18 1.3. DiPTEROCARPEJE. [Shorea. 



ments enlarged in fruifc. Stamens indefinite, connective subulate, 

 produced. Ovary 3-cplled, ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit enclosed 

 in the winged calyx. Seed 1, cotyledons fleshy. 



S. Talura, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 618 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 304; ,S^. laccifera , 

 Heyne ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 36. In the evergreen forests of the Sirsi talaka 

 of North Kauara, rare. Fl. Jan. Fr. April. 



HOPEA, Roxb. 



Resinous trees. Leaves entire, firm. Flowers in lax panicles of 

 unilateral racemes. Calj'x-tube very short, segments imbricate. 

 Petals connate, deciduous. Stamens 15, connective long cuspidate. 

 Ovary .3-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Nut 1-seeded, 2-winged. 



H. WigMiana, Wall. Cat. 6295 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 309 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 

 t. 9(5. Uaiga, K. ; kavsi, M. Common along the banks of the North 

 Kdnara ghat rivers and nalas. Fl. Mch-, June. Fr. K. S. 



VATERIA, L. 



Resinous trees. Leaves entire, fiirni. Flowers usually panicu- 

 late. Calyx with a short tube adnate to the torus, divisions scarcely 

 accrescent in fruit. Stamens 15. Ovary 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled. 

 Fruit ovoid 1-seeded, seated on the reflexed calyx. Cotyledons 

 thick unequal, radicle superior. 



V. indica, L. Fl. Br. I. 1, 313; V . malabarica, Blnme ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 8-i. Piney varnish tree ; Indian copal tree. Dhapada, K. On 

 the southei-n ghats of North Kanara, in evergreen forests ; commonly 

 planted along road sides in the North Kanara district. Fl. Mch., Apl. 

 Fr. R.S. 



Order 14, MALVACE^ 



Soft wooded shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, rarely compound, 



alternate, often palminerved. Bracteoles 3 or more. Sepals 5- 



valvate. Petals 5 twisted-imbricate. Stamens numerous monadel- 



phous. Anthers 1-celled. Ovary 2, many celled. Fruit of dry 



cocci, deliiscent or indehiscent. Albumen scanty, often mucda- 



ginous or 0. 



Stamina! cohimn tubular, entire. 



Stigmas spreading. Ovary lO-celled ... ... ...Decaschistia, 



Ovary 2-5-celled. Bracteoles 5 or more ... ...Hibiscus. » 



Stigmas coherent. Bracteoles 3-5 ... ... . Thespesia. 



Bracteoles 3, large cordate ... ... ... ...Gossypium. 



Staminal column tubular at base only. Filaments 



5-delphous or free. 

 Leaves simple ... ... ... ... ... ...Kydia. 



Leaves digitate ... .. Adansonia. 



Filaments with single anthers ... ... ... ...Bombax. 



Filaments with 2-.3 anthers ... ... ... ...Ekiodendron, 



DECASCHISTIA, W. & A 

 Shrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Flowers large. Bracteoles 10. 

 Styles 10, connate below. Capsule loculicidally 10-valved, hispid. 



