610 BCRMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



S. EHOMBiroLiA, L. Commoii in Icaf-sliedding forests and in cultivation 



all over Burma, var. c Tenasserim. 



Carpels usually 10, seldom fewer, leaves minutely greyish tomentosc beneath. 

 Peduncles usually elongate, jointed at about their middle. 



var. a Linneana. 



var. /i Canarii'usis, Griseb. ; rhotnhoidea, Eoxb. ; rhomhifoUa, Mast. 



var. 7 return, Griseb. 



var. o acuta. Erect, branched. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, toothed. 

 Carpels 6-7, stellate pubescent, with 4 long awns. 



var. 6 ahiifulia, C'hinensis, microphijUa, lloxb. ; PhiUjjpica, DC. 

 This plant would yield an excellent fla.xy fibre, and is well deserving cultivation. 

 It has yellow flowers, grows in the rains, and when planted for fibre, the seeds 

 should be very thickly sown on good soil. 



** Leares cordate or nearhj so, on Q> to \b lines lonj, usualli/ slender, petioles. 



° Carpels terminating in 2 long awns. 

 S. coKTLiFOLU, Wall. Ava. Segain. 



Erect, glabrous or nearly so. 

 S. coRDiFOLiA, L. Deciduous forests in Arakan and Pegu. 



S. decagyna, Schum. and Thw. 

 Erect, densely tomentose. 



4 ° ° Carpieh hlant or shortly 2-lobed. 



S. GLUTiNosA, Eoxb. Khakycn Hills, Pegu and Tenasserim. 



S. Mysurensis, W. A. 

 Erect. Hairs glandular or viscid. Flowers solitary or several, on short and 

 rather thick glandular peduncles. 



S. nuMiLis, Willd. Eubbishy spots in Ava and Pegu. 



Spreading or alm.ost erect, weak. Hairs spreading, not glandular. Flowers 

 solitary, on long filiform jointed simply haiiy peduncles. 



*** Ovules 2 or more, ascending or pendulous, or both. 

 Abutilon, Gacrtner. 

 Bracteoles none. Carpels 5-20, without spurious partitions. 



Carpels more than 10, nmally about 20. 



A. Indicuji, L. Along roads and round villages in Ava and Pegu. 



Sida populifolia, Eoxb. 

 Sida Asiatica, L. 



Tha-ma-j5k. 



Tomentum close and dense, without spreading hairs. Capsule truncate, the carpel 

 points very short. 



A. GEAVEOLEXs, Eoxb. Uncultivated spots in Pegu. 



Tomentum dense, intermixed with long spreading hairs. Capsule at the top 

 contracted and angular, the carpels not pointed. 



** Carpels fewer than 10, usually 5 or 7. 



A. roLTAKDEuii, Eoxb. Pegu. 



Tomentum of short glandular hairs, mixed with long, simple, spreading ones. 



"The Burmese plant differs chiefly in the more glandular pubescence and in 

 having the carpels constantly by 7, not by 5 " (Kurz). 



