20 14. AULVACE^. [Qossypium. 



Ovary 5-celled; style clavate 5-grooved with 5 stigmas; ovules 

 maoy in each cell. Capsule 3-5-valved. Seeds clothed with wool- 

 ly hairs; cotyledons leafy, black-dotted. 



G. Stocksii, Mast. Fl. Bi-. I. 1. 346. Limestone rocks on tbe coast of 

 Sind ; also near Karachi. Fl. Dec, Jany. Fr. Feb., Mch- G. herhaceum, 

 Linn., G, bnrbadense, Linn., and G. arhoreum, Linn., are cultivated species. 



KYDIA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves palminerved, usually lobed. Flowers unisexual. 

 Calyx 5-lobed, persistent, surrounded at the base with the 4-6 leafy 

 bracteoles, which are accrescent in fruit. Petals 5, longer than calyx 

 attached to the base of the staminal column. Stamens raonadelph- 

 ous; the tube divided into 5 divisions, each bearing 3 anthers, which 

 are imperfect in the female flower. Ovary 2-3-celled ; style 3-clef t ; 

 stigmas 3, peltate, imperfect in the male flower; ovules 2 in each 

 cell. Capsule subglobose, 3-valved. Seeds reniform, furrowed. 

 Young leaves, branches, inflorescence, capsule, &c., covered with 

 a grey stellate tomentum. 



K calycina, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 188 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 348 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 24 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 3 ; Brandis For. Fl. 29. Wartmg, iliya, 

 M. ; hellaka, K. Common in deciduous forests on the North Kanara 

 and Konkan ghtits. Fl. July, Nov. Fr. Jany. Yields a strong fibre. 



ADANSONIA, L. 



Tree with a very thick trunk at the base. Leaves digitate, 

 deciduous. Flowers axillary, large, pendulous, long peduncled. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, 2-bracteolate. Petals 5. Staminal tube cylindrical, 

 dividing above into numerous filaments. Ovary ovoid, silky-tomea- 

 tose ; style filiform, bent after flowering. Fruit a pendulous capsule 

 with mealy pulp. 



A. digitata, Linn. Fl. Br. 1. 1. 348 ; Brandis For. Fl. 30; Dalz. & 



Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 9. Gonik chentz, M.; goruk amla, H. Baobab, 

 monkey bread tree. Cultivated in many parts of the presidency. Fl. 

 May, June. 



BOMBAX, L. 



Trees. Leaves digitate, deciduous. Flowers axillary or sub- 

 terminal. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate or 5-7-lobed. Petals large, 

 scarlet, obovate. Stamens pentadelphous and divided into numerous 

 filaments. Ovary 5-celled, stigmas 5 ; ovules many in each cell. 

 Capsule 5-valved, woolly within. Seeds woolly. 



Leaflets 5-7. Stamens 75 B. malabarieum. 



Leaflets 7-9. Calyx prickly. Stamens about 600 ... B. insifjne. 



B. malabarieum, DC. Prod. 1. 479; Fl. Br. L L 349 ; Brandis For. 

 ri.31 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t.32 ; Sahnalia malabar'ica, Schott. Dalz. <fe Gibs, 



