336 xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 



destines, Cav. Tc. i. t. 2. H. suborbiculatus, Wall. Cat. 1906. H. ovalifo- 

 lius, VaMSymb. i. 50; Bviss. Fl. Orvut. i. 839. 



HOTTER PARTS OP INDIA, from the North West provinces eastward and southward 

 to (,'KVI.ON. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa, Arabia, &c. 



Shrubby, with slender rod-like spreading branches, thinly covered with stellate 

 bristles. Leaves f-1 in., ovate or oblong, quite entire or serrate, rough with bristly 

 hairs; petiole very short. Peduncles axillary, as long or longer than the leave-;. 

 Bracteoles linear, shorter than the calyx. Flowers white or pink, h in. diani. N,^//x 

 lanceolate. Corolla reflexed. Anthers whorled. Cbpmfe globose. Seeds cottony. 

 Variable ; Roxburgh suspects that it may be specifically identical with //. hirtus. The 

 green capsules of both are eaten by children. The form called suborbiculatus has 

 roundish serrated leaves, but is otherwise not different. 



7. K. scindicus, Sto<-k* in II<><>1-. J,\ Plant. t. 802 ; a hoary undershrub, 

 leaves glandular, cuneate at the base, petals convolute. Boiss. Flor. On> /</. 

 i. 839. 



SINDH, Stocks. DISTRIB. Beluchistan. 



A much branched tortuous and subspinous undershrub. Leaves snbsessilo, thinly 

 bestrewn with stellate hairs, retuse. toothed; stipules subulate. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, shorter than the lea\ coles 6-8, linear-subulate. AVy/tf/x linear- 



lanceolate, connate at the base, longer than the bracteoles. l^tnh longer than the 

 calyx, twisted below into a tube. Antfort in a globose head. Orary cells 2-ovulod. 

 Capsule globose. Seeds with long wool. 



8. H. intennedius, A. Ridt. Fl. A'>//x*. \. r>o ; annual, with reflexed 

 prickly hairs, leaves polymorphous glaiulicss, peduncle shorter than the 

 loaf. Mast, in Oliv. /'/. Trj>. Afr. i. 198. H. scandens, l)nh. <i- d'ibx. /;/?///;. 

 Fl. -2(\ 



SiMiii, Hfnrl-1* ; coast of KATTYWAH, Dahell. DISTRIH. Arabia, East troj.ical Africa. 



A weak-sti'iimied annual, with a line of hairs along one side of the brandies shifting 

 in position at each joint. Leaves entire or irregularly toothed, usually deeply '< 7 

 parted ; lobes oblong, wedge shaped at the base. Peduncli axillary, shorter than the 

 petiole. Bracteoles strap -shaped, shorter than the calyx. Floircrs 1 in. diani., yellow 

 with a purple centre, tiepal* lanceolate, ."-nerved, connate at the base. Petal* twice 

 the length of the calyx ('a/mide beaked, hispid, valves slightly winged at the edges. 

 Seeds black, covered with apprcssed shining hairs. 



SECT. 4. Xiagiinea, Cav. (gen.) Bracteoles small or 0. Seeds pilose or 

 smooth, nut cottony. 



9. K. Solandra, L'llcr. Stirp. i. 103, t. 49; annual, herbaceous, leaves 

 palmately lobed or entire, peduncles as long as the petioles, seeds tubercled. 

 l!n.,-h. FI-. I -ml. iii. 197. M<t*t. in Olh\ /'/. 7'/v>. Afr. i. 206. H. umilus, 



7'/v V >. Afr. i. 206. H. pumilus, 

 AW;. /'/. Iml. iii. 203. H. alluis, Wall. Cat. 3870 E. Lagunea lobata, 

 I17//C/. ; Cav. Diss. v. t. 130 ; 1)C. Prodr. i. 474; }\'<ill. Cat. \ 876. A t" 1 ' ; 

 ir. <(' A. rr<lr. i. 5o: Thwtif'-* En mn. 27; J)<ih <(- <,ih*. ll.mh. /'/. 21. 



' . r<r. . o: wt'-* n mn. ; <i <- ,*. .m. 



heterophylla and S. diveriifolia, /s)//v//r/. ( .r IT. <(! A. Pr<><h\ \. 

 in Herb. Heyne. Solandra lobata. Murr. Comm. Goett. vi. t. 11; Cav. Dix*. i. 

 Mdntissa, i. 55; Lam. III. t. 580. Triguera acerifolia, Cav. Diss. i. t. 11. 



Lagunea sileniflora, Wall. Cat. 1882. 



HOTTER PARTS OF INDIA, from the N. W. provinces to Sikkim and from Kumaon and 

 Birma to Ceylon. DISTRIB. East tropical Africa. 



Erect, slightly villous. Lower leaves on long petioles, upper palmately lobed, upper- 

 most 3-fid. Peduncles 14 in., 1 flowered, jointed near the top, arranged in a terminal 

 loose leafless raceme. Bracteoles linear, usually 0. Flower yellow, f in. diam. /Sepals 

 lanceolate, 3-nervi-d, connate at the base, as long as the ovo"id beaked capsule, bctds 

 blackish. 



