MALVACEAE 257 



Nos. 1-4. Oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, tridentate at the 

 apex. 



Nos. 5 and 6. Similar, but somewhat larger and broader above 

 the base, inclined to be oval. 



Nos. 7 and 8. Similar, but with one to two teeth on each side 

 near the apex. 



Hibiscus tortuosus, Eoxb. 



Hypocotyl woody, erect, terete, pubescent, pale green, l'S-2'4 cm. 

 above the soil. 



Cotyledons broadly oblong or subcordate, emarginate, deep green, 

 glabrous ; lamina 1 cm. long, 8-5 mm. broad ; petiole variable in 

 length both in young and adult conditions, pubescent. 



Stem woody, erect or subflexuose, terete, pubescent, pale green ; 

 1st internode 2 mm. long ; 2nd T65 cm. ; 3rd 1-4 cm. ; 4th 6 mm. 



Leaves deep green, glabrous on the upper side, sparsely pubescent 

 on the nerves beneath ; petioles terete, faintly grooved on the upper 

 side, pale green, hairy ; stipules slender, subulate or linear, obtuse, 

 pubescent. 



No. 1. Oblong, subcordate at the base, four-nerved, obsoletely 

 crenate, unequally and obtusely tridentate at the apex. 



No. 2. Cordate, obtuse, crenate, four-nerved ; nerves ascending 

 and incurved. 



No. 8. Similar, but much larger. 



Ultimate leaves cordate, acuminate, obtuse, five- to seven-nerved, 

 with a small or obscure lobe on each side above the middle, irregu- 

 larly crenate-dentate. 



Lagunaria Patersonii, Ait. (fig. 214). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, pale green, glabrous, 3-4-5 or 5 cm. 

 above the soil. 



Cotyledons ovate, obtuse, very nearly or quite equal, obsoletely 

 trilobulate near the apex, subcordate at the base, otherwise entire 

 or minutely emarginate, five-nerved at the base ; nerves alternate, 

 ascending, obscurely reticulate, coriaceous, deep green above, paler 

 beneath, glabrous, petiolate ; lamina 12-5-18-5 mm. long, 10-16 

 mm. wide ; petioles subterete, shallowly channelled above, slightly 

 pubescent in the furrow, 1-5 mm. long. 



In some seedlings the cotyledons are unequal when young, 

 but this inequality seems to disappear when they are fully grown. 



Stem erect, terete, densely covered with scurfy, peltate scales, 

 more or less jagged or stellate at the margin, ultimately woody, and 



