i6o TERNSTROEMIACEAE • MALVACEAE 



STEWARTIA. Bark smooth, flaky; buds silky. K5, C5, A oo, G (5). 



S. Malachodendron {S. virginica). 15. July-August. D. Branchlets downy. 

 Ls. ov., 4, toothed, tapering base, margins fringed with fine hairs, short- 

 stalked. Fls. 3 1, white, petals spreading, stamens purple; solitary in 

 1. -axils. Fruit |, egg-shaped, woody. South United States. (Fig. 83 d.) 



S. pentagyna. 15. July-August. D. Branchlets hairless. Ls. ov., 4, rounded 

 base, tinged with red, sparsely toothed, short-stalked. Fls. 2|, white, 

 cup-shaped, stamens yellow; solitary in 1. -axils. Fruit |, egg-shaped, 

 sharply 5-angled. South United States. (Fig. 83 E.) 



S. Pseudo-camellia. 50. July- August. D. Branches upright; bark red, 

 peeling off in large flakes; branchlets hairless, slender. Ls. ov., 3, thick, 

 tapering base, sparsely toothed, bright green tinged with red above, 

 pale green below. Fls. 2, waxy white, cup-shaped, stamens yellow, 

 solitary in l.-axil. Fruit egg-shaped, 5-angled. Japan. (Fig. 83 c.) 



Family 23. MALVACEAE. K5 or (5), C5, A (00), G (i-oo) 



Ls. alternate, mostly palmately nerved at base. 



ABUTILON. Ls. long-stalked, palmately nerved, heart-shaped base. Fls. 

 solitary, drooping, sepals often brightly coloured. 



* A. megapotamicum. Summer. Ls. lane, 3, toothed. Fls. i|, sepals red, 



petals yellow, stamens long and drooping (like a fuchsia). Brazil. 

 (Fig. 83 H.) 



* A. vitifolium. 30. May-July. Stems white-felted. Ls. ov., 5, covered with 



velvety down, 3-5-lobed, lobes pointed. Fls. 2, pale mauve, cup-shaped, 

 stamens yellow. Chile. (Fig. 29 c.) 

 Variety alha. Fls. white. 



Hibiscus syriacus (Althaea frutex). Shrubby Althaea. 10. August. D. 

 Ls. ov., 4, 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, tapering or rounded base, palmately nerved, 

 slender-stalked. Fls. 4, trumpet-shaped, white, red, purple, blue, or striped, 

 double or semi-double; sohtary in 1. -axils. Seed-pod divided into five compart- 

 ments. India and China. (Fig. 29 B.) 



Variety variegatus. Ls. variegated with white. 



HOHERIA. Fls. i, white, in axillary few-flowered clusters. 



H. Lyalli {Plagianthus Lyalli, Gaya Lyalli). 30. July. D. Ls. ov., 4I, heart- 

 shaped base, jaggedly toothed or slightly lobed, bright green above, pale 

 or whitish below, long-stalked. Petals broad, overlapping. Fruit i|, 

 round. New Zealand. (Fig. 83 k.) 

 *=//. /)o/)w/«£'«. New Zealand Ribbon Wood. 30. July. E. Ls. ov., 5, firm, 

 edged with sharply pointed, unequal teeth. Petals narrow, oblong. Seed- 

 pod winged. New Zealand. 



Variety angustifolia. Ls. lane, 2. 



Variety lanceolata {H. sexstylosa). Ls. lane, 4. (Fig. 83 G.) 



Lavatera arborea. Tree Mallow. 8. July-September. D. Ls. ov., 9, pal- 

 mately nerved at base, lobed, covered with soft hairs, heart-shaped base. Fls. 1 1, 

 purple, each petal with blotch of purple veins at base. Europe. (Fig. 29 a.) 



