Order 20. Malvacece. 3 1 



plant, leaves cordate unequally toothed, lower ones slightly 

 lobed, flowers solitary yellow with purple bottom, bracteoles 7 

 to 10 linear shorter than the calyx, capsule ovoid. 



Sholapore. Surat (D.). Hoiter parts of India (H.). 



6. H. vitifolius. Tall, softly hairy all over with lobed 

 serrated long petioled leaves, flowers solitary sulphur-coloured 

 with purple centre, bracteoles about 8 subulate, capsule covered 

 by the calyx beaked, 5-winged. 



Salsette, Malwan (.D.). Earn Ghaut (G.). Hotter parts of India (H.). 

 The leaves of the specimens that I have seen have no particular 

 resemblance to vine leaves. 



7. H. tiliaceus (Paritium t. D.) A tree with very broad 

 strongly nerved leaves roundish cordate with a sudden point, 

 crenulated, hoary beneath, flowers large bell-shaped, yellow 

 with crimson centre, bracteoles 10, united half way up, capsule 

 5-valved, seeds small brown kidney-shaped. Belapatd. 



N. Konkan. Rutuagherry and Teracoil river (D.). Bombay espla- 

 nade, G. Coasts of both peninsulas, and tropics of both hemispheres, 

 usually near the coast (H.'). 



In the Sonth Sea islands long strips of the bark of this tree are 

 cut off and used as ropes, and Captain Cook saw one of these ropes 

 nearly 30 feet long, and strong enough to bear the weight of a man 

 scrambling from one ledge of rock to another. Matting is also made 

 of the bark, some of which is as fine as a coarse cloth. 



The following are less common : 



*H. trwnum, a hairy herb, leaves roundish, flowers large yellow 

 with purple base, calyx membranous, inflated, bracts many, linear, 

 capsule oblong obtuse. Common, chiefly on black soil (D.). *H. surat- 

 tensis, hairy, covered with small prickles, leaves roundish lobed, 

 stipules large, bracts linear with a spathulate appendage. Malabar 

 Hill (D. & G.). *H. intermedius (H. scanden, D.), leaves deeply lobed, 

 flowers solitary, smallish, yellow, bracts strap-shaped. Coast of 

 Kattywar (D.). Sind, Stocks. *H, radiatus (H. heptaphyllus, D.) 4 or 5 

 feet high, prickly, leaves palmate, flowers large solitary, purple or 

 yellow, bracts linear forked. E. side of theN. Ghauts (D.). H. solandra 

 (Lagunea lolata, D.) small hairy plant, leaves rough, cordate or lobed, 

 flowers white or yellow, generally without involucre. Poona. Near 

 Belgaum (D.). H. tetraphyllus (Abelmoschus t. 8f A. Warreensis, D.) 

 Tall, rough and slightly prickly, leaves cordate, lobed and toothed, 

 flowers yellow with purple centre, bracts leafy; strongly resembles 

 //. esculentus. Dapoli. Caranja and S. Konkan (-D.). Ranbhenda. *H. 

 punctatus, hairy and glutinous, three or four feet high, leaves ovate 

 or three-lobed, flowers rose-coloured, very small, bracts 8 to 10, 

 capsule beaked. Broach collectorate, D. rare. Sind, Stocks. 



