186 XXVt. STEKCUT.IA.CE.1:. 



very small, enclosed in the calyx. niem1)ranous. 8eed^ solitai-y, smooth, 

 black. Fl. B. T. v. 1 . p. 374 ; Grab. Cat. p. 24G ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 23 ; 

 AVoodr. in .Tourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 130. — Flowers: Aug.- 

 Sept. 



A tolerably abundant weed. Ku.nkam: Stocksl Deccan : Duiigergaou, near 

 Ahuiednagar, Cuokc ! S. M. Country : Badarni, Woodrow ! ; Bagalkot, Graham ; 

 Dharwar, Woodrowl — Distrib. Throughout the warmer regions of the world. 



The follo\Aing plants of the Order {Stercidlaceo) have been iutrt)duced 

 into the Presidency, and are extensively cultivated: — 



Pentapetes plmnicea, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. G9S, an annual witli showy 

 scarlet flowers 1-1| in. in diam., which open at noon and drop next 

 morning, a native of Bengal and the N.W. Provinces, is cultivated in 

 gardens, especially in Sind. Fl. B.I. v. 1, p. 371 ; Dalz. &. Gibs. Suppl. 

 p. 11; Iv. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 6, ]). 77, 

 tig. 40, D, e; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 0. part 1, p. 131. — Flowers: 

 Aug.-Nov. Vkrn. Dupdri. 



Ahroma augusta, Linn. f. Siippl. (1781) p. 341 (Ambroina), a shrub or 

 small tree Avith velvety branches and large dark-red flowers, is often 

 cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens. The seeds are enveloped 

 in light cottony wool ; hence its name '■'Deril's Cotton." — It is very easily 

 grown and the bark affords a very strong fibre, an account of which will 

 be found in Watt's Dictionary of Economic Products of India, v. 1, 

 pp. 8-9. Fl. B. I. v. ], p. 375 ; Grab. Cat. p. IS ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. 

 p. 10 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl. Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 6. p. 85, 

 fig. 44, A-C; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 130 ;' Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 8. — F'lowers : Jan. Verk. Ulat-Icambal . 



Guazuma iomentosa, H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. PL (1821) v. 5. p. 320, 

 a small tree, a native of tropical America, with obliquely cordate leaves 

 and showy yellow flowers in large terminal and axillary panicles, is 

 widely planted as an ornamental tree throughout the Presidency. It is 

 sometimes called the Bastard Cedar and yields a fairly good fibre suitable 

 for rope-making. Fl. B. I. v. 1. p. 375; Grab. Cat. p. 18; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. p. 11 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 107 ; AV^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 130; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 184,— 

 Flowers: Mar.-Auc:. Vekn. liadrahhi. 



Order X.X\U. TILIACE^. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves usually ahernate. entire, 

 toothed or rarel}' lobed ; stipules 2, free, usually small and deciduous, 

 rarely ])ersistent or 0. Flowers axillary or terminal, usually cymose, 

 regular, hermaphrodite (rarely unisexual). Sepals 3-5, free or connate 

 or united into a cainpanulato calyx, usually valvatc. Petals as many or 

 fewer or 0, alternate with the sepals, inserted round the base of the 

 torus, contorted, or variously imbricate, induplicate or valvale. Stamens 

 usually indefinite, sometimes distant from the petals on tlie top of an 

 elevated torus, sometimes covering a small or discoid torus, or (rarely) 

 inserted close to the petals round the edge of the torus; filaments free 

 or rarely connate into a short ring at the base or shortly 5-lO-adelphous, 



