Hibiscus.] xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 335 



the petiole. Bracteoles linear, with a spathulate appendage. Flowers yellow, with a 

 dark centre. Capsule hairy, ovoid. Seeds downy. 



3. H. furcatus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 51 ; Flor. Ind. iii. 204 ; shrubby, 



Oliv. Fl Trop. Afr. i. 201 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 161. 1 H. hispidis- 

 simus, Griff. Notul. iv. 52. H. aculeatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 206. H. bifur- 

 catus, 'Roxb. ic. ined., not of Willd. or of Hort. Beng. 



HOTTER PAKTS of INDIA, from BENGAL to CEYLON. DJSTRIB. Trop. and S. Africa, 

 Asia, &c. 



Stem erect, covered with soft down and with scattered slender recurved prickles, 

 rising from a thickened coloured hase. Leaves entire or 3-lobed, serrate, pubescent 

 beneath, prickly along the nerves ; stipules oblong-lanceolate. Peduncles short. Brae- 

 'teoles 10-12, linear, forked. Sepals bristle-pointed. Corolla yellow with a crimson 

 centre, 4 -in. diam. Capsule ovoid, pointed, as long as the calyx. 



4. 51. radiatus, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 209 ; perennial, prickly, leaves 

 deeply palmately divided, stipules linear, bracteoles 8-10 linear forked with 

 or without an appendage. Cav. Diss. iii. 150, t. 54, f. 2 ; DC. Prodr. i. 449 



W. <L- A. Prodr. i. 48 ; Watt. Cat. 1894 A, B; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 20 ; 

 Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 161. H. Lindleii, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 4; Wall 

 Cat. 1895, 1, 2, C; Bot. Reg. 1395. H. heptaphyllus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl 20. 



KHASIA Mxs., HL f. & T.; SIKKIM, H.f.; AVA an v d MARTABAN, Wallicli. Dis- 

 TRIIJ. Java. 



Suffrutescent. Leaves 4-5 by 1 in., 3-5-lobed, lobes broadly lanceolate, serrate; 

 petiole armed, nearly as long as the blade. Flowers axillary, solitary, shortly ped uncled. 

 Br<-t"oies not glandular. Sepals 5, not glandular. Corolla yellow witli a crimson 

 centre, or all purple. Fruit not seen. The leaves are said to have an acid taste. 



SECT. 3. Bombicella. Bracteoles^ distinct, entire, without appen- 

 dages. Calyx not distended. Seeds cottony or villous. 



5. H. hirtus, L. ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 51 ; shrubby, leaves ovate entire 

 or slightly 3-lobed glandular beneath, peduncles as long as the leaves, 

 corolla spreading. Wight Ic. t. 41 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl 20. H. phceniceus, 

 Willd. (excl syn. Linn.}; DC. Prodr. i. 452, partly; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii. 194; 

 Cav. Diss. iii. t. 67, f. 2 (excl. /) ; Wall Cat. 1904, B, C, D, E, F. H. rosa- 

 malabarica, Ker, Bot. Reg. t. ZSl.Rheede Hort. Hal. x. t. 1 ; Pluk t. 254, 

 f. 3. 



NORTH- WEST PROVINCES, Peshawur, Jacquemont, Stewart; CONCAN, Stocks; WESTERN 

 PENINSULA, often cultivated. DISTHIB. Java, Miq. 



Leaves 3 by 2 in., ovate, acuminate, lower often cordate and 3-lobed, serrate hairy, 

 with a large gland on the under side of the midrib, serratures in the young leaves 

 bristle-pointed ; petiole 2 in., hairy ; stipules linear, 4 in. Peduncle axillary, jointed 

 below the flower Bracteoles 5-7, subulate, shorter than the linear-lanceolate stpals. 

 Corolla ^ in. diam., pink or white, spreading. Anthers whorled. Capsule globose, 

 shorter than the calyx. Seeds cottony. 



6. H. mi c ran thus, Linn. ; Cav. Diss. iii. t. 66, f. 1 ; scabrid, leaves ovate 

 glandless, peduncles as long as or longer than the leaves, corolla reflexed. 

 DC. Prodr. i. 453 ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 51, Thwaites En urn. -26 ; Dah. ( (- 

 Gibs. Bomb.Fl 20; 3 fast, in Oliv. Fl Trop. Afr. i. 205. H. rigidus,Z.^. 

 tfuppl. 310; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 195 ; Wall Cat. 1905 B, C, D, E. H. clan- 



