8. Ktdu.] 19. MALVACEJE. 



8. Kydia. Roxb. 



1. K. Calycina, Roxb. Bita-goinr, K. ; Poska Olat', 8. ; 

 Derki, Kharw ; Pula, Baranga, E. 



A moderate- sized tree, or (var. ?) often flowering as a 

 shrub, very handsome when bearing its pure white large 

 panicles of flowers. L, sub-orbicular palmately 5-7-nerved 

 stellate pubescent or tomentose and always with a gland on 

 1-3 of the nerves beneath. St. in a column with 5 spreading 

 arms, each bearing 3 or 4 anthers. Bracteoles 4-6 spreading 

 enlarged and persistent in fruit J-j*. 



Throughout the area in valleys and on hill slopes. Fl. Sept.-Nov. Fr, 

 Dec.-May. Deciduous in March. 



L. 4 — 6" diam. sinuate, angled, or somewhat lobed with strong parallel 

 sec. nerves. Petioles 2-3". Fls. polygamous f" diam. Petals obcordate, 

 very long clawed, densely pubescent (at least in the shrubby form), 

 adnate to the staminal tube. Bracteoles oblong or oblong-spathulate, 

 downy and glandular. Ovary 3-celled, cells 2*ovnled. Styles 3 hairy 

 with peltate stigmas. 



9. Bombax, L. 



1. B. malabaricum, D.G. Edel, E., &»• Simal, H, 



The Silk Cotton tree. 



A large tree with prickly trunk and branches (when 

 young), 5-7-digitate leaves, and large scarlet flowers which 

 mostly appear when the tree is leafless. Capsule ovoid 5-7". 



Generally distributed, chiefly in the valleys. Fls. Jany. 'March. Fr, 

 March-May. Leafless Dec-March or even to April. 



The tree is easily transplanted when 2-3 yrs. old, but it is largely eaten 

 by elephants and cattle. The cotton which thickly lines the inside of the 

 capsule is used for stuffing pillows. The wood is now largely used for 

 tea-boxes in the Duars, but it requires careful storing or it develops a bad 

 smell due to a fungus. Immersion in water improves its durability. 



Fam. 30. TIUACE^E. 



Characters of the leaves, hairs, etc. of Malvaceae, but 

 leaves rarely deeply lobed. Fls. often small, without bracteoles 

 under the flower. Sep, 3-5, usually free. Pet. as many, 



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