818 xxvi. MALVACE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 



albumen scanty often mucilaginous or ; embryo curved; cotyledons leafy, 

 usually folded or crumpled. DISTRIB. Abundant in warm regions, common 

 in temperate, absent from arctic. Genera 57, known species about Too, 

 largely represented in India. A few genera are peculiar to India or the 

 Archipelago, and some of the species are also endemic. 



A. Andro3cmrn tubular ; tube entire, or but slightly divided at the apex. 



TRIBE I. BTalveae. Herbs or shrubs. Ripe carpels separating from fhe 

 axis. Styles as many as the carpels. 

 Ovules solitary, ascending. 

 Stigmas linear. 



Bracteoles 6-9 1. ALTH^A. 



Bracteoles 3, connate 2. LAVATKRA. 



Bracteoles 3, free 9. M.\i.\ \. 



Stigmas capitate . u.* MALVASTKUM. 



Ovules solitary, pi minions. 



Carpels spreading, beakles? .>.** ANODA. 



Carpels convergent at the points or beaked 4. ^ 



Ovules 2 or more. 



Carpels with a transverse false partition . . . . . . !. \\'ISSAI>ULA. 



Carpels with no false partition f>. AHUTILON. 



TRIBE II. Ureneae. Styles or stiymatic brandies twice as many as the 

 carpels. 



Carpels opposite tin- - t 



Carpels qaarmed ."." MAI.AOHRA. 



Caq.v 8. 1 



Carpels opposite tlie sepals 7. l'.\\- 



TRIBE III. Hibisceae. r shrubs. /'/</.' cap.suhir. Sepulsle&fy. 



StainiiKtl-tulx: truncate- or ;';-b>< tlicJ at the apex. 

 Stigmas spreading. Seeds reniform. 



Ovary 10-celled 8. DECASCHISTIA. 



Ovary 2-5-celled. 



Stamens 10 9. JULOSTYLES. 



Stamens numerous. 



Bracteoles 4, lanceolate combined at the base . . .10. DIOELLOSTYLKS. 



Bracteoles 3, cordate 11. Sr..\i:\. 



Bracteoles 5 or more 12. ILnnscus. 



Stigmas coherent in a club-shaped mass. 



Bracteoles 3-5, small I. 4 !. THESPESIA. 



Bracteoles 3, large, cordate ' 14. GOSSYI-ILM. 



B. A ndrcecium either tubular at the base only, and divided above into 

 pentadelphous filaments (rarely tubular higher up) ; or divided throughout 

 into filaments. 



TRIBE IV. Bombaceee. Trees. Sepals leathery. Styles connate or free. 

 Fruit capsular or indehiscent. 



Leaves simple or lobed. Bracteoles 4-5 15. KYDIA. 



Leaves digitate. Bracteoles 0. 



Calyx 5-cleft . 15.* ADANSONIA. 



Calyx truncate or irregularly 3-5-lobed. 



Ultimate filament with a single anther 16. BOMBAX. 



Filaments with 2-3 anthers 17. EUIODENDRON. 



Leaves simple 1-costate, scaly. 

 Bracteoles united into a tube. 

 Petals .18. CULLENIA. 



