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1'5 to 2 in. long, articulate near the apex and bearing two large broadly 

 ovate deciduous bracts. Involucres of the individual flower 10 to 12, 

 linear-lanceolate, connate at the base, as long as the calyx, hispid- 

 tomentose like the calyx. Calyx with 5 deep linear teeth ; the tube 

 10-ribbed, 1 to 1"25 in, long. Corolla 4 in, in diara., purple. Friiit 

 pointed, hispid, as long as the persistent calyx. Seeds reniform, their 

 edges densely fulvous-sericeous. Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 337 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. Br. Barm. i. 126 ; DC. Prod. i. 455 ; Wall. PI. As. Rar. 

 i. 44, t. 51 ; Wall. Cat. 1903. H. setosus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 194, H. 

 vestitns, Griff. Notul. iv. 519. 



Penang, Perak. Distrib. Java, India. 



4. H. TiLiACEUS, Linn. Spec. 976. A small much branched tree; 

 young branches minutely pubescent. Leaves sub-coriaceous, broadly 

 cordate to reniform, minutely crenulate or entire, rarely lobed, acute • 

 upper surface scaly, minutely pubescent, glabrescent or glabrous ; lower 

 densely and minutely hoary-pubescent ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, palmate • 

 length and breadth 35 to 65 in., petioles '5 to 2 in., stipules oblong, 

 oblique, shorter than the petiole. Flowers solitary ; or in pedunculate 

 solitary, 2 to 3-flowered, axillary cymes ; the peduncles 2 or 3 times as 

 long as the petioles, with 2 obliquely oblong, opposite, pubescent, 

 caducous bracts. Involucres 7 to 10, acute,, united above the middle. 

 Sepals 5, like the involucres but twice as long, with an elongated gland 

 externally. Corolla campanulate, 4 in. in diam., yellow with crimsom 

 centre. Fruit as long as the calyx or shorter, ovate-acute, stellate- 

 pubescent, spui-iously 10-celled. Seeds few, obovate-reniform, faintly 

 striate, sparsely scaly, pubescent, or glabrous. Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. i. 343; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 126 ; DC. Prod. i. 454 • Cav. 

 Diss. iii. p. 151, t. 55, f. 1 ; Bl. Bijdr. 72 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 182 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 153; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. Anal. Gen. t. 4. 

 Paritium tiliaceum, A. Juss. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Med. i. p. 156 ; (excl. 

 sjn. H. elatum) W. & A. Prodr. i. 52; Wight Ic. t. 7 ; Wall. Cat. 

 1912; Thwaites Enum. 26; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 17; Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 523. fl". ^o/-/mos«s, Roxb. Fl. Br. Ind. iii. 192 ; Wall. Cat, 1912 G 

 1913 B. 



All the provinces ; near water. Distrib. The tropics generally 

 near the coasts. 



5. H. FLOCCOsus, Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 343. A tree 

 30 to 40 feet high ; young branches, petioles, peduncles and outer 

 surfaces of involucres and calyx ruguloseand minutely rusty-puberulous. 

 Leaves sub-coriaceous, cordate-reniforni, 6-angled, acute, irregularly and 



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