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centre, glabrous. Capsule oblong, pointed, hispid, becoming sub- 

 glabrous, 1 to 3 in. long. Seeds reniform, striate, glabrous, musky. 

 Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 342 (excl. syn. H. sagittifolius, Kurz.) ; 

 DC. Prod. i. 452 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 202 ; Griff. Not. iv. 521. Abehnos- 

 chus moschatus, Maench ; W. & A. Prod. i. 53 ; Wight Tc. t. 399 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 1915, F, G, H, I, K, L ; Thwaites Enum. 27 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 i. p(,. 2, 151. H. flavescens, Cav. Diss. iii. t. 70, f. 2 ; DC. I.e. 454. 

 H. spathaceus, Wall. Cat. K. H. ricinifolius, Wall. Cat. 1915. Bamia 

 chinensis, Wall. Cat. 1616 ? Hibiscus pserrdo-abelmoschus, Bl. Bijdr. 

 70. H. longifolms, WiWd. Spec. iii. 827; DC. Prod. i. 450. Bamia 

 multiformis and hetulifolia, Wall. Cat. 1917 and 1918. 



In all the Provinces ; cultivated or naturalised. Distrib. the 

 tropics generally. 



2. H. suRATTENSis, Linn. Spec. 979. A weak straggling under- 

 shrub ; the branches, petioles and peduncles with small recurved pric- 

 kles and a few soft spreading pale hairs. Leaves palmately 3 to 5-partite, 

 rarely ovate, sub-entire, serrate, sparsely pilose ; length and breadth 

 1'5 to 3 in. ; petiole slightly longer than the blade. Stipules broadly 

 ear-shaped. Flowers 2 to 2'5 in. long, solitary, axillary, corolla yellow 

 with dark centre ; bracts of involucre 10 to 12, linear with spatliulate 

 apices. Capstdes membranous, the individual carpels with 3 bold 

 aculeate nerves and a long terminal point. Seeds with long straight 

 brittle yellowish hairs. Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. i. 334 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 161 ; Bl. Bijdr. 68; DC. Prodr. i. 449; W. & A. 

 Prodr. i. 48 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii. 205 ; Wight Ic. t. 197 ; Cav. Diss. iii. 

 t. 53, f. 1 ; Thwaites Enum. 26 ; Wall. Cat. 1693, 1, 2, 3, D, E, F, G ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 20 ; Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 201 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 161. H. ftorcatus, Wall. Cat. 1896 C, not of Roxb. 



Malacca, Perak, and probably in the other Provinces. Distrib. 

 The tropics generally. 



This has a decumbent or even climbing habit. 



3. H. MACROPHTLLUS, Roxb. Hort. Bong. 51. A large shrub or 

 small tree, all parts more or less covered with pale soft minute velvetty 

 tomentum ; the young branches, petioles, pedicels, bracteoles and calyx 

 bearing, in addition, numerous more or less deciduuus tafts of long 

 spreading stiff tawny hairs. Leaves large, on long petioles, cordate- 

 orbicular to reniform, the apex shortly sharply and abruptly acuminate, 

 the edges entire; palmately 7 to 9-nerved ; length and breadth 7 to 12 

 in. ; petiole usually longer than the blade. Stipules oblong, convolute, 

 hispid-tomentose, 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers iu terminal cymes, pedicels 



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