374 xxvn t STERCULIACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Mclochia. 



1. M. corchorifolia, Linn. ; W'dld. ,S/>. PI. iii. G04 ; leaves oblong-ovate 

 serrate plaited base rounded or cordate, flowers in terminal or axillary heads, 

 with bracteoles intermixed, capsule globose. Jl.i J >. Fl. Ind. iii. 13!) ; 

 Tkwaitrs Kmnn. 30; WaJI.Cu'. ll!)0//< poK M. truncata, WUld. ti/>. PL 

 iii. 601. M. supina, L. X/>. PL 944. M. aflinis, Wall. Cat, ny.s. M. pauciflora, 

 Wall. Cat. 1199. Riedleia corchorifolia, />6'. y/Wr. i. 491 ; W. <(' .1. y W/-. 



i 66 ; J/t?. /7. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, lh,s ; />f/z. ,( 6?&. A'"//^. /'/. 24. li, trun 

 cata IF. <( A. I.e. 66. R. supina, DC. Prodr. i. 491. R. concatenata, />(7. 

 Pmdr. \. 492. Visenia corchorifolia, ,S/'n-//.v. ,s//.< iii. 30. V. concatenate, 

 ^/r n<i. Sf/sf. iii. 30. V. supina, >)>/- //</. ,s f //.-/. iii. 31. MVlochia nmcateimta, 

 Watt. Cat. 1197. Sida cuueil'ulia, A'<>.,.-',. 11,,,-t. Beng. ^.likeede Hurt. 

 Mai. ix. t. 73. 



Generally distributed in the hotter parts of India from KI:M.MN alt, 4000ft. to 

 Sikkiin, MAI.AICA and ('I.VI.DN. l>iM'i;ni. A widely uill'iihrd tmj)ifal \\i-.-d. 



An erect branching h- rb or under.shrub, thinly stellate-hairy. Leaves 1-3 in., 

 variable in form, r. n ^s ul.scurely lobed, subgiabrons above, thinly stellate-hairy be- 

 neatli, i . jx-liole 1 in. titij/n -lanceolate, .shorter than the 



petiole. in.,] bite or pink, longer than 



the scj 'if a small , eding the , ''-V x - " 



Vnrial' '' Hi lias the bran, h'-> i.f tin- cyme lengthened and spike-like 



"Wall dowers on one side only as in the form called cin-tit< until. 



-2. M. velutina, Jir>/</<,/m- /'/. S//li<<tt. t. "> ; It-aves conlate suborbicular 

 a uiiiinate serrate, HDNVCTS in nmlicllate roryml)s. Capsule oblong 6-lobed, 



srcils \vin^-d. Vise-ilia uiiilu'Hata, IL'/.'//// 1C. "'"!). \'. tmin'iitosa, .I//'/. 

 J'l. llnlu-ii. /,',/W. Riedleia tiliiut'olia, DC. J'rn,/,-. i. 41)1; Dalz. <(' (,'i'f*. 

 Ji-milt. /'/. L'4 ; Mi>/. /'/. l, t ,l. ft'if. i. pt. i', INS. Ulossosperiimin velutinuni, 

 Wall. Cut. lir)3. (\.l conlatiun, Wall. CL | |.o:. 



Widely distributed through the hotter parts of India, from the N.W. PROVINCES to 

 the CONCA.N and AVA, but utun * nhivated only. l)i.-Ti;nt. Wild or cultivated in the 

 Mauritius and Malay islands. 



A shrub or tree, herba.-.'.,us portions stdlate-hairy. Leaves 4 by 3 in. , thinly stellate- 

 hairy or glabrescent above, downy beneath, ba-M- ;~> 7 in-rved ; petiole .') in. ^fijm/t'.s 

 ] in., leafy, ronndi>h. J'm/i'l,* many-lloweivd, lax, terminal and axillary. /'/"/>/ /* 

 4 in. diam., pink. Culi/.r eampannlate, lobes f>, di.dtoid-ovate, connate to about the 

 middle. Pttulx oblong, t wiee the h-ngth of the sepals. ^t(iin</<* inserted with the 



petals on ft lobed bvpogynoas disk, filamenta llat. - 5, opposite 



the petals. Captlt* 4 in., 5 lobed, brisi. 'litury in each cell, wing ascending. 



M. PYRAMIDATA, Linn, occurs as an introduced weed in India. 



12. WALTHERIA, Linn. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves simple. *SY//>//A'.$ narrow. Flowers small, 

 in dense axillary or terminal clusters. ><///* :>, connate be-low into a 

 bell-shaped tube. Petals 5, oblong-spatlmlate. &tam<-nx o, tubular below ; 

 anthers ^-lobed, lobes parallel. titamimi<l<-$ '("). Orary sessile, ^-celled ; 

 ovules 2, ascending; style excentric, stigma club-shaped. Captult 2-valved, 



1-seeded. Seed ascending, albuminoua; embryo straight, cotyledons flat, 

 radicle next the hilum. DISTRIB. About 15 species, one or two of which 

 are tropical weeds, the remainder are natives of tropical America. 



1. W. indica, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 4a II'. <( A. Prodr. i. 07; Thwaites 

 Kuniii. 30; Mt<j. FL Ltd. hut. i. pt. -1, 187; Da- . /;////,. Fl. 23; 



\Yall. Cat. 1194. W. americana, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 49i ; VV. elliptica, Car. 

 JJixs. vi. 171; Wall. Cat. 1195. Melochia corchorifolia, Wall. Cat. HUG, 11, 

 not of others. 



