334 xxvi. MALVACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Senrn. 



Pdah 5, combined below. Staminal-tiiJbe slightly 5-toothed, antheriferous 

 below the summit. Filaments numerous. Ovary 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; 

 styles 5, stigma capitate. Capsule loculicidally 5-valved, valves opposite 

 the sepals. Seeds reniform, ascending, 1 in each cell. 



1. S. incana, Cav. Diss. ii. 83, t. 35, f. 3 ; Jiui.**. Fl . Orient \. 838 : M<t*t. 

 in Of ic. Fl. T i-<>)}. Afr. i. 194. Serraea incana, YMw/.x-,/r /// Ann. >V. .V"/. 

 iv. 70, t, 4; Wight Tc. t. I5!)2. S. nipestrrs, AVy< ^ Cat. Ha ml. PI. 44?; 

 Diunreichera, Hochst. in Scrimp. /'/. A />?/**. rxsicc. 



SIXDH, on rocks, Stocks, Vicary ; ? BANDA, EJgewortlt DISTRIB. Aral da, Abyssinia, 

 Nubia. 



Li urea long-petioled, denticulate; stipules fuirithv. rl,i;,<-l* shorter tlian the 

 petiol,-, nllimatelv dcllexed. ]>r<i<-t, <>!, * uval, e.rdatf, membranous. <.'<////./ bell- 

 shapcd. Pftdl* obovttte, yellow or Violet, exceeding tin- calvx. shorter than tin- brac- 

 teoles. Seeds pilose and with black dots. Varies in size of calyx and bracteoles. 



12. HIBISCUS, Medik. 



Herbs shrubs or trees. Leavet stipulate, usually more or less palmntoly- 

 lobecl. /////O/V-.NVV/RV axillary. Jii-'i<-fmf,-s r> <>r more, ran-ly fc\v r or o, free, 

 ur connate at the base. ('<tli/.r "(-toothed or f>-iid, vahatc, sonict iinrs 

 Kpatlia'-i'(.u>; and rhvmusriss. retah A, connate at the l.asc with the stami- 

 nal-ttiltc. Staminal-tube truncate or ^-tmitlu-d at the summit ; iilaments 

 many ; antlu-rs renit'orm, 1-celled. (h<<ir;i o-cclled, cells Apposite the sepals, 

 each with '.} or more ovules ; styles f>, connate below, stigma capitate or siib- 

 s})athnlatt'. C<ij^nl>' locnlicidally a-valvcd, sometimes with a separate endo- 



carp, or with false dissepiments forming a spuriously in celled fruit. 

 glabrous, hairy or woolly. DlSTEltiJ A L'enus of about !."><> species, must 

 abundant in the tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



SECT. 1. Trionum, MediL Calyx membranous, 5-cleft, ventric< 



1. H. Trionum, L. ; DC. Prn.fr. i. 453; ./,W.<x. /'/. Orient, i. 840. II. 

 vesicarius, G<tv. />/.<>-. iii. 171, t. r,4. f. 2 ; )!'. <( A. Prodr. i. 48 ; /><//:. ,( Gibs. 

 ]}<,inh. FL lit. II. dissectus, II',///. Cat. 2696. 



WISH-UN IIi\i.\i,.\Y.\ ; Ka-lirnir, Simla; I'.KNGAL, CONCAN, SINDH. DISIKII;. S. I-'urcpi- 

 and hotter part* of the Old World. 



Annual, inure or less pubescent, /.at/;,- Ifaves orbicular, undivided, njipcr 3- -5-iiarted, 

 lobes obovate-obloDg, oloi-e, lootht-d. I'.nn-l <,]<* Tiunirrous, linear. /'/ >; /-.s 1 \ in. 

 diam., yellow with a purple spot. '>////./ with hispid green ncrv.- ..lil.ng, 



obtuse. /Seeds glabrous. Variable in pubescence, Jobing of leaf, size of flower, &c. 



SK*'T. 2. Furca'ria, DC. Calyx persistent, 5- cleft. Bracteoles distinct, 

 forkod at the aju-x, or jn-ovided with a leafy appendage. 



2. H. surattensis, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 44:): stem with recurved 

 prickles, stipules leafy broad ear-shaped. \V. <( A. Prodr. i. 48 ; Ii'>.,-l>. Fl. 

 Tnd. iii. 205; Wight Ic. t. 11)7 ; Cav. Di**. iii. t. 53, f. 1 ; '/'///"/ //,* A'///////.. 

 -_><; ; W,iU. C"f. 1893, 1, 2, 3, D, E, F, G ; Dalz. <( GO*. Pxnnh. Fl. -2n : MmL 



'. Fl Tm/>. Afr. i. -KM ; Mi.,. Fl. I,,<I. Jl1. i. pt. 2, 101. H. furcatus, 

 Wall. Cat. 1MJ6 C, not of Roxb.Rheedt 1/nrt. Mul. vi. t. 44. 



iron-Kit PABTS OF INDIA, from Bengal to Penang, and CEVLOX. DISTRIB. Tropical 



Asia, Africa, and Australia. 



A weak-stemmed trailing plant, covered with soft hairs an 1 scattered prickles. Leaves 

 long-petioled, roundish, deeply and palmately 3-5-fid, lobes seirate. I\ dandc equalling 



