DecascJiislui.] 14. malvace^. 19 



D. trilobata, Wg-t. Ic. t. 88 ; Fl Br. I. 1. 332 ; Dalz. & Gib?, Bomb. 

 Fl. 21. Oil the Koiikan and the Supa ghats of North Kunara, iii open 

 situations. Fl. Oct., Nov. Fr. C.S. 



HIBISCUS, Medik. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves stipulate. Inflorescence axillary. 

 Bracteoles 5 or more. Calyx 5-divided, valvate, sometimes spatha- 

 ceous. Styles 5, connate below. Fruit a capsule, luculicidally 

 5-valved. 



Climbing prickly shrub. Bracteoles forked at apex ...H.furcatus. 

 Bracteoles more than 5 free or connate at base. Capsule 



small hispid. Seeds glabresceut ... ... ...H. colUnus. 



Tree. Bracteoles cunnate at base. Capsule spuriously 



10-celled. Seeds pilose H^- tiliaceoits. 



H. furcatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 204; Fl. Br. I. 1. 335 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 19. Common in many of the North Kanara and Konkan 

 moist forests. Fl. Jany., Feb. Fr. H.S. 



H. eolUnus, Koxb. Fl. Ind. III. 198; Fl. Br. I. 1. 338. Konkan 

 FK Br. I. Fl. R.S. 



H. tiliaceous, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 343; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 29; 

 Paritium tiliaceum, W. & A. Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 17. Konkan and 

 North Kanara, along the sea-coast; also along the banks of tidal rivers, 

 near the sea. Fl. Jany. Fr. Mch., ApL "The flowers yellow in the 

 morning turn red in the afternoon." Bedd. 



T HE S PES I A, Corr. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Inflorescence axillary. 

 Bracteoles 5-8, deciduous. Calyx truncate, 5-toothed or 5-partite, 

 Corolla large, yellow. Stamiual tube 5-toothed at apex. Ovary 

 4-5-celled ; style club-shaped, 5-fari'owed ; ovules few in each cell. 

 Capsule dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds glabrous or tomentose. 



A shrub. Leaves lobed. Seeds glabrescent T. Lampas. 



A tree. Leaves entire. Seeds pilose or powdery .. T. popiilnea, 



T. Lampas, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. ¥1 19 ; Fl. 8 Br. 1. 1. 345. Banbhendtj, 

 M. In the Konkan and North Kanara forests from the sea-level up- 

 wards. Very common, Fl. Aug., Oct. Fr. Nov., Dec. 



T. populnea, Corr. in Ann. Mus. IX. 290 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 345 ; Dalz. 

 & Gib.s. Bom. Fl. 150 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 63. Bhend;/,^ tulip or Portia 

 tree. Along the sea-shores of the Konkan and North Kanara; often cul- 

 tivated as a road-side tree. Fl. C.S. Fr. R.S. 



GOSSYPIUM, L. 



Herbs, shrubs or low trees. Leaves palmately lobed. Flower 

 large yellow with a purple centre or all purplish. Bracteoles 3, 

 large leafy, cordate, black glandular dotted like the calyx. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, truncate or 5-toothed. Petals convolute or spreading. 



