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Hibiscus Solandra, UHerit— F.B.I. , i. p. 336. 



Bang Toong Cha, foot of Meh Ping Rapids, 120 m., Kerr, 906. 



Distr. Trop. Africa, Afghanistan, India, Burma. 



Hibiscus subnudus, Craib, radice floribusque H. sagittifolio, 

 Kurz, similis sed caulibus sub anthesin fere nudis, indumento 

 diverso, involucri bracteis brevioribus differt. 



Herba 15-31 cm. alta ; radix perennis, crassa, fusiformis vel 

 napiformis, ad 10 cm. longa, 6 cm. diametro ; caules annui, 2*5-4*5 

 mm. diametro, juventute erecti, anni praeteriti prostrati, primo pilis 

 brevibus rigidiusculis reflexis dense obtecti et praeterea pilis longius- 

 culis deciduis parce instructi. Folia cordato - reniformia vel 

 sagittata, apice obtusa, 1*5-2 cm. longa, 1*2-1*7 cm. lata, rigide 

 chartacea, crenata, utrinque pilis albis nitidis longiusculis rigidius- 

 culis deciduis instructa, nervis e basi 5 utrinque conspicuis * petioli 

 8-13 mm. longi, indumento ut foliis ; stipulae parvae, deciduae. 

 Pedunculi axillares, uniflori, raro furcati, 6*5-10 cm. longi, 

 indumento ut caulibus. Involucri bracteae 7, e basi liberae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae, obtusae, 1 cm. longae, 1*5 mrr . latae, indumento brevi 

 ut caulibus et praeterea pilis longis sparse ciliatae. Calyx 

 spathaceus vel in segmenta dua irregulariter fissus, involucrum 

 paullo superans, puberulus. Corolla longe exserta, 5-6 cm. longa, 

 6-6'5 cm. diametro, sulphurea nisi oculo coccineo (ex Kerr) ; petala 

 late obovata vel subrhomboidea, 4*7 cm. lata, glabra, ungui brevi. 

 Filamenta in columnam 1*5 cm. altam connata. Styli rami 5, 

 subconnati, stigmatibus spatulatis breviter pilosis. Fructus vix 

 maturus, late ellipsoideus, 1*6 cm. altus, 1 cm. diametro, parce albo- 

 hirsutus.— Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 19. 



Near Meh Mau, 300 m., in deciduous jungle, Kerr, 1004. 



Lao name, Chi Chaw (ex Kerr). 



Hibiscus surattensis, Linn. — F.B.I., i. p. 334 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 961 j Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 423 ; Hosseus, 

 ii. p. 410. 



Between Wann Bao and Chieng Dao, 400 m., Hosseus, 468 ; 

 Raheng, Lindhard, 65, 



Distr. Trop. Asia, Australia, Africa. 



Hibiscus vitifolius, Linn. — F.B.I., i. p. 338. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 800. 



Distr. Tropics — often cultivated. 



Thespesia Lampas, Dalz. et Gibs— F.B.I., i. p. 345 ; For. Fl. 

 Burma, i. p. 128 • Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 437 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 410. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., Kerr, 795 ; Wang Djao, 

 100 m., Hosseus, 54. 



Distr. India, Burma, China, Cochinchina, Malaya, Africa. 



Thespesia populnea, Courr. — F.B.I., i. p. 345 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, 

 i. p. 436 ; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 128. 



Sriracha, sea- shore, Kerr, 2038. 



Distr. India, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago, Philippines. 



Gossypium arboreum, Linn. — F.B.I., i. p. 347 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, 

 i. p. 441. 



Bangkok, Zimmermann, 131. 



Sir G. Watt remarks on this plant that it is a " form approach- 

 ing G. Nanking, Meyen." 



