Hibiscus.] XXIII. malvace.e. 259 



(4) H. tiliaceus Linn. Sp. PI. 976; Mas/crs, I.e. i. 343. 

 Paritium tiliaceum Jiiss. St. Hit. Fl. Bras. Med. i. 156 ; Wight, 

 Ic. t. 7. 



Usually a low stout spreading tree. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 broadly cordate, ovate or orbicular cuspidate, glabrous above, 

 grey-pubescent beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 3 to 6 in. wide ; nerves 

 palmate, 7 to 9; petioles i'5 to 2*5 in. long. Flowers solitary or 

 in cymes, 2- to 3-flowered, axillary ; peduncle 75 to i in. long. 

 Epicalyx short, lobes short, ovate acute. Sepals lanceolate- 

 triangular sub-acute, -5 in. long, keeled pubescent. Corolla 4 in. 

 across, yellow, centre crimson purple. Fruit about as long as 

 calyx, ovoid hairy. Seeds obovate-reniform. Hah. Usually near 

 the sea, on the sea beach very common, occasionally far up rivers, 

 but inland frequently planted by natives to form a hedge. When 

 grown in forest it attains a height of 60 ft. or more. Whole peninsula 

 on both coasts. Distrih. Tropical Asia, Africa and South America. 

 Native names : Baru ; Waru (Javanese) ; Ambaru ; Baru Laut ; 

 Dedap Laut. Use : The wood valued for gun-stocks, the bast as 

 a fibre. 



(5) H. floccosus Masters, I.e. i. 343 ; King, I.e. 46. 



A big tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Branchlets, petioles, peduncles, 

 epicalyx and calyx covered with yellow pustules. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, ovate, obscurely angled, slightly or not cordate ; nerves 

 7 pairs, entire or sub-denticulate, sparsely stellate, pubescent, 

 glabrescent when old, 3 to 6 in. long and as wide ; petioles i to 2 in. 

 long. Flowers few, in terminal racemes ; peduncle stout, 75 to 

 1*5 in. long. Epicalyx a shortly lobed cup "25 in. long, lobes broad, 

 ovate. Calyx 1-5 in. long, tubular, lobes '5 in. long. Corolla 4 in. 

 long ; petals stellate-hairy outside, slightly hairy within, spathulate, 

 yellow, base maroon, withering purple. Staminal-tube pubescent, 

 yellow. Stigma deep brown. Capsule obovoid truncate, shorter 

 than calyx, stellate-pubescent, pustular. Hab. Borders of woods, 

 open country, less common than H. macrophyllus ; Malacca, Mt. 

 Ophir in the base woods. Pahang, Tahan woods. Temerloh 

 (Foxworthy). Perak, Gunong Malacca; Batu Gajah (Kunstler) ; 

 Grit; Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). Native names: Kapas- 

 Kapas ; Petutu ; Unchang ; Bebaru. 



6. THESPESIA, Corr. 



Tree. Leaves ovate acute. Flowers axillary. Epicalyx of 

 5 to 8 lobes or absent. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Corolla 

 large. Staminal-tube 5-toothed at tip. Ovary 4- to 5-celled: 

 style club-shaped entire or 5-toothed. Capsule loculicidal or 

 hardly dehiscent. Seeds tomentose. Species about 6, Madagascar, 

 tropical Asia and Australasia. 



