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Stigmas terminal, capitate, or fniucate 4. Siba. 



Ovules 2 or more in each cdl. Bracteoles none. Stigmas terminal. 

 Capsule 2- or 8-celIed, locnlicfdal, the carpels scarcely separating. . 5. Ho^vittta. 

 Capsule 5- to 20-cclled, separating or cohering at least till the seed has 



slied 6. AbutilOiV. 



iRinii 11. Ureneae. — Staminal column truncate or D-toothed at the summit^ hearing 

 the anthers or filaments on the outside. SUjle-branches twice the number of carjpels. 

 Carpels 1 -seeded. 



Bracteoles 5, united at the base. Carpels muricate or glochidiatc . 7- Urexa. 

 I Bracteoles 5 or more, usually free. Carpels reticulate or smooth , 8. Pavoma. 



. -^^T^E III. Hibisceae.— 5/«?/?/;^a7 column truncate or ^-tootJied at the summit^ bear- 

 «My the anthers or filaments on the ontsi^le, or rarely at the summit also. Style-branches 

 or uigiras the same nnmler as ovary-cells. Carpels united in a several-celled capsule, 

 local icidal or indehiscent. 



Style branched at the top or with rad'ating stigmas. Ovary 5-celled. 

 -Bracteoles 5 or more, free or united (sometimes very deciduous). 



Hairs or tomcutiim stellate T . . 0. IIibiscits. 



Hraeteoles 3 (sometimes very deciduous). Tomentum of scurfy scales 10. Lagunaria. 

 otyle undivided, with decurrcut stigmae. 



bracteoles 3 to 5, narrow, not cordate, sometimes very small. 

 Ovary 3, 4- or rarely 5-celled. Capsule coriaceous, loctdicidal . 11. Fugosia. 

 Ovary 5-celled. *Capsule woody, sometimes iudehiscent . . • , 12. Thespesia. 

 Bracteoles 3, broad, cordate 13. Gossn>iuM. 



Trtbe IV. Bombaceae.— ^/^i;^////^/ colamn, hi the Australian genera divided at the 

 top into numeroifs filaments, in other genera the filaments or anthers variously arranged. 

 \lyle undivided, or tvith very short stigmatic lobes as many as ovary-cells. Carpels united 

 *« « locnheidal or indehiscent capsule,— A large tropical tribe, difficult, to distinguish from 

 ^rborcscent Hihiscew by a general character^ although each genus has peculiarities not 

 ^ound among lUbiscea^, 



Calyx entire iu flic bud, afterwards 3- to 5-cIeft, lai-ge, woody, filled 



^vith mealy pulp. Leaves di-itnte U- Adaxsonia. 



^^iyx truncate in the bud, afterwards 3- to 5-cleft. Capsule 5-valvcd, 

 densely woolly inside. Leaves di-itate 15. BoiiBAX. 



1. LAVATERA, Linn. 



Bracteoles united into a 3- to 6-cleft involucre. Calyx 5-lobc(l. Staminal 

 column divided to the top into several filaments. Ovary-ceils indefinite, 1- 

 ovulcite. Style-branelies^ of the same number as cells, filiform, stigmatic 

 ^fono; the iniicr side. Fruit-car])els in a depressed circle, indehiscent, verti- 

 f'lllate round tlic torus or axis, Avbich is usually prominent beyond them, 

 either conical or variously dilated above them. Seed ascending.— Herbs, 

 shrubs, or trees, tomcntosc or hirsute. -Leaves angular or iobed. Flowers 

 P'^diuiculate, axillary or in a terminal raceme. 



I'lie greater nujuhcr of species are from AVe.ilcni Europe or the Mediterranean region, 



one extendii]<< into central Asia; tliere are also two from the Canary Is'ands, besides the 



stmjoined Australian species, which is endemic, but nearly allied to one of the EuropeaR 

 ones. ^ 



1- I-. plebeia, Sims, in BoL Mag. L 2269. A coarse, erect herb, be- 

 couuug woody at the base and attaining the height of 5 to 10 ft., more or 

 ^ess scabrous or softly tomentose with mnmte stellate hairs. Leaves on long 

 petioles, orbicular-cordate, 5- or 7-lobed, the lower ones sometimes attauung 



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