340 xxvi. MALVACE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Hibiscus. 



leaves, bracteoles free linear prickly curving over the calyx. H. penta- 

 phyllus, /'. Mwll. F,'fi</m. Plu/t. Aust. ix. 13; Mast, in Oliv. Flor. Trop. 

 Afr. i. 198 (not of Roxb.}. 



T\\e PAN JAB, DEC-CAN, CONCAN, and SINDH, Stocks, &c. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, 

 SfUih tropical Africa, North Australia. 



Leaves 1-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous or with numerous forked hairs; 

 petiole as long as the blade. Puln mi, \ solitary, axillary. Bracteoles lunger than the 

 calyx. AV/.r/'.s- laiieeolate, ;'> -nervt <!, connate below into a bell-shaped tnbe. ( 'on lln 

 t\vicc the length of the bracts, yellow with a purple centre, or all purple. Stain inal- 

 tu!>f half covered with anthers. Capsule ovoid, pointed; valves setose. Seeds pilose. 



2 H. punctatus, Dalzett in Dak. <( dibs. omb. FL 20 (W,\) ; 

 annual, stellately pubescent and glutinous, leaves ovate more or less 

 8-lobed, peduncle as lung as the petiole, bracteolea 8-10 linear, shorter than 

 the calyx connate at the base, petals scarcely exceeding the sepals. H. 



huuneoidi-s, L<l>i>'U'. in Jonrn . Linn. Soc. vi. 199 (1862). 



A lax branching annual. Lfiires distant, rounded ovate, acute, entire or 3-lohed, 

 re-dentate ; petiole 1 ',' in., shorter than the blades. Stipule* minute, 

 subnet". Peduncle* 1-2 in., sub-pamcled, jointed at the top <>////./ hellsliapcd; 

 sepals deltoid, lanceolate, connate b. MOW tin- middle. Petott rose -coloured. <'c] >*til<: 

 b. aked. pilose, as long as the calyx. Seeds tubercled, black. Yields good hemp 

 (Dai 



'i'!ii'ite to the base oft/ /////.. 



2X. Sabdarifla, L. : !><'. I'm,!,-, i. 4.">:j ; annual, glabrous, unarmed, 

 irplisli, 1 peor lobed glandular beneath, peduncles very short 



:ied at the .-uinniit, bracteoles 8-12 linear adiiate to the base of the 

 -coals bristly. IT. < ': i. "- ; -l/'v- /'/. ///</. I'xit. i. pt. -', L58 : 



< '"f. HID!) ; Cav. Diss. ill p. 17" ; vi. :5">l, t. 198, f. 1. ?H. sanguineus, 

 G'nf. Xnt. iv. .VJO. 



(.eiierally cultivated in the hotter parts of India, and in CEYLON. DIBTUIB. Culti- 

 vated in the Tropics. 



Kivct. L<tin:s polymorphous, midrib glandular beneath; petiole 2 in. Peduncle 



solitarv, axillary, shorter than the petiole. Jirtict, <>l x and rnln.r accrescent. Sepals 



d'-lti id, acuminate, connate below the middle into a purplish fleshy cup. ComHn _' '. in. 



diam., yellow, f '(i.j>mili: ovoid, pointed, vilKms, shorter than the calyx. S'ds renitbrui, 



abrous. The Ku/.elle of India, and Red Sorrell of the W. Indies. 



SI-XT. 6. Abelmoschus. C'tlyx elongate, spathaceous, circumsciss. 

 * Bracteoles 4-0. br<><t<l, l> >u'//. 



24. H. ficulneus, L. ; hi '. Pmdr. i. 448 : annual, prickly, leaves pa!- 

 jiiaieiy :i-o-lobed lobes glabrous narrowed at the base, bracteoles 5-6 lanceo- 

 late villous fugacious, capsule ovoid. Wall. Cat. 2697 B. H. prostratus, 

 lfn.t-b. n. /////. iii. 2os. H. strictus, Roxb. IIort.Bemf. 52 ; F/r. l,nl. iii. 206. 

 H. sinnatus, Car. Di*n. iii. t. 52, f. 2. Abelmoschus ficulneus, II'. <( A. ]'/<!,. 

 i. r>:j ; Wiiiht fr. t. 1")4 ; ri<tt<,,;t,s !:,> m. -27 : Mi'/. /'/. /////. Bat. i. pt. 2, 152. 

 I :nea aeuleata, Cav. Diss. iii. t. 71, f. 1 J)C. I'rulr. i. 474. . 



Hotter parts of India, from the NORTH-WEST PKOVINCKS and PAN.JAB to BKNOAL, the 

 i '.,;, AI:S. and ( 1 o\c.\x (" Native of the southern provinces of the Peninsula, naturalized 

 elsewhere. W.&JL I.e."). 



itrtiiicln'x shining, covered with small sharp tubercles. Young leaves rounded- 

 cordate, adult hispid, palmately lobed with wide sinuses, lobes unequally toothed ; 

 petiole '2},-4 in., as long as the leaves. Stipule* subulate, lanceolate, caducous. Pe- 

 tliDH-bs half the length of the petioles, the upper in a leafless raceme. Sepals 5, hispid, 



