58 : MALVACEJE. Sma. 
tary, usually collected into leafy corymbs at the extremity of the branches: 
carpels 8-11, slightly bicuspidate—Rowb. hort. Bengh. p. 50; in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 1489 ; DC. prod. 1. p. 462 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 117; Wall.! L. n. 1863. 
— $. rhombifolia, Wall. ! L. n. 1862 f. (from H. B. C.) Negapatam. Coro- 
mandel. 
Dr Wallich says that Roxburgh's plant is S. rhombifolia (distinguished 
by the long beaks to the carpels) ; but Roxburgh’s figure, and what was cul- 
tivated in the Caleutta garden by Roxburgh, agree perfectly with ours. Per- 
haps, from the similarity of names, Wallich has accidentally confused S. rhom- 
bifolia and. S. rhomboidea. 
215. (6) S. retusa (Linn. :) shrubby: branches without tubercles under the 
leaves : leaves obovate, retuse (upper ones sometimes only rounded), toothed 
towards the apex ; under side hoary with short tomentum : stipules subulate, 
longer than the petiole: pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, about as long as the 
leaves, jointed about the middle: carpels 7-10, birostrate.— Cav. diss. 1. t, 3. 
f. 45 diss. 5. t. 131. f. 2; DC. prod. 1. p. 462 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 111; Roxb. in 
E. I. C. muss. tab. 1488; Wall. L. n. 1870.—Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 19 ; Rheed. 
Mal. 10. t. 18. Malabar ; Rheede. 
216. (7) S. Philippica (DC. :) shrubby: branches without tubercles under 
the leaves: leaves obovate, rounded and toothed towards the apex, cuneate 
and quite entire at the base, nearly glabrous: stipules subulate, longer than 
the petiole: pedicels axillary, solitary, about as long as, or longer than, the 
leaves, jointed above the middle : carpels 8-10, obtuse.— DC. prod. 1. p. 462 ; 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 117 ; Wall. L. n. 1869; Wight! cat. n. 195 (partly).—S. Chi- 
nensis, Retz. ; Roxb. hort. Bengh. p. 97 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 342.—— —Nega- 
patam. Coromandel. 
217. (8) S. alnifolia (Linn.:) shrubby: branches without tubercles under 
the leaves: lower leaves roundish-ovate; upper ones obovate or oblong, 
toothed, slightly cuneate and quite entire at the base, nearly glabrous : pedi- 
cels axillary, several together, shorter than the petiole (according to De Can- 
dolle ; or, according to Roxburgh's figure, several placed on a very short axil- 
lary almost leafless branch, the whole raceme much shorter than the leaves): 
carpels 5-7, bicuspidate.—DC. prod. 1. p. 461; Spr. syst. 3. p. 111; Rowb. in 
E. I. C. mus. tab. 343; Wall. Lan. 1913.— Dill. Elth. t. 172. f. 211; Pluk. 
t. 132. f. 2? (bad).——Coromandel; Roxburgh ; Heyne. 
A species we have not seen. Roxburgh says that * the anthers are very — 
irritable to the touch, especially before the expansion of the corolla." 
218. (9) S. alba (Linn.:) shrubby: branches with 1 or 2 prickly tubercles 
below the leaves: leaves cordate-ovate, or obovate, or oblong, obtuse, bluntly 
serrated, hoary beneath ; pedicels jointed near the flower, solitary, as long a 
the petioles, or several on a short axillary nearly leafless young branch: car- 
pels 5, birostrate.—«; leaves oblong, Wight ! cat. n. 196.—8. alba, DC. prod. 
1. p. 460; Spr. syst. 3. p. 112.—8. spinosa, Linn. (as to the E. I. plants).— a 
Pluk. t. 9. f. 3.—8 ; leaves cuneate-obovate.—S. retusa, Wight ! cat. n. 195. a. 
—y; leaves cordate, roundish-ovate.— Wight! cat. n. 958.—S. glandulosa, 
Roxb. in. E. I. C. mus. tab. 344.—  Coromandel ; Roxburgh ; Rottler ; Wight. 
219. (10) S. cordifolia (Linn. ! :) shrubby : leaves cordate, roundish or ovate; 
obtuse or scarcely acute, bluntly serrated, velvety or tomentose: pedicels 
jointed near the flower, axillary, solitary, from twice as short to twice as long ` 
as the petiole, occasionally arranged in very short axillary almost leafless 
young branches: carpels 9-10, with two setaceous downward-pointing-hairy 
beaks as long as the carpel itself—Rowb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 348; DC. prod. — 
l. p. 464; Spr. syst. 3. p.112; Wall.! L. n. 1849; Wight! cat. n.194.—9  . 
herbacea, Cav. diss. 1. p. 19. t. 13. f. 15 DC. prod. 1. p. 464; Spr. syst. 9- 
p. 112.—S. rotundifolia, Cav.! diss. 1. p. 20. t. 3. f. 6; diss. 6. t. 194. f 2; 4 
