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^. MACEOCAKPA PleiTe, /. c Pecluucle longer than petiole. Glands 

 present or absent from back of the limb. Fruit oval. Endocarp 

 fibrous, inseparable from mesocarp. Seeds tomentose, larger than 

 in ^. or e. 



Hab. Island of Phu-Quoc, Herb. Pierre, No. 3726. 



2. T. MACROPHYLLA Blume, Bijdr. 73 (1825). Hibiscus Blumei 

 0. Kuntze, llevisio Genemm, 69. 



Hab. Java; New Guinea, //oZ/r/(?(r/, No. 11. Doubtless occurs 

 elsewhere; Miquel states {Linnmi, xviii. 356) that some specimens 

 from Surinam seem to possess the characters. 



This plant is founded on a figure of Eumphius (Herb. Amb. ii. 

 t. 74). It is closely allied to the preceding, from which it is said 

 to differ by the leaves being 5- instead of 7-nerved, and the peduncle 

 shorter instead of about as long as the petioles. 



Thespena Banalo Blanco 7*7. Filip. ed. 3, ii. 338 (cum ic.) (1878), 

 from the Philippines, will probably have to be referred to the above. 

 Judging from the figure, the flowers and calyx seem to be larger 

 than those figured by Rumphius. 



8. T. GRANDIFLORA DC. Prod. \. 156 (1821). 



Hab. Porto Rico ; Bayamon, Sintenis, No. 1050 ! San German, 

 No. 3937 ! 



Differs from T. populnea in the larger calyx (9-10 lines) ; the 

 leaves are cordate-ovate, not tapering so much to a point, and the 

 peduncles are longer (4-6 in.). 



B. Bracts of the involucre 4-8, subulate, deciduous. 



4. T. Lampas Dalz. ex Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 19 (1861): 

 Masters in Fl. Brit. India, i. 345 (1875). Hibiscus Lampas Cav. 

 Diss. iii. 154, t. 56, fig. 2 (1787) ; Wight, Ic t. 5 (1810). H. caUusus 

 Blume, Bijdr. i. 67 (1825). H. tetral ocular is Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 198 

 (1882). H. ganfjeticus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prod. 49 (1834). 

 Paritium. (/ani/eticwii Don, Gen. Syst. i. 485 (1831). 



Hab. India, from Kumaon eastwards ! Bengal ! Birma Pegu ! 

 Cochin-china ! Ceylon ! Java ! Timor Laut ! North Borneo ! 



Dr. Alefeld, in Bot. Zeitung, 1861 (pp. 297-299), proposes the 

 genus Azanza, to include three species — A. Lampas [H. Lampas 

 Cav.); A. Zollimjeri, described from a plant collected by Zollinger 

 in Java; and A. aciuninata, from plants collected at Mangalor by 

 Hohenacker. The two latter can, I think only be considered as 

 forms of the preceding, differing in the shape of the leaves and 

 bracts, and, according to Dr. Alefeld, in the pollen. 



The Index Keivensis reduces T. Lampas to T. macroplujlla. 



As pointed out by Dr. Masters (in Fl. Trap. Africa, i. 210), it 

 seems doubtful whether the plant collected by Sir John lurk on the 

 Livingstone expedition at Moramballa can be correctly referred to 

 T. Lampas, even as a variety ; fruiting specimens are necessary to 

 decide this point. 



C. Bracts of the involucre 9-12, subulate, longer than the calyx. 



5. T. trilobata, n. sp. Arbor alt. 20-pedalis, ramorum apices 

 versus tenuiter stellato-piiberulus, foliis coriaceis ovatis sfepissime 



