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VAR. typica. A. indicam G. Douj Gen. 8yst. i., 504. 8ida in- 

 dicahimi,, Sp. PI. (ed. ii.) 964; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 179. 

 Minikoi; Fleming! 



VAR. 'pojJidifolia W. & A., Prodr. i., 56. A, populifolvum 

 G. Dou, Gen. Syst., i., 503. Sida popullfoUa Lamk., 

 Encycl. Meth., i., 7; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 179. 

 Kadamum; Hume! Fleming! Akati ; Fleming! Minikoi; 

 Fleming ! 



Both vaTiefcies are widely dispersed in India, the second being 

 the more common in Western India. A weed of cultivation, 

 cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



10. IJrena sinuata Linn., Sp. PI. 692; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 

 182; Hook. L, Flor. Brit. Ind;, i., 329. 



Kalp^ni; Alcock ! 



A weed of fields and roadsides, cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



11. Hibiscus Solandra L'Herit., Stirp., i., 103, t. 49; Roxb , 

 Flor. Ind., iii., 197,- Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind,, i., 336. 



Minikoi; common, Fleming ! 



A weed of fields and roadsides, confined to India, Ceylon and 

 tropical Bast Africa. 



12. Hibiscus tiliaceus Linn., Sp. PI. 694 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., 

 iii., 192; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 343. 



Akati ; Fleming ! Minikoi ; Fleming ! 



A littoral species, cosmopolitan on tropical sea-shores. 



13. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn., Sp. PI. 694; Roxb., Flor. 

 Ind., iii., 194; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind. i., 344. The Shoe- 

 Flower. 



Minikoi ; cultivated, Fleming ! 



Cultivated in gardens throughout India ; native of China. 



14. Thespesia populnea Corr., Ann. Mus. Par. ix., 290; Hook, 

 f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 345i, Hibiscus 'popukieus Linn;, Sp. PI. 694; 

 Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 190. The Portia Tree. 



Anderut; planted, Alcoch! Kiltan^ indigenous, Fleming! Akati; 

 both indigenous and planted, Fleming ! Kadamum ; indigenous, 

 Fleming! 



A littoral species, common, on all tropical sea-shores inihe Old 

 World and Polynesia ; naturalised in the West Indies. 



