Pavonia.} xxvi. MALVACE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 331 



Herb. Heyne. Lebretonia procumbens, Wall. Cat. 2688 ; Wight Ic. t. 4 ; 

 \V. & A. Prodr. i. 47. L. flava, Wall Cat. l$83.Plu/c. t. 352, f. 5. 



NORTH- WEST PROVINCES, SINDH, the WESTERN PENINSULA, BIRMA, and CEYLON. 

 DISTRJB. Trop. Africa, Arabia. 



Rigid, procumbent, more or less pubescent. Leaves 2 4 by 2 in., hirsute or glabrous, 

 roundish-cordate, crenate-serrate, somewhat 3-lobed, midlobe longest; petiole 2 in. 

 Peduncle slender, axillary, 1 -flowered, about the length of the*petiole. Bracleoles 5-6, 

 ovate-lanceolate, exceeding the sepals. Petals yellow, longer than the bracteoles. 

 Ripe carpels 5, muricate, sometimes with a serrulate crest. Variable in pubescence, 

 size of bracteoles and armature of carpels. 



SECT. 2. Eupavonia. Bracteoles 10 or more. Carpels dehiscent. 



2. P. arabica, Hochst. in Schimp. PL Exsicc. Abyss. ; leaves nearly 

 entire, carpels unarmed wingless. Mast. in. Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 193 ; 

 fioiss. Fl. Orient, i. 837. 



SINDH, Stocks. DISTRIB. Abyssinia. 



Perennial, more or less densely clothed with down. Stems erect. Leaves 1 J by \ in., 

 subcordate, oblong, entire or slightly dentate ; petiole as long as the leaf. Peduncle 

 axillary, as long as the petiole. Bracteoles 10-12, linear, villous, exceeding the calyx 

 and corolla, tiepalu lanceolate. Corolla pink. Carpels 5, oblong, 3-sided. 



3. P. zeylanica, Cav. ; DC. Prodr. i. 444 ; glandular-pubescent, leaves 

 hispid deeply 3-5-lobed, carpels unarmed slightly winged. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 214 ; Wall. Cat. 1885 A to D ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 47 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 -Bomb. Fl. 21 ; Thivaites Enum. 401. Hibiscus zeylanicus, Linn. ; Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 50.Pluk. t. 125, f. 3; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 48, f. 3. 



NORTH- WEST PROVINCES, SINDH, the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. 

 Trop. Africa, Mauritius. 



Perennial, much branched, hispid. Leaves 1 by f in. and upwards, cordate, roundish, 

 deeply 3-5-lobed, lobes wedge-shaped, dentate, midlobe longest ; petiole equalling or 

 exceeding the blade. Peduncles about the length of the petiole, solitary, axillary. 

 Bracteoles 8-12, linear, ciliulate. Sepals lanceolate. Carpels oblong, 3-sided. Vari- 

 able in the form and lobing of the leaf. 



4. P. odor at a, Wittd. ; DC. Prodr. i. 144; glandular-pubescent, leaves 

 slightly 3-5-lobed, carpels unarmed wingless. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 214 ; 



Wall. Cat. 1886, 1, 2, D, E; W. & A. Prodr. i. 47; Thwaites Enum. 26; 

 Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 193. Hibiscus odoratus, Roxb. Hort. Btmj. 

 50. P. sicloides, Horn, in DC. Prodr. i. 444 ; Wall. Cat. 1886 F, G. P. rosea, 



Wall. Cat. 1887 ; P. Romborua, Wall. Cat. 2690. 



NORTH-WEST PROVINCES, SINDH and BANDA, Edgeworth; WESTERN PENINSULA, 

 JJIUMA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. East Trop. Africa. 



Erect, herbaceous, covered with sticky hairs. Leaves 2^ by 3 in., cordate-ovate, with 

 3-5 shallow pointed lobes ; lower petioles longer than the blades. Peduncles as long 

 as the leaves, 1-tiowered, clustered at the ends of the branches. Bracteoles 10-12, 

 linear. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla pink, twice the length of the calyx. Carpets 

 o 1)0 void. 



5. P. ceratocarpa, Dalzett in herb. ; stellate-hairy, leaves oblong ir- 

 regularly toothed, carpels each with 3 terminal horns and 4 linear basal 

 appendages. 



SINDH, Stocks. 



An undershrub. Leaves 1^-2 by 1 in., oblong, rounded at the base, obtuse, irregu- 

 larly coarsely toothed ; petiole | in. Peduncles axillary and crowded at the end of the 

 branches, jointed near the top. Flowers 1 in. diaua. Bractioles 10, linear, connate at 



