5. Hibtscub. ] 19. MALVACEAE. 



connate at the base. Sepals connate at base or combined into 

 a 5-toothed or spathaceous calyx, valvate. Petals 5 adnate 

 to st. tube at the base. St. tube truncate or 5-toothed at the 

 top. Ovary 5-celled, ovules 3-more, style 5-fid. above. 

 Capsule loculicidal with often a distinct endocarp. 



I. Wild species (5 also cultivated). 



A. Calyx spathaceous. 



1. Fls. yellow with purple eye. Bracteoles 



many filiform. 



Fls. mostly in terminal racemes. Casp~*e 

 with dense spreading persistent hairs . 1. cancellatus. 



Fls. mostly axillary. Capsule with appressed 

 deciduous hairs 2. Abelmoschus. 



2. Fls. yellow with purple eye. Bracteoles 4-5 



lanceolate to ovate. 

 Branched from the base, slightly hispid below 3. tetraphyllus. 

 Stout erect unbranched, very bristly all over 4. pungens. 



3. Fls. white or pink. Bracteoles very small 



caducous ...... 5. ficulneus. 



B. Sepals 5 nearly free or calyx 5-cleft. 



1. Bracteoles not forked, linear, fls. white . 6. micranthw. 



2. Bracteoles not forked. Fls. yellow with 



purple eye. 



Pubescent and with pungent and glandular 

 hairs. Capsule wingless . . .7. pandurosformis. 



Villous.' Capsule 5-winged • . .8. vitifolius., 



3. Bracteoles forked. A prickly shrub . . 9. furcatus. 



II. Cultivated species {vide also 5). 



A. Herbaceous. Uses economical. 



Calyx spathaceous. Fls. yellow. Fruit 5-10" 



long 10. esculentus. 



Calyx not spathaceous. Bracteoles not adnate 



to the calyx . . . *. . . .11. cannabinus. 



Calyx not spathaceous. Bracteoles and calyx 



accrescent red 12. Babdariffa. 



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