Hibiscus.] xxvi. MALVACE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 341 



connate for almost their whole length. Corolla 1 in. diam., white with a rosy centre. 

 Anthers equally distributed. Capsule tomentose, covered with viscid points when 

 green. Seeds globose, sulcate, slightly pilose. Roxburgh calls special attention to the 

 excellence of the fibre of this plant. His H. prostratus is a form with procumbent 

 branches. 



25. H. pung-ens, Roxb. Horl. Beng. 50; Fl. Ind. iii. 213; annual or 

 perennial, bristly, petiole longer than the deeply-lobed leaves, lobes 

 oblong acuminate toothed, bracteoles 4-5 persistent oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, as long as the cuspidate hispid capsule. H. vestitus, Wnll. 

 Cat. 1924 partly. Bamia pungens, Wall. Cat. 1924. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaou to Sikkim, alt. 2-5000 ft. ; KHASIA MTS. 



Siem erect, branches ascending, bristly and with scattered black dots. Lenres 

 5-8 in., cordate roundish, deeply palmately 7-lobed, lobes oblong acuminate, toothed, 

 upper ones 3-lobed ; petiole 8-10 in. Stipules broad lanceolate, upper linear-setaceous. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in., racemose. Bracteoles 1 in., accrescent Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 

 vellow with a purple centre, 5 in. diam. Column antheriferous throughout. Capsule 

 | in. 



H. MANIHOT L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 448 ; annual, subglabrous, leaves deeply 

 palmately-lobed, lobes linear-oblong coarsely toothed or lobulate, peduncles 

 deflexed, bracteoles 4-6 persistent ovate-lanceolate. Wall. Cat. 1926; 

 Cav. Diss. iii. 172, t. 63, f. 2. H. pentaphyllus, tioxb, Hort. Beng. 52 

 Flor. Ind. iii. 212 (not of F. Muell). 



Naturalized in Bengal ; introduced from China. 



A tall almost glabrous herb. Leaves 5-6 by 6-7 in. ; petiole nearly as long as the 

 blade. Stipules lanceolate. Peduncles 1^ in., ultimately drooping. Flowers 5 in. 

 diam., yellow with a purple centre. Staminal-tube antheriferous all the way down. 

 Capsule oblong, pointed, hispid (5-seeded, Roxb.}. 



26. H. tetraphyllus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 52 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 211 ; annual 

 hispid and slightly prickly, leaves cordate very deeply 5-7-lobed lobes 

 lanceolate crenate-toothed, bracteoles persistent broadly ovate lanceolate 

 equalling the cuspidate capsule. H. canaranus, Miq. PI. Hohenack > 

 Bamia tetraphylla, Wall. Cat. 1925. A belmoschus tetraphyllus, Grah. Cat. 

 Bomb. 14. A.W&rreensis, I)alz.i?iHook. IiewJoiirn. Bot. iii.123 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 19. Erebennus canaranus, Alefeld iii CEst. Bot. Zeit. 1863, 14. 



BENGAL, near Calcutta, Roxburgh; CONCAN, and CANARA, Gibson, &c. 



Stem 4-6 ft. Leaves scabrous ; petiole 2| in. Stipules ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles 

 1 in., axillary, and clustered at the ends of the branches. Bracteoles ^ | in., shorter 

 than the calyx. Flowers 2 in. diam., yellow. Capsule ovate, 5-angled, hispid, 14 in. 

 Seeds smooth. Dalzell, I.e., says his A. Warreensis differs from A. tetrapliyllus'm the 

 persistent not deciduous bracteoles, but in most of the specimens the bracteoles are 

 persistent. There is great variation in foliage and pubescence. 



27. H. ang-ulosus, Mast. ; herbaceous, not prickly, leaf-lobes ovate 

 acuminate, bracteoles fugacious, capsule ovoid pointed hispid as long as the 

 calyx. Abelmoschus angulosus, W. & A. Prodr. i. 53 ; Wight. Ic. t 951 ; ///, 

 i. 65 ; Thwaites Enum. 26. Bamia angulosa, Wall. Cat. 1927 ; Hynienocalyx 

 variabilis, Zenker ex Wight, III. p. 65. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Concan, Malabar, and Nilghirris Mts. ; CEYLON. 



Leaves about 4 in., pubescent above, tomentose below, cordate, palmately 5-lobed ; 

 petiole 5-6 in. Peduncles not exceeding the petiole, densely hispid, hairs spreading. 

 Bracteoles ovate. Calyx 1 in., ovate-lanceolate, hispid; sepals slightly cohering. 

 Corolla 5 in. diam. 



VAR. 1. grandiflorus, Thwaites Enum. 26; petioles scabrous not hispid, corolla yellow, 

 seeds subpj riform. 



