 
the entire leaved state of this species. 
179. (8) H. Rosa-sinensis (Linn.:) stem arborescent, without. prickles: 
leaves ovate, acuminated, quite glabrous, or sprinkled beneath with a very 
few short soft hairs particularly on the nerves, quite entire towards the base, 
Coarsely toothed and slightly cut towards the apex : pedicels axillary, as long 
or longer than the leaves, jointed above their middle: leaves of the involucel 
6-7, linear, about half as long as the tubular 5-cleft calyx: corolla tubular 
below.— p. prod. 1. p. 448; Spr. syst. 3. p.103; Wall.! L.n.1890; Wight! 
cat. n. 212 and 221.— Rheed. Mal. 2. t. 16 ; Rumph. Amb. 4.1.8. — 0 
€ seeds are unknown, and the fruit, we believe, has been only described 
Loureiro. If the seeds prove to have a dense line of elastic hairs, as in 
the allied H. syriacus (with which H. rhombifolius, Cav. and DC. prod. 1. 
P- 452, and the Bonga raja alba of Rumphius, are mere varieties), then it ma 
better to alter slightly the sectional character, and to include them bot 
‘mong the Bombicellæ, with which they have certainly more affinity. - 
180. (9) H. canescens (Heyne:) stem shrubby, without prickles : leaves on 
long durs roundish recs ly eel at e base, slightly and acutely 
lobed, upper ones sometimes entire, repand, minutely and grey! toothed 
by the excurrent nerves ; upper side nearly glabrous, under harshly tomen- 
tose: stipules long and setaceous: pedicels short, angled, dilated under the 
Ower: leaves of the involucel 5, linear-subulate and very sharp at the point, 
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