MALVACEyE. 013 



'^ ° Ctqi'tuh's routidiil or oltusc, not winged. 



H. MicEAxrnus, L. Ava. Paglirm-myo. 



a. rigidus, L. 



Capsules fjlalirous. Flowers white, hardly an iuch in diameter, the petals 

 reflexed. Seabrous herb. 



* H. MCTABiLis, L. Cnltivatcd in gardens. 



Capsules hirsute. All parts, also calyx and involucre, densely scurvy tomentose. 

 Involucre-leaflets 10. Flowers largo, white, then rose-coloured. A large shrub. 



H. VENUSTUS, Bl. Upper Tenasserim. 



As preceding, but all parts softly tomentose. Involucre and calyx densely 

 pubescent. Involucre-leaflets in Burm. spec. 7, linear (in Malayan 5, ovate-lanceolate). 



*' * Capsules acuminate or acute, not icinged. 



X Cahjcine lobes l-S-nerved, without fhiikcncd margins. 



\ Leaves densely and softly tomentose. 



H. rAXDntiKOEMiri, Burra. Ava. rrome. 



II. tubulosus, Cav. 



All parts, also calyx and involucre, denscl}" tomentose. Pedicels shorter than the 

 peduncles. Seeds pubescent. 



f f Leaves glohrous or roughish puberulous. 

 A Annual herbs. Flowers yellow with dark-purple eye. 

 IT. rKOCKKL-s, Wall. Ava. 



Seeds tuberclcd. Leaves glabrous. Stenr and petioles prickly. 

 H. mvEKSiFOLius, Jacq. Ava. 



Seeds smooth. All parts and more especially the cah'x ami involucre very 

 tuberclcd-hispid. 



H. i.rxAUiFOLTUS, "Willd. Ava. Scgain and Taong-doung. 



II. pruriens, lloxb. 

 H. raeemosHs, Lindl. 



Seeds smooth. Young parts densely and shortly hispid. Involucre-leaflets 

 puberulous or almost glabrous. 



A A Shrubs. Flowers from purple to rose-ccoloured and white. Leares glabrous, 

 longer than the 2>etiolcs, 



* H. Striacus, L. Cultivated by Karens in Martaban. 



H. Storckii, Seem. 



Pedicels shorter than the petioles. 



H. eosa-sinensis, L. Much cultivated in native gardens. 



The Shoe flower. Pedicels elongate, longer than the petioles. The Chinese use 

 the flowers to dye leather black. 



X X Calyeine lobes with a prominent midrib and [especially when in fruit) tcith 

 thickened, usually indurated borders. 



° Inrolucre-leajlets bearing on the back an oblong or linear appendage. 

 A Appendage of involucre-leaflets leafy, oblong. Flowers pale sulphur with crimson eye. 



H. FURCATUs, Roxb. Ava and Banks of the Koladyne in 



H. aculeaius, lloxb. {fide Masters). Arakan. 



Khoung-yan. 



Flowers about 2 lines in diameter, shortly pedunclcd. Stipules lanceolate. Stems 

 stLff-hairy and usually prickly. 



