332 XXVT. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Pavonia. 



the base. Calyx broadly campanulate.'lobes deltoid. Corolla yellow, 2-3 times longer 

 than the calyx. Ovary depressed Carpel* 5, woody, pyritbrm, splitting through the 

 back, 3-horned at the apex, and with 4 linear obtuse wing-like appendages at the base. 

 Leaves gratefully acid, as in Oxalis, Dalzell. 



6. P. propinqua, Garcke in Sdiweinf. Fl. JZthiop. i. 55 ; suffrutescent, 

 stellate-hairy, leaves oblong crenate, bracteoles 1C) linear-lanceolate, carpels 

 Avith 2 short prickles. Mast, in OH''. Fl. Tr<> r . Afr. i. 191. P. grewioides, 

 Hochst. PL Schimp. Exskc. Abyss. ; Boiss. FL Orient, i. 837. 



SINDH, Stocks. DISTRIB. Beluchistan, Abyssinia. 



Leaves 1-4 in., subcordate ; petioles shorter than the leaves ; stipules lin<-ar- 

 subulate. Peduncles solitary, axillary or clustered at the ends of the branches. 

 Bracteoles nearly free, one-half longer than the ovate lanceolate sepals. Corolla yellow, 

 1 in. diani., exceeding the bracteoles. Fruit subglobose, depressed ; carpels woody. 



Under the name Diplopenta, Alefeld (in (Estr. Bot. Zeit. 1863, p. 11) describes a 

 genus of Malvaceae, which he s;ivs differs from Pavonia in the presence of ."> stigmatic 

 branches instead of 10. To this genus he rul'-rs I'nrmwt odorata, Willd.. and a neu- 

 species, which he calls D. pedunculosa, and which, he says, has been contused with 

 V ~> i/lanica. I have seen no specimen of this genus, and suspect some error or acci- 

 dental cohesion of styles. 



8. DECASCHISTIA, W. & A. 



Shrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Flnn-fr* shortly peduncled, axillary Mi- 

 clustered and terminal. Jiructnth-a in. Sepo& 6, connate below. /'</^/.s5, 

 connate brlmv ami adnate to the tuU; of tin- stamens. M'tmiii'tl-tul*- .giving 

 off many filaments below the apex. Omnj l< (-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; styli-s 10, 

 connate below, stigmas capitate. C(i/:<u/<- loculicidally K)-valved. 

 reniform, ascending. DISTRIB. The following are the only species. 



1. X>. trilobata, Wiyht Ic. t. 88 ; lower leaves deeply 3-lobed, bracteoles 

 considerably shorter than the calyx. Dal:. <c d'iltx. BMW. Fl. 21. 



\N'KSTKKN PKMNSI;LA ; Mysore, the ' 'oncan, and Uekkan. 



A shrub, branches more or less hispid <>r tomentost'. t'^/n'r leaves sometimes entire, 

 lanceolate, lower luore or los . '5 lolled, lobes lanceolate or olilong -l.-.ne.'dlate, iinelv ser- 

 rate: petiole in., downy ; stipules linear or 3-lobed, equal to the petioles. l\<lnm-lc 

 solitary, axillary, as long or longer than the petiole. Fl -urn-* '1 in. diani. UK* 

 linear, ticpah deltoid, connate below, twice the length of the bracteoles. Ln^mdt 

 hispid. 



2. D. crotonifolia, IT. <{ A. Pr<xJr. i. 52 ; leaves simple rarely lobed 

 coarsely toothed, bracteoles nearly as long as the calyx. \\'i<ihf Jc.t. 4-2. 

 Hibiscus crotonifolius, }}'"//. Ct. inoO and 1901. H. pterospermoides, 



Wi'jlit no*. ; Wall. Cat. 1901 B. H. coriaceus, Heyne nut.; IT. <(- A. I.e. 



\\'i-:sn-:i:\ PKNINSII-A; Mysore and Madura. Ui>ri:u (J.\\(;KTic I-LAIN, Royle. 



A shrub. Leavea 4 by '2 in., leathery, simple or slightly lobed, coarsely toothed, 

 velvety on both surfaces with a short dense tonientuiu, whitish beneath, midrib with a 

 glandular pore at the base; petiole l^in. ; stipules linear-subulate. Per/uncle longer 

 than the petiole. Bracteoles nearly as long as the calyx. Cupsvle slightly hispid. 



Among Maingay's specimens from Rangoon, is one (n. 213?) of which the flowers are 

 too imperfect to allow of examination, but which is probably referable to this genus. 

 Leaven b by 2 in., oblong lanceolate, subcordate, sometimes 3-lobed at the apex, Imarv- 

 tomentose beneath; petiole 4 hi. Peduncle solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered, as long as the 

 petiole. Bracteoles 10, subulate-lanceolate, half the length of the calyx ; sepals lanceo- 

 late. Corolla pink, 4 in. diam. 



