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Buuocg.-^raoteo1ea S or more, free or oonnato, aotnetima* rtrj daoidaoiu , tooth>like or wmnting. 



00 Stjrie blavato at the summit, entire or somewbat divided in short erect branches. Seeds 

 oboToid or angled. 

 Tiiopisu. Bracteolos 3 to 5, narrow and nsnally small. Calyx trnmsat^, seldom ^left. ^ 



GoMTflUM. Bracteuli'S 3, broad); cordate, Cal^f trqncate. or shortly tuotjied. .... 



* * * Starainal column divided at the snmmit, or rarely down to tho base, into nnmeroos filaments 

 or 5 to 8 branches bearing 2 or more antherfl, or rarely entire nearly to the top. Anthers cithGt* 

 free and reuiform. Or adnate and varioosly shaped. Style entire or with very short stigmatio 

 lobes of the nnmber of ovary-cells. Carpels suited in a loonlioidal or indehisoent capsule. 

 O Leaves digitate. Braoteoles distinct or none. 



X StaminftI column divided towards the snmmit into numerous filaments. 

 BoUBAX. Calyx truncate or irregularly 3 to 5-lobed. Cnpsale 5-valved, densely woolly inside. 



y.Y, Stftininal column 5-cleft or 5-toothed, with 2 to 3 anther-bearing branches. ~ 



SRiODtKDKOM. ^alyx -Hiul capsule as in liombax. Staminnl column not annular. 



OO Leaves simple, entire, beneath metallic lepidote in the same way as inflorescence. 

 DUKIO. Calyx campanulate. Staminal column divided into numerous filaments collected in 4 to 6 bandlea 

 anther-bearing on the capitate summit. 



KYDIMi Onlj species, K. calydna. 



HIBISCUS. 



O Seedi giahfom. 



Leaves undivided, entire or crenulate, H. UKaceua. 



00 Seeds woolly. 



All parte tawny-setose ; leaves entire, tawny tomentose ; involucre-leaflets J 0, hir- 

 sute, H. macrophylltia.' 



THESPESIA. 



All younger parts and unripe capsules with rusty coloured scales ; leaves glabrous, Th. populnea, 



BOMBAX. 



Branches spiny- armed ; leaflets on 10-12 lin. long petiolules; staminal phalanges consisting 



of 15-20 strong filaments, B. Malaharica. 



Branches unarmed ? ; leaflets decurrent on the 2-3 lin. long petiolule ; staminal phalauges 



consisting of 50 and more filiform filaments, ..."..' B. imignis. 



ERIODEHOROM. Only species, E. orientale. 



DURIO.-Only species D. zibethinus. 



STERCULIACEJE. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Flowers unisexual or polygsmous. Calyx usually coloured. No petals. Anthers 5-15, sessile. Mfttnr* 



carpels distinct, sessile or stalked. 



O Anthers irregularly clustered Seeds with albumen. 

 Stebctoia. Ovules 2 or more in each cell. Carpels follicular or opening along tlie inner edge. 



OO Anthers 5, in a ring. No albumen. 

 Heritieba. Ovules solitary. Carpels more or less bony or coriaceous, indehiscent. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals 5, deciduous". Anthers 5-15, sessile or on short filaments alternating 



by 1 to 3 with the 5 *eeth of the column or with as many linear or ligulate stamiuodcs. 

 Ptebospermum. Anthers on filaments, the cells parallel. Fruit woody or nearly so, terete or 5-angnlBr 6> 

 valved. Seeds winged. ' 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals deciduous. Anthers indefinite, on filaments, in several rows on 



the outside of the column from tho middle to the top. Stamiuodes none. 

 EKiotABNA. Fruit almost woody, 5-valved. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals maroesoent, flat. Stamens 5, shortly united at the base or seldom 



forming a column. Stamiuodes none, or rarely teeth-like. 

 Melochia. Calyx bell-shaped or inflated-globular. Stamiuodes none or broadly teeth-like- Ovary 5.celled ha 

 oelk 2-ovuled. ' ) 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals with a short, broad, very concave base and a sessile or 



clawed lamina. Anthers 5-15, seldom more and definite, sessile or on filaments, by 1 to 6 

 opposite to the petals and inserted between the teeth-or lobd-like stamiuodes of the staminal 

 cup. 

 Anthei-s by 2 or more between the stamiuodes. 

 GvAzUHA. Petals at the base clawed and cncuUate-inflexed, the linear lamina deeply 2.cleft. Stamens by 2 or 3 



between the stamiuodes. Fruits globular, muricate. 

 Lepionvchia Petals very short, concave. Anthers on elongate filaments, by 2 between the short stamiuodes, 

 augmented on the back by short bristle-like staminodes. Capsules not murioate. 

 00 Anthers solitary between the staminodes, 

 Buettneria. Petals cucullate at the clawed base, inflexed and at the summit adnate to the stamiual cup on tho 

 back nacked or glandular. ' 



STERCULIA. 



Seeds without icings, 2 or more along the suture of the coriaceous carpels, never inserted 

 at the base. 



O Leaves digitate. 



1 = H. vulpinus of App. A. 



