202 XXV. MALVACE^ (MASTERS). {HiblsCllS. 



minal column-tube nearly equal to the corolla, bearing the stamens in nume- 

 rous series ; filaments combined in pairs, 2-fuvcate at the apex (G/dll. et 

 Perr. I.e.). Ovary obovoid-oblong, densely villose. Capsule ovoid, pointed, 

 densely villose, 5-valved, many-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! 

 Iiower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



17. H. lunariifoliuSy fVall. ; Wight and Am. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. i. 

 40. An underslirub, with terete or somewhat angular, hispid or pilose 

 branches. Leaves on long stalks, subcordate, roundish or ovate, acuminate, 

 sometimes obscurely 3-5-lobed, coarsely and irregularly crenaie-sen-ate, 

 smooth above, provided with forked hairs on the under surface. Inflores- 

 cence racemose, leafless from early fall of floral leaves. Peduncles shorter 

 than the petioles or densely villose. Epicalyx longer than the calyx, of 5-7 

 oblong-lanceolate ciliate segments connate below. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft, 

 its segments triangular, acuminate. Corolla yellow, 2-3 in. across, much 

 larger than the calyx. Capsule ovoid or pointed ; valves pilose, ultimately 

 glabrous, longer than the calyx, Seeds retiiform, pilose. — 11. f/niiieeusis, 

 Don, Gen. Syst. i. 481, non DC. //. doiujolemis, Delile, Voy. Mcroe. 59. 

 //. macranthiis, Hochst. ex Kich. Fl. Abyss, i. 55. 



Upper Guiaea. St. Thomas, Don ! 



Nile Ijand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Parkyns ! Dillon and Petit ! Seiinar, Cienkowski ! 

 Kotschy ! 



South Central. Lake Ngami, /. HP Cube ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Telle, Peters. 



Au Indian plant, occurring also in Egypt. 



18. H. platy calyx. Mast. A shrub with terete or angular, woody, 

 ash-coloured or purplish branches. Leaves 4-5 in. long, stalked, cordate, 

 ovate-acuminate, denticulate, sinuous, smooth above, downy and paler on the 

 under surface. Stipules persistent, subulate-aristate. Peduncles solitary, 

 axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the petioles, dilated and 5-angular at the 

 apex. Epicalyx of 5 distinct, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-5-nerved, downy 

 segments, connate at the base and confluent with the base of the bell-shaped 

 5-lobed calyx. Calyx-lobes broadly ovate, acute, 3-nerved, longer than the 

 epicalyx. Corolla 2-3 in. across, larger than the calyx, pink, with a dark 

 centre ; column staminiferous near the top only or with only a very few an- 

 thers beneath. Capsule ovoid, pointed, densely downy, equal to the per- 

 sistent and much enlarged accrescent calyx, and sometimes nodding, when 

 ripe. Valves woody, acuminate. Seeds numerous, reniform, densely hairy. 



Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma and Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



The accrescent broad-leaved calyx supplies a good means of discriminating this species. 



19. H. calycinus, Willd. ; DC. Prod. i. 448. An undershrub, its 

 branches, petioles, and peduncles slightly pubescent. Leaves on long stalks, 

 downy or sometimes nearly glabrous, subcordate, roundish, obtusely 3-5- 

 angled, coarsely crenate-serrate. Stipules filiform or subulate. Peduncles 

 solitary in the axils of the leaves, shorter than the petioles, 1-flowered. Epi- 

 calyx of 5 broadly spathulate, cuspidate or very acute, many-nerved segments, 



