28 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



lobed, involucre of 5 or more bracts, capsule 5 valved, or appa- 

 rently 10 valved. 



9. THESPESIA. Involucre of 5 to 8 bracts, deciduous, some- 

 times obsolete, calyx cup-shaped, style one, club-shaped. 



10. GOSSYPIUM. Involucre of 3 large bracts, calyx as in 

 the last, stigmas 5, seeds densely woolly. 



1. MALVA. 



M. rotundifolia. Spreading much branched, leaves roundish 

 heart- shaped, bluntly lobed, flowers small, pale, bracts very 

 narrow, calyx increasing with the fruit. 



This is the small -flowered Mallow of England ; frequently found in 

 the Deccan, and in various other parts of India. 



2. SlDA. 



All the species here given have small yellow flowers, and are found 

 commonly through the hotter parts of India. 



1. S. Jiumilis. A low herb, softly hairy, leaves roundish 

 cordate acute, flowers solitary, axillary rather pretty, carpels 5, 

 enclosed in the angular calyx. 



1. S. rhomlifoha (S. retusa, D.) Shrubby, leaves obovate 

 or rhomboid, serrated towards the top, carpels 7 to 10, as long 

 as the calyx. Sahadevi, Atibala. 



These two are common throughout the Presidency, and are very 

 variable (H.). 



8. sjnnosa (S. alba, D.). Shrubby and thorny. Bandora, Surat (-D.)- 

 S. carpinifolia (S. acuta, D.). Shrubby, nearly smooth, with lanceo- 

 late acute leaves. Mai wan, Bombay, D. Tukati, tupkariya. S. cordi- 

 folia, shrubby and softly hairy. Malwan. No hab. (D.). Chilcnd, 

 lobirsir bhdji. 



3 ABUTILON. 



1. A. polyandrum. A tall hairy shrub, leaves long-petioled, 

 deeply cordate, long-pointed, flowers handsome, yellow, streaked 

 at the base with pink, carpels 5, forming around fruit depressed 

 at the top. Muddm. 



The Ghauts ; also in the Pauch Mahals, I think. This is remark- 

 able in this order from the stamens being not columnar, but joined 

 only at the base. There is a clammy and strong-smelling variety, 

 which I found on the S. Ghauts, and Dr. T. Cooke at Khandalla, but 

 no mentioned in any of the books. It is very like A. graveoleus, 

 but easily distinguishable by the separate stamens and the small 

 number of carpels. 



2. A. Indicum. Shrubby, all grey and velvety, leaves heart- 

 shaped, slightly lobed, unequally toothed, carpels about 20, 



