102 XXV. MALTACE.E. 



3. Pavonia zeylanica, Cav. Dins. 3 (1787) p. 134, t. 48, fig. 2. A 

 perennial imdersbrub, 2-4 ft. high ; branches slender, terete. Leaves 

 roundish, i— 1 in. in diam., cordate or truncate at base, usually 3-lobed, 

 the mid-lobe the longest, less commonly entire, dentate, stellately hairy; 

 petioles ^-Ij in. long, viscous-hairy ; stipules filiform. Pedicels 1-1^ in. 

 long, slender, axillary, solitary, viscous-hairy, jointed about three fourths 

 of their length from the base. Involucral bracts 8-12, free, |— |^ in. 

 long, twice the length of the calyx or more. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. 

 Corolla pink, longer than the involucre. Kipe carpels rounded on the 

 back, wedge-shaped, slightly wrinkled, narrowly winged, glabrous, 

 enclosed in the persistent involucre. Seeds brown-black, minutely 

 pubescent. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 331 ; Ualz. & Gibs. p. 21 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 1, p. 149 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127; AVatt, 

 Diet, Ecou. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 116, — Flowers : Nov. 



Deccan : Dongergaon near Ahmednagar, C'ookel Gujarat: Baroda, Cooke I ; Broach, 

 IVoodrowl; Kathiawar, DalzeU, 11! Sind: DaJsell, 11!; Jemadar ka Landa, near 

 Karachi, Stocksl — Distrib. Tropical Africa, Mauritius, Ceylon. 



4. Pavonia odorata, Willd. >S/>. PI. v, 3 (1800) p. 837. Herbaceous, 

 erect ; stem and branches covered with viscous pubescence. Leaves 1-2 

 in. long, cordate, roundish-ovate, slightly 3-5-lobed or angled ; lobes 

 acute, distantly toothed, stellately hairy on both surfaces; petioles up to 

 21 in. long, longer than the leaves. Flowers pink, rather longer than in 

 P. zeylanica, solitary ; pedicels 1-1^ in. long, jointed near the flouer. 

 Involucral bracts iO-12, linear, f in. long, with long white hairs. 

 Carpels usually glabrous, not winged. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 331 ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 1, p.* 149; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 115.— 

 Flowers : Oct. 



KoxKAN : Stocks], DaUelll S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, 1082 !— Distrib. 

 Tropical Africa, Ceylon. 



5. Pavonia ceratocarpa, Mast, in Fl. B. I. v. 1 (1874) p. 331. 

 An undershrub, more or less stellately hairy. Leaves 1-2 by g-l in., 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, oblong, obtuse, serrate ; petioles 

 ^-| in. long ; stipules \ in. long, subulate. Pedicels |-| in. long, jointed 

 near the fiower. Involucral bracts 8-10, ciliate, | in. long, narrow- 

 linear, longer than the calyx, connate at the very base. Calyx densely 

 hispid ; lobes ovate, acute. Corolla yellow or red, hairy without, twice 

 as long as the calyx. Carjiels nniricated, triple-crested, with 3 stout 

 horns and 4 basal wing-like ap])endages, presenting somewhat the 

 appearance of a bull's head. Woodr. in .Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 1 (1807) 

 p. 127. Lehretonia ? Stocks, MS. with description and drawing in Herb. 

 Kevv. in Stocks, 482 ; not Pavonia ceratocarpa, Dalz. (I) MS. in Herb. 

 Kevv. which is /'. arabica. — Flowers : Dec. 



A xery rare plant which appears to occur in Sind only. Si.nd: Htucks, 483.'; near 

 Karachi, Cooke'. 



6. Pavonia propinqua, Guirke, in iSchivelnf. Fl. ./Ethioj). v. ] (1867) 

 p. 55. Suifrutcscent, slclhitcly hairy. Leaves 1-4 in. long, subcordate, 

 oblong, crenate, stellately hairy ; petioles shorter than the leaves; stipules 

 subulate. Pedicels axillar\, solitary or clustered at the ends of the 

 branches, involucral brads 10, free or slightly connate at the very 

 base, closely ciliate, lanceolate, longer than the calyx. Calyx-lobes ovate- 



