256 XXIII. MALVACE^. [AbuUloH. 



valvate sepals connate at base. Petals free above, connate at 

 base, adnate to stamen-tube. Stamen-tube divided at the apex 

 into filaments. Carpels 5 to 8. Styles as many. Ripe carpels 

 separating from the axis, i- or more-seeded. Seeds reniform. 

 Species 70, all tropics. 



(i) A. indicum Don, Gen. Syst. i. 504 ; Masters, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 326 ; King, I.e. 42. 



Shrub, annual or perennial, i to 4 ft. tall. Leaves broadly 

 cordate, irregularly coarsely toothed, minutely pubescent on both 

 sides, paler beneath, i to 3-5 in. long and as wide ; petioles i to 2 in. 

 long. Flowers i in. across, axillary solitary. Peduncles i'5 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate acute, silky-edged, hairy -25 in. long. Carpels 

 15 to 20, truncate or shortly awned, rough hairy, forming a head 

 I in. across, black. Seeds dark brown, hairy. Hab. Waste ground, 

 common. . Singapore, Pahang at Pekan, Malacca, Selangor, Penang. 

 Dislrib. Warm parts of Africa, Asia and Australia. Native names : 

 Kambong lobo ; Bunga Kisar ; Malbar. 



4. URENA, L. 



Undershrubs, more or less hairy. Leaves hairy with stellate 

 hairs, angled or lobed. Flowers medium to large, pink. Epicalyx 

 5-lobed adnate to the 5-fid calyx, sometimes coherent at base. 

 Petals 5, connate at base and adnate to stamen-tube. Stamen- 

 tube truncate or minutely toothed ; anthers nearly sessile. Ovary 

 5-celled, cells i-ovuled; stigmatic branches 10; stigmas capitate. 

 Ripe carpels covered with hooked bristles or smooth, indehiscent 

 separating from axis when ripe. Species 4 or 5, i cosmopolitan. 



Carpels armed with hooked bristles . . . . (i) U. lobata 



Carpels smooth ; flowers large . . . . . (2) U. rigida 



(i) U. lobata Linn. Spec. 974; Masters, I.e. i. 329; King, 

 I.e. 43. 



Undershrub, i to 3 or 4 ft. tall, more or less hairy. Leaves, 

 lower rounded to reniform, more or less cordate, apex acute, with 

 5 to 7 short broad lobes, i to 2 in. long, i to 2'5 in. wide, upper 

 leaves narrower or smaller, ovate to linear-lanceolate; petioles 

 •5 to 2 in. long. Flowers solitary or several together on short 

 pedicels, '5 to i in. across, pink, fugacious. Sepals lanceolate, '2 in. 

 long. Carpels tomentose and covered with hooked spines. Hab. 

 Waste "ground and open spaces, roadsides, etc. Whole peninsula 

 and all the tropics. 



var. sinuata Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. (2), 149; King, I.e. 



Leaves deeply 5-lobed, lobes narrowed at the base, serrate. 

 It is common especially near the sea, but grows with the 

 common form. Native names : Poko Kelulut ; Perpulut; Pepulut ; 

 Pulut-Pulut. Use : Leaves dried as an adulterant of patchouli 

 leaves. 



