342 xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Hibiscus. 



VAR. 2. purpxreus, Thwaites, I.e.; petiole covered with rigid spreading hairs, corolla 

 purple, seeds globose. 



28. K. hostilis, Wall. ms. ; annual, bristly, leaves large cordate angular 

 palmately 5-lobed lobes dentate, bracteoles 5-6 ovate-lanceolate, capsule 

 oblong-lanceoiate setose. Bamia inagnifica, Wall. Cat. 1919. 



BlRMA, H'fllirh. 



Kreet. stem glabrescent. Leaves 10 by 8 in., lobes acute; petioles of lower leaves 



10 in. St'.pules ovate-lanceolate. Ptdmicle 2 in., dilated at apex. JJnictfolcs as 



- the capsule, shorter than the caly-x. Flowers 6-8 in. diam. Capsule 2 in. 



]onp, cuspidate. 



** Bracteoles generally more than 5, linear. 



"Z. Abelinosclius, L. ; 1)(J. Proilr. i. 452 ; annual, hispid, leaves 

 polymorphous base cordate hastate or sagittate with acute lobes, peduncles 

 as lonu as the petioles, bracteoles 6-12 linear much shorter than the 

 oblong-lanceolate setose glabrescent capsule. Jfn.,-1,. /-Y. I ml. iii. 202; Griff. 

 A'jf. iv. 521. Abelnaoschua mosdiatus, .]/<!/,<// .- 1C. <( J. I'mil. i. 5:}; Wi<iltt. 



Jr. t, : ; >:>!> ; W<>//. Ct. 19I 5, K. ( i. II. 1. K, L ; Tlnv<tit<* A'////w. 27; J//y. 



Fl. In*!. <Z*.i.pt.2. 151. II. flavrseens. (',-. Ditt. iii. t. 70, f. 2; DC. /. 



II. spathaceus, Wll.(\it. l'.H3, L913A, 1916. If. ricinifolius, Wall. Cat. 1915, 



.11. cliiiK-usis }\'n!l. Citf. lOir, ? 11. sa-ittifoliu.s, Knrz. in Jou.ru. Jx. Snc. 

 I*7i, ii. p. Ji; f/rf. Mai. ii. i. 



'I'hiMK^h tl ,;!s of Imlia. DISIIMH. ('ultivatod in most tropical countries. 



llcrl 3 ft. hidi. J.ctirex usually pahnately 5-7-lobed, lobes spreading, 



obloiiLT-lanccolatc, acuminate, coar-ely t< .otli-<l. Xt/jntlK linear, /' i/tinclcx '2 in., 

 equalling tiie petiole. Jlrtn-tcnl,.^ .', ;,' in. ^ >////./ 1 ', in , oblong^^^tpothed. Cm-olid 

 4 in. uiam., yellow with a erimson cc-ntn-. f '/ -xiil<' \ -.", in. >Vr</x renifonn, striatu, 

 musky. Very variable. The following forms may be distinguished :- -- 



\'AK. 1. niiiltijuriii',*, I/amia Sp. Wall, < 'at. 1917; lower leaves roundish-cordate, 

 nppi-r oblong-sagittate, uppermost linear-lanceolate, llirma. 



VAK. '_'. betidifoliua, llamia JSp. \\'all. Cat. TJ18 ; leaves orbicular-cordate, buacteoles 

 longer than in the type. 



30. H. rug-osus, Mutt. : annual, his]id, bristly, leaves cordate or 

 hastate 5-lobcd lobes lanceolate serrate, ])eduncles rac.fiimse, bracteoles 10 

 setaceous, capsule ovoid hairy. H. liirtus, lim-h. ex ll<>.>-l>. Fl. ///'/. iii. 20:!, 

 note/ others. Bamia'rugosa, \V'ill.<'at.\\w&. Abelinoschus rugosus, W.d-A. 

 Proflr. i. 53. 



MYSOKK, Iluniilton ; ^ladura bills, W!t/ht. 



'. hispid not aculeate. Li:.<ivt'8 polymorphous, lower lobed, upper lanceo- 

 latr, nearly entire ; petiole nearly as long as the leaves, titij.'itloi subulate. Brac- 

 1rnl,-x half the length of the capsule. Flowers yellow with a ivd centre. C,/j,sule 1 in., 

 ovoid, "wangled, hairy. $d< numerous. Perhaps not distinct from H. Abdmosckus. 



T t. cancellatus, /.''/..,''. I fort. Be.ng. 51 ; Ft. Incl iii. 201 ; annual, 



\\ry bristly, leaves cordate angled crenate, bracteoles 10-15 Jong 



filiform incurved hispid. Abelmosclms (Bamia) crinitus, ]\*<tll. 7V. J.s-. 



/A/;-, i. 39,, t. 44. A. racemosus. Wall. ( 'tit. 1!>2!) (nnt II. rucemosusof Limll<t/). 



]Jamia cancellata and B. fusifonnis, Wall. Cat. 1920, 1921. 



NOKTII-WKST PROVINCES, Falconer ; KUMAON, ascending to 4000 ft.; NEPAL, Ilamil- 

 f.nti ; PEGU. 



Ii"0t fusiform. Stem herbaceous, 2-3 ft. Leaves 4-6 by 3-5 in., cordate, roundish, 

 obtuselv 5-angled, crenate-toothed, sometimes lohed, upper sagittate ; petiole 4 in. 

 Stipules linear. Peduncles much shorter than the petiole, racemose at the ends of the 

 branches, each with 2 bracts at the base. Bracteoles linear-setaceous, 14 in. Flowers 



