Hibiscus.} xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 337 



SECT. 5. KLetmia, DC. Bracteoles entire, free or connate at the base, 

 sometimes adnate to the calyx-tube. Calyx 5-cleft, not ventricose. Seeds 

 hairy, not cottony. 



* Bracteoles 5, free or connate at the base, not adnate to the calyx. 



10. H. fragrans, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 195 ; arborescent, glabrescent, 

 leaves cordate-ovate acuminate, flowers axillary and terminal, peduncle 

 shorter than the leaf, bracteoles ovate connate below. Wall. Cat. 1911 A. 



SILHET, Roxburgh; CAOHAR, Hk. f. & T.; ASSAM. 



A small tree. Young leaves 3-4 by 3 in., pubescent, serrate ; petiole 24 in. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, panicled, 2-3 in., jointed near the top. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, connate 

 below, longer than the bracteoles. Corolla 24 in. diam., white, fragrant. Capsule 

 1 in., cylindric, downy, longer than the persistent calyx. Seeds covered with long white 

 hairs. 



11. H. canescens, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 2698; shrubby, leaves acutely 

 lobed, upper simple tomentose beneath, peduncles axillary shorter than the 

 petiole, bracteoles linear-subulate longer than the calyx. W. & A. Prodr. i. 

 49 ; H. septemnervosus, Wight in Wall. Cat. 2693. H. borbonicus, Wight in 

 Wall. Cat. 2694, not of Link. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Mysore, and the Carnatic. 



Stem not prickly. Leaves 3^ by 3 in., roundish, cordate, minutely toothed, 7-nerved ; 

 petiole 3 in. Stipule 1 in., setaceous. Peduncle f in., angular. Bracteoles 1 in., 

 striated. Sepals ovate, acute, 3-nerved. Corolla yellow with a pink centre. Capsule 

 ] 4 in-j twice the length of the calyx, oblong, pointed, villous. Seeds downy. 



12. H. scandens, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 51 ; Flor. Ind. iii. 200 ; (not of Wall.} ; 

 scandent, pubescent, leaves cordate-ovate sometimes lobed, flowers numerous 

 in terminal panicles, bracteoles ovate acute connate below the middle. 

 Wall Cat. 1910, 1910B. 



TROPICAL EASTERN HIMALAYA and EASTERN BENGAL, from Sikkim to Cliittagong. *" 

 A shrub climbing over lofty trees. Young shoots thinly stellate-tomentose. leaves 

 3-8 by 2-5 in., ovate-acuminate, dentate, sometimes 3-angled or 3-lobed, lobes deltoid- 

 lanceolate ; petiole 1 in. pilose. Stipules linear-lanceolate, deciduous, peduncles 1 in. ; 

 flower-buds globose. Flowers \\ in. diam. Sepals oblong-lanceolate^'slightly exceed- 

 ing the bracteoles. Corolla twice the size of the calyx, white or yellow with a crimson 

 centre. Fruit not seen. 



** Bracteoles more than 5, free or connate at tJie base, not adnate to the calyx. 



13. H. macrophyllus, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 51 ; arborescent or .shrubby, 

 villous, leaves entire orbicular cordate rarely lobed hispid, bracteoles large 

 spathaceous deciduous, flowers in terminal cymes. Wall. PI. As liar. i. 44, 

 t. 51, Wall. Cat. 1903. H. setosus, tioxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 194. H. vestitus, 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 519. 



EASTERN BENGAL and the EASTERN PENINSULA, from Silhet 4nd Cliittagong to 

 Mergui and Penang. 



A tree or shrub more or less covered with brown, villous, often tufted bail's. Leans 

 large, 7-9-nerved, very hairy on the lower surface ; petiole 7-8 in., longer than the 

 blade. Stipules large, oblong, foliaceous, deciduous. Inflorescence terminal, many- 

 flowered, cymose ; pedicels 14-2 in., shaggy like the petioles with brown hairs, articu- 

 lated at the top and provided at the joint with two large spathaceous caducous bra.-ts 

 connate below. Bracteoles 10-12, linear. 1 in., connate at the very base, equalling the 

 calyx. Sepals 5, lanceolate, connate below the middle into a hell-shaped 10-vibbed 

 tube. Corolla 4 in. diam., purple. Capsule oblong, pointed, hispM, as long as the 

 persistent calyx. Seeds densely bearded with long silky fulvous hairs. 



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