XXT. MALVACE.i;. 103 



lanceolate. Corolla yellow, longer than the involucre, 1 in. in diam., 

 conspicuouisly veined. Fruit subglobose, depressed. Carpels woody, 

 with 2 short prickles. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 332. P. (jrewioides, Boiss. Fl, 

 Orient, v. 1, p. 837. 



SiND : Stocks {fide Mast, in Fl. B. I. 1. c). I liave not seen any specimens of this 

 plant froua Sind. — Distrib. Beluchistan, Abyssinia. 



9. DECASCHISTIA, Wight cfe Am. 



Tomentose shrubs. Leaves lobed or entire. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 

 collected in the uppermost axils or at the tops of the branches. Invo- 

 lucral bracts 10. Calyx .5-divided. 8taminal-tube bearing numerous 

 filaments below the apex. Ovary 10-celled; cells 1-ovuled ; branches 

 of the style 10 ; stigmas capitate. Capsule loculicidally 10-valved. Seeds 

 reniforui, ascending. — Distrib. Exclusively Indian ; species 2. 



1. Decaschistia trilobata, Wight, Ic. v. 1 (1840) t. 88. Shrubby, 

 erect, tomentose and with fulvous stellate and simple hairs. Leaves up 

 to 4| by 3| in., 3-lobed, the lobes of the lower broader than those 

 of the upper, the uppermost leaves often undivided and subsessile ; lobes 

 usually oblong, mucronate, dentate, prominently nerved and veined 

 beneath, the upper side dark-colored, the lower paler, all hairy and 

 tomentose, often with a gland at the base of the midrib ; petioles very 

 short ; stipules | in. long, linear-subulate, often bi- or tri-hd. Pedicels 

 \ in. long, axillary. Involueral bracts 10, linear, acute, | in. long, connate 

 near the base into a cup, hairy. Calyx ^-f in. long, divided to about the 

 middle, clothed with fulvous hairs ; lobes ovate, acute or acuminate. 

 Corolla 2 in. in diam., yellow with purple centre, hairy outside. Capsules 

 hispid. Seeds smooth. Fl. B. L v. 1, p. 332 ; Grab. Cat. p. 14; Dalz. 

 & Gribs. p. 21 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 19 ; Woodr. Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 127.— Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



KoNK.VN : Talbot ; S. Konkau, L%w I ; Ainboli Glaat, Woodrow I S. M. Country • 

 Belgaum, Ritchie, h'3 ! ; Oastlerock, very abundant, Cooke I N. Kan.vra : Tcdhot, 113 ! ; 

 Supa Ghats, Tcdhot. 



10. SENRA, Cav. 



A softly-canesceut undershrub. Leaves cordate, orbicular, 3-lobed. 

 Flowers axillary, shortly pedicelled ; petals purple or yellow spotted 

 with purple. Involueral bracts 3, large, cordate, free, at length mem- 

 branous. Calyx o-divided. Staminal-tube bearing numerous filaments 

 below the apex. Ovary o-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; branches of the style 

 5, dilated above, obliquely truncate and stigmatose at the apex. Capsule 

 loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds, by suppression, solitary, reniform, ascending, 

 usually pubescent or villous. Species 1. 



1. Senra incana, Cav. Diss. 2 (1786) p. 83, t. 35, fig. 3 (Serm) 

 p. 104 (Senra). Erect or sometimes climbing, not much-branched, softly 

 downy. Leaves toothed, 3-lobed (the mid-lobe the largest), deltoid ; 

 petioles |-1| in. long. Pedicels g-i in. long, solitary or clustered, more 

 crowded towards the ends of the branches. Involueral bracts often | in. 

 long, reticulately veined. Calyx |-| in. long, campanulate, membranous, 

 much shorter than the corolla ; lobds triangular, acute. Corolla |-^- in. 

 long, usually violet, I'arely yellow. Capsules wrinkled. Seeds hairy, 



