Julostyles.} xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 333 



9. JULOSTVI.ES, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate, entire, pubemlnus. Panicle 

 terminal, pendulous. Bracteoles 6, forming below a bell-shaped tube. Sepals 

 5, smaller than the bracteoles, connate below. Petals 5, connate below, 

 exceeding the sepals. Slaminal-tube antheriferous below the middle, 

 5-toothed above. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, connate below and densely hairy, 

 free at the apex, stigmas large, globose, woolly; ovules 2, collateral in 

 each cell ascending. Fruit not seen. 



1. J. ang-ustifolia, Thwaites Enum. 30; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. Anal. 

 Gen. t. iii. Kydia angustifolia, Am. Pug. PL Ind. Or. 4 (322). 



CEYLON; south of the island, not uncommon, Thwaites. 



A low tree. Leaves 5-8 by l-3 in., paler beneath ; petiole -| in. Flowers | in. 

 dittm. Corolla pale yellow with a reddish centre. Pollen-grains globose, muricate. 



10. DICELLOSTYLES, Benth. 



Trees, more or less covered with stellate down. Leaves simple or slightly 

 lobed. Inflorescence panicled ; bracteoles 4-6, lanceolate, connate at the 

 base, longer than the calyx. Sepals 5, ovate, connate below the middle, in- 

 ternally provided at the base with a ring of fleshy tubercles. Petals oblong, 

 unsymmetrical, connate at the base. Filaments many, connate at the very 

 base. Ovary 2-4-celled ; styles 2. connate below the middle, stigmas large 

 globose ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, ascending. Capsule globose, hispid, 

 8-lobed, splitting into 2 (or more) indehiscent cocci. Seeds solitary, reniform, 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons folded. DISTKIB. So far as known, exclusively 

 Indian. 



1. D. jujubifolia, Benth. in Gen. PI i. 207 ; flowers panicled, bracteoles 

 oblong-lanceolate. Kydia jujubifolia, Griff. Notul. iv. 534, Ic. PI. Asiat. 

 t. 595. 



EASTERN TROPICAL HIMALAYA; Sikldm and Bhotan Mts., Griffith, &c. 



A tree. Leaves 3 by 2 in., ovate- acute, or ovate-lanceolate, entire or obscurely lobed, 

 rounded at the base, glabrous above, closely felted beneath, 5-nerved, nerves convergent ; 

 petiole 4 in., stellate-tomentose. Inflorescence panicled. Mature flower 1 in. diam. 

 Bracteoles oblong, many-ribbed. Sepals oblong, half the length of the bracteoles. 

 Petals oblong, obtuse, oblique, nearly as long as the bracteoles. Filaments 25-30, free 

 nearly to the base ; anthers reuiform. Ovary globose ; style cylindric below, branched 

 above. 



2. B. axillaris, Benth. I.e. ; flowers solitary axillary, bracteoles linear- 

 oblong. Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Anal. Gen. t. 3; Thwaites Enum. 401. 

 Kydia axillaris, Thivaites Enum. 30. 



CEYLON ; near Badulla, alt. 2000 ft,, Thsvaites. 



A tree. Leaves 2\-^ by l|-2 in., ovate-lanceolate, rounded at the base, paler be- 

 neath, feather- veined ; petiole |-^in.; stipules linear-lanceolate. 1 -nerved, equalling 

 the petiole. Peduncle about the length of the petiole. Bracteoles 1 by \-^ in. Calyx 

 4 in., clip-shaped, 5-toothed. Stamens connate at the base into a short tube, adherent 

 to the petals. Ovary 2-celled; styles twice the length of the stamens, connate below 

 the middle. Fruit hispid. 



11. SEKRA, Cav. 

 (By error Serraea, Serra, and Senraea.) 



A downy undershrub. Leaves orbicular, 3-lobed. Inflorescence axillary. 

 Bracteoles 3, large, membranous, free. Sepals 5, lanceolate, connate below. 



