330 xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Urena. 



Thwaites Enum. 25 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 18. U. muricata, DC. Prodr. 

 i. 442. U. Lappago, DC. Prodr. i. 441. U. morifolia, DC. Prodr. \. 442? 

 U. heterophylla, Smith in Kees. CycL 37; Wll. Cat. 1933 E, F, G, H, K. 

 U. tomentosa, Wall. Cat. 1933 H \-Bimn. Zeyl. t. 69, f. 2. Wieede ll<>rt. 

 Mai. t. x. f. 2; JKumph. Ami. vi. t. 25, f. 2. 



Generally distributed over the hotter parts of India. DISTKIB. Tropics of both 

 hemispheres. 



Very variable in amount of pubescence, and in the form of the foliage, herbaceous, 

 perennial. Leaves downy, lobes serrated. Glands on under surface of ner\vs l :;. 

 Bracteoles linear-oblong, as long as the calyx. Flowers 1 in. diain. Carols densely 

 pubescent. 



** Carpels smooth, unarmed. 



3. U. repanda, Ro.rb. FL Ind. iii. 182; stellate-hairy, leaves roundish 

 or somewhat lobed, flowers racemose, bracteoles 5 subulate connate below 

 into a cup, sepals united for half their length. II". <( A. /'///. i. :<; ; 

 Wiiiht ///. i. <;:>. U. rigida, Wall. Cat. 1929 (parti it). U. Bamiltoniana, 

 Watt. Cot. 2700. Pavonia repanda, Spreny. tiyst. iii. 98. Urena spc 

 Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. ^;, Cat. 1931. 



NOI;TII-\\'I>T IMHA, CI-I-KU (! \Nci.Tir I'I.AIX, the WKSIT.IJN Pr.MNsri.A and AVA. 



Shrubby. Leaves shortly petiole 1, rough above, midrib glandular at the b.. 

 neath, lower 2-2^ in. k>Dg t roundish, nuvly lobed, cordate at tin- ha>e, r.pa'id MTVate, 

 upper lanceolate, /'/mr/r.v in ultimately leatless clusters. tirm-tenl?* .',-.', in. ; siili- 

 coriai-cons, i-xci'fding the ineinbranous calyx. Corolla pink, twice the k-ngth of the 

 bracteoles. Seed ascending, 



4. TT. riida, H"///. Cat. 1929 (parti//}; stellate-hairy, leaves cordate 

 roundish, flowers in heads at the ends of tiie branches, hractr<drs ; " J , hiiM-i-ti- 

 late combined for half their length into a bell-shaped tube, sepals free nearly 

 to the b;i 



BIKMA, ll'iillirh, M'C!ellcnl: MALACCA, Cnwtli.- DISTKIII. liorm-o. 

 Perennial. Mt in purplish, thinly sldlate-liairy. L> un* petiolcd, ab'>',it 2 by 2.{ in., 

 slj serr 



base cordate, roundislj serrulate, uiidrib glandular beneath : stipules setaceous. 

 mixed with tloral leaves, in terminal subvssiK; heads. Sepals \ in., in^arly as long as 

 the bracteoles, membranous, vill.ms at the back. Corolla white, tubular at the base, 

 above 5-petalous, twicr tbe l.-ngth of the bracteoles. Xtaiiivn-tulji:, with ^ minute t. -th 

 at the upper ed^c. Itijte fftrjtcl.i hispid, reticulate. Swd pilose. This species has 

 the habit of a Malachra. The nearly free sepals are noteworthy. 



7. PAVONIA, Cav. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves entire, angular or lobed, more or less 

 downy. Flowers axillary or clustered at the ends of the branches. Jlniri, ,,/($ 

 5-, free or forming a tube at the base. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 5-petalous, united at the base to the staminal-tube. Stamwal-tube truncate 

 or 5-toothed at the apex. Ovary 5-celled, cells usually^opposite the sepals, 

 rarely opposite the petals ; styles 10, stigmas capitate, ovules 1 in each cell. 

 Ifip'' carpels separating from the axis, entirely indehiscent, or more or less 

 2-valved, smooth, netted or winged, never glochidiate. Seeds ascending. 

 DISTRIB. Species about 60, chiefly tropical America. 



SECT. 1. Lebretonia. Bracteoles 5-6. Carpels indehiscent. 



1. P. g-lechomifolia, A. Rich. FL Abyss, i. 54; Mast. in. Oliv. FL 

 Trap. Afr. i. 190. T. procurnbeiis, Bom. FL Orient, i. 837. Urena cordata, 



