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2. M. VELUTTNA, Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. t. 5. A large shrub or small 

 tree, all parts pubescent and with many of the hairs stellate. Leaves 

 membranous, long-petioled, broadly ovate, acuminate, coarsely and irre- 

 gularly serrate ; the base 5 to 7-uerved, rounded or cordate ; 4 to 9 in. 

 long, by 3'5 to 8 in. broad : petioles 2'5 to 4'5 in. ; stipules rounded, 

 ■25 in. long. Cymes on peduncles longer than the petioles, much 

 branched, spreading, many-flowered, terminal and axillary. Flowers 

 "25 in. in diam., pink. Calyx campanulate, with 5 deep broad abruptly 

 acuminate teeth. Petals narrowly oblong, longer than the calyx, mem- 

 branous. Stamens inserted on a hypogynous disk as are the petals ; 

 filaments flat. Ovary villous, as are the lower parts of the styles. 

 Caj^sules "3 to o in. long, ovoid-cylindric, apiculate, deeply 5-grooved, 

 bristly-tomentose. Seed solitary in each cell, its wing ascending. 

 Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 374 ; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 148. 

 Visenia indica, Houtt. Linn. Syst. vi. p. 287, t. 46 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 pt. 2, p. 189. V. timbellata, (Houtt.) Bl. Bijdr. 88 ; Wight Ic. 509. 

 V. Javanica, Jungh. in Tijdsc. Nat. Gesch. viii. 302. Glossospermum 

 velutinum, Wall. Cat. 1153. G. 'f coraatum. Wall. Cat. 1155. 



In all the Provinces at low elevations — a tree-weed appearing in 

 abandoned fields. Distrib. Malayan Archipelago, British India, 

 Mauritius. 



8. Waltheria, Linn. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves simple. Stipules linear. Flowers 

 small, in dense axillary or terminal clusters. Sepals 5, connate below 

 into a bell-shaped tube. Petals 5, oblong-spathulate. Stamens 5, 

 tubular below ; anthers 2-lobed, lobes parallel. Staminodes 0. Ovary 

 sessile, 1 -celled; 2-ovulat,e. /S/j/7es 2, distinct, clavate. CapswZe 2- valved, 

 1-seeded. Seeds ascending, albuminous; embryo straight, cotyledons 

 flat. Distrib. About 15 species, one or two of which are weeds in the 

 Tropics generally ; the others are Tropical S. American. 



W. INDICA, Linn. sp. 941. A pubescent undershrub. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, serrate or crenate, the base rounded or cordate ; nerves 

 5 to 7 pairs, prominent beneath. Flowers -25 in. in diam., sessile ; bracts 

 linear. Calyx campanulate, villous, 10-nerved, the mouth with 5 acumi- 

 nate teeth. Petals oblanceolate, clawed, longer than the calyx. Capsule 

 membranous, pubescent. DC. Prod. i. 493 ; W. & A. Prod. i. 67; Mast, 

 in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 374 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 187 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1194. W Americana, L. DC. Prod. i. 492. W. elliptica, 

 Cav. Diss. vi. 171 ; Wall. Cat. 1195. 



In all the Provinces : a weed. Distrib. The Tropics generally. 



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