2'6 



Hibiscus Solandra, VHerit. — F.B.T., i. p. 336. 



Bang Toong Clia, foot of Meh Ping Rapids, 120 ra., Kerr, 906. 



Distr. Trop. Africa, Afghanistan, India, Burma. 



Hibiscus subnudus, Craib^ radice floribusque H. sagittifolio, 

 Kurz, similis sed caulibus sub anthesin fere nudis, indumento 

 diverso, involucri bracteis brevioribus differt. 



Herha 15-31 cm. alta ; radix perennis, crassa, fusiformis vel 

 napiformis, ad 10 cm. longa, 6 cm. diametro ; caules annui, 2-5-4'5 

 mm, diametro, juventute erecti, anni praeteriti prostrati, primo pilis 

 brevibus rigidiusculis reflexis dense obtecti et praeterea pilis longius- 

 culis deciduis parce instructi. Folia cordato - reniformia vel 

 sagittata, apice obtusa, 1-5-2 cm. longa, l-2-l*7 cm. lata, rigide 

 chartacea, crenata, utrinc^ue pilis albis nitidis longiusculis rigidius- 

 culis deciduis instructa, nervis e basi 5 utrinque conspicuis ; petioli 

 8-13 mm. longi, indumento ut foliis ; stipulae parvae, deciduae. 

 Pedunculi axillares, uniflori, raro furcati, 6*5-10 cm. longi, 

 indumento ut caulibus. Involucri bracteae 7, e basi liberae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae, obtusae, 1 cm. longae, 1*5 mrr. latae, indumento brevi 

 ut caulibus et praeterea pilis longis sparse ciliatae. Calyx 

 spathaceus vel in segmenta dua irregulariter fissus, involucrum 

 paullo superans, puberulus. Corolla longe exserta, 5-6 cm. longa, 

 %-^'5 cm. diametro, sulphurea nisi oculo coccineo (ex Kerr) ; petala 

 late obovata vel subrhomboidea, 4-7 cm. lata, glabra, ungui brevi. 

 Filamenta in columnam 1*5 cm. altam connata. ^tyli rami 5, 

 subconnati, stigmatibus spatulatis breviter pilosis. Fructus vix 

 maturus, late ellipsoideus, 1*6 cm. altus, 1 cm. diametro, parce albo- 

 hirsutus. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 19. 



Near Meh Mau, 300 m., in deciduous jungle, Kerr, 1004. 



Lao name, Chi Chaw (ex Kerr). 



Hibiscus surattensis, 7>z/ni.— F.B.I., i. p. 334 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 961 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 423 ; Hosseus, 

 ii. p. 410. 



Between Wann Bao and Chieng Dao, 400 m., Hosseus, 468 ; 

 Raheng, Lindhard, Qo. 



Distr. Trop. Asia, Australia, Africa. 



Hibiscus vitifolius, Linn. — F.B.I., i. p. 338. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 800. 



Distr. Tropics — often cultivated. 



Thespesia Lampas, Dalz. et Gibs. — F.B.I., i. p. 345 ; For. Fl. 

 Burma, i. p. 128 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 437 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 410. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., Kerr, 795; Wang Djao, 

 100 m., Hosseus, 54. 



Dislr. India, Burma, China, Cochinchina, Malaya, Africa. 



Thespesia populnea, Courr. — F.B.I., i. p- 345 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, 

 i. p. 436 ; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 128. 



Sriracha, sea- shore, Kerr, 2038. 



Distr. India, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago, Philippines. 



Gossypium arboreum, Linn. — F.B.I., i. p. 347 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, 

 i. p. 441. 



Bangkok, Zimoiennann, 131. 



Sir G. Watt remarks on this plant that it is a " form approach- 

 ing G. Nanking, Meyen." 



