NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 15 
The species of this order found on the hills are not numerous, and most of those 
I have observed are also found on the plains. This might be expected as the bulk 
of them are of tropical origin. It is not improbable, however, when more carefully investi- 
gated, that they may prove more numerous than I at present suspect, for I must plead guilty 
to the negligence of having bestowed less attention on this tribe than I might and ought to 
have done, in the course of my occasional visits to the hills. Had it been otherwise, it is my 
belief, I might have found more than two undisputed Neilgherry species with which to illus- 
trate the family. One of these, the Mallow, belongs to an extra-tropical family, the other to 
a tropical one, having several representations on the plains of India, the best known of which 
isthe Bandy-kai (Adidmoschus esculentus) the glutinous fruit and round pea like seed of 
which is esteemed by many and considered by most people a wholesome vegetable. 
The very nearly allied orders Bombacee and Lyttneriacee I have not met with on 
the table land, if it may be so called, of the hills, and have not in consequence introduced them 
here, but several species are found on both the Eastern and Western slopes, shall as Bombaz, 
eriodendron, two species of Kydia, a species of Microchlena and some others. I may however 
remark that further considera‘ion leads me to suspect the species of Kydia I published under 
the name of K. calycina (Icones No. 879) is distinct from Roxburgh’s plant, though identical 
with the species described in our prodromus under that name, which circumstance misled me 
while putting the name to the drawing. The smaller flowers and involucral leaves of my 
plant give rise to this suspicion, which, however, I refrain from acting on until I shall have 
had an opportunity of comparing specimens of both trees. 
MALVA.— Mallow 
Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, surrounded by an involucel of las 3, rarely 1-2 or 5-6, more or less 
oblong or setaceous bracteoles. Styles as many asthe 
cells. 
Ovarium with many cells, each with one ovule. 
Carpels several (rarely only 5), capsular, indehiscent, l-seeded, circularly arranged round the axis. 
Radicle inferior.— W. and A. Prod. 
This extensive and very natural genus, including upwards of 100 species, is found scattered over 
the whole globe, but most abundant in the warmer regions of Europe and about the Cape of good Hope. 
The species are herbaceous, shrubby or, though rarely, small trees with alternate petioled leaves, usually ang- 
led or lobed, occasionally digitately lobed, and axillary flowers. The flowers vary in colour and the colours are 
so constant that the species have been grouped and distinguished according to that cireamstances,a procoed- 
ing rare in Botany, owing to the constantly observed tendency of coleurs of flowers to vary in different plants 
of the same species, and even in different flowers of the same plant. 
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