108 IXT. MALVAOE^. 



sliglitly hairy, ovoid, samewliat wrinkled, beaked ; beak short, hairy. 

 Seeds smooth, blackish. FI. B. I, v. 1, p. 336 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 155; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127. Lar/una'a 

 lobata, Willd. Sp. PL v. 3, p. 733; Dak. & Gibs. p. 21.— Flowers: 

 Oct.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : Stocks I S. M. Country : Dliarwar, Cooke l ; Belgaum, Stocks ^- Ritchie, 

 973 I ; near Belgaiun, Balzcll if- Gibson. Gujarat : Woodrow. — Distrib. Asia, tropical 

 Africa. 



10. Hibiscus coUinus, ii''AtV^. Uort.Beng.{l'dl4,)-^.TA. Arboreous. 

 Leaves 5 by 1 in., cordate, 3-lobed ; lobes acute or acuminate, glabrous, 

 except on the nerves on the upper surface, irregularly toothed ; petioles 

 1-2| in. long; stipules subulate. Pedicels 2^ in. long. Involucral 

 bracts g by j-y^ in., leaf-like, free, lanceolate, about equalling the calyx. 

 Caljx pubescent, divided below the middle ; lobes ovate, acute, 1-nerved. 

 Coi'olla 3 in. across, pink with dark centre. Capsules | in. in diam., 

 globose, slightly pointed, densely covered with fulvous hairs. Seeds 

 smooth. Fl. B. 1. V. 1, p. 338 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 152 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 19 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 23G. — Flowers : Aug. 



Cultivated extensively ill gardens. Konkan: Stocks \ — Distrib. Ceylon. 



11. Hibiscus lunariifolius, Willd. Sp. Fl. v. 3 (1800) p. 811. 

 Herbaceous ; young parts densely clothed with appressed simple and 

 stellate hairs. Leaves 3-4 in. in diam., orbicular, serrate, cordate with 

 a wide sinus, glabrate when mature, shallowly 3-.5-lobed ; lobes acumi- 

 nate ; petioles as long as, or longer than the blade; stipules subulate. 

 Flowers axillary, pedicelled, ultimately growing out into a terminal 

 raceme 4-G in. long ; pedicels short and stout. Involucral bracts usually 

 5, narrow-linear, acute, generally shorter than the calyx. Calyx divided 

 below the middle, sinuses rounded ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 

 yellow with a purple centre, 2 in. across. Capsules at first hairy, after- 

 wards subglabrous, b(!aked. Seeds brown-black, reniform, covered with 

 minute scattered stellate scales. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 338 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 1, p. 153. 



Kanaka : Ritchie, 1623 ! 1 have only seen one sjjeeimen from Bombay, which is in 

 Herb. Kew. marked as above. — Distrib. Tropical Africa, Ceylon. 



12. Hibiscus panduraeformis, Burm. FL lad. (1708) p. 151, 

 t. 47, fig. 2. Herbaceous, 0-8 ft. high, hoary; stem and branches 

 clothed with rigid hairs. Leaves 2^-3 in. long, cordate, variously lobed, 

 usually acute, irregularly toothed, both surfaces covered with silky liairs; 

 petioles 1^-3^- in. long, hairy. Pedicels stout, axillary, solitary or in 

 pairs, one'of each pair much longer than the other, the short pedicel of 

 each pair jointed in the middle. Involucral bracts 6-9, almost free, 

 about half as long as the calyx, linear, dilated upwards, densely filiate. 

 Calyx g in. long, hispid; lobes lanceolate, 3-iierved. Corolla yellow 

 with purple centre, hairy outside. Capsules ovoid, very hairy. Seeds 

 shaggy. Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 338 ; Dal/,, k Gibs. p. 20 ; trim. "Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. Cp. 154; Woodr. in .lourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127. — 

 Flowers : Oct. 



Konkan: Stocks\; Bombay, CVtp^. Ge/junic '. Deccan : Chinchwad and Tullignum 

 (near Pooiia), Woodrow ! Gujakat : Surat, DalzcU ^ Gibson. S. M. Country : Bcl- 

 guuiu, Ritchie, 0801, Cookcl — DiSTum. Tropical Africa, Australia, Ceylon. 



