XXVI. STERCTJLIACE.f;. 135 



Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 129; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 225. 

 Riedleia corchorifolia, DC. Prodr. v. 1, p. 491 ; Grab. Cat. p. 19; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 24. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. 

 Gujarat: Gocb-a, Cooke I, Woodrowl Kanaka: Huhenhai-kcrX — Distrib. Ceylon. 



2. Melochia velutina, Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xxxv, 

 t. 5, fig. 3. A small ornamental tree ; young parts stellately bairy. 

 Leaves up to 7 by G in., broadly ovate or suborbicular, acute, cordate, 

 truncate, or subacute at tbe base, serrate, velvety on both surfaces when 

 young, ^both surfaces and especially the upper losing much of their 

 pubescence when older ; petioles l^-^l in. long, stellately pubescent ; 

 stipules I in. across, foliaceous, orbicular-ovate, nerved, very caducous. 

 Flowers \ in. across, pale-pink, in many-flowered terminal and axillary 

 corymbose panicles ; peduncles and pedicels velvety. Calyx campanu- 

 late, velvety ; lobes 5, deltoid-ovate, connate for about half their length. 

 Petals about twice as long as the calyx, ovate-oblong, veined. Stamens 

 inserted with the petals on a hypogynous disk ; filaments glabrous, 

 flattened, dilated at the base, more or less connate, but easily separable 

 into 5 distinct filaments. Ovary pilose ; styles 5, free. Capsules | in. 

 long, deeplv 5-lobed, oblong, pilose. Seeds black, with a thiu papery 

 wing. Pl.B. I. V. ], p. 374 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 129 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 226. Iliedleia tilia'folia, DC. 

 Prodr. v. 1, p. 491 ; Grab. Cat. p. 19 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 24. Glosso- 

 spermum vclutmum, Wall. Cat. 1153 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 11. — 

 Flowers : Nov. Veen. Metliuvi. 



Widely planted throughout the Presidency ; a very doubtful native. Konkan : 

 8tocJ>:6\; Bombay, Lamhrrfl] Bassein, Dalzcll t|' Gibson. Deccan : Poona, planted 

 in gardens, Cookel, Woodrowl; Khandala (planted), Graham, S. M. Country: 

 Belgaum Camp, Ritchie, 71 ! ; Belgaum, Dalzell tj- Gibson. — Distrib. Mauritius, Malaya, 

 wild or cultivated. 



9. WALTHERIA, Linn. 



Herbs, shrubs (rarely trees), with stellate mixed with simple pubescence. 

 Leaves serrate ; stipules narrow. Flowers usually small, in dense 

 axillary or terminal clusters. Calyx 5-fid. Petals 5, spathulate, mar- 

 cescent. Stamens 5, connate at the base, opposite the petals ; staminodes 

 ; anther-cells parallel. Ovary sessile, 1-celled ; ovules 2 ; style excen- 

 tric ; stigma club-shaped above or fimbriate. Capsule 2-valved, 1-seeded, 

 Seed ascending, albuminous ; embryo straight ; cotyledons flat ; radicle 

 next the hilum. — Distrib. 1 species widely diffused throughout the 

 tropics, 2 in Africa, 2 in Oceania and the remainder natives of tropical 

 America; species about IG. 



1. Waltheria indica, Linn. S^). PI. (1753) p. 673. A perennial 



erect herb 2-3 ft. high ; stems terete, softly cano-pubescent. Leaves 

 1-2;^ by |-1| in., ovate or elliptic, obtuse, I'ouuded or subcordate at 

 the base, toothed or serrate, softly pubescent on both surfaces, strongly 

 nerved, the nerves impressed on the upper surface ; petioles ^-i in. long, 

 densely pubescent ; stipules subulate, hairy. Flowers ^ in. in diam., 

 yellow, sessile, in dense axillary heads which are peduncled or not ; invo- 

 lueral bracts narrow-lanceolate, eiliate. Calyx campanulate ; teeth 

 triangular, very acute, eiliate, about g as long as the calyx. Capsules 



