112 MALVACEAE. 



4. slipulacea, Cav. {DC. I. c.) O Spain. Fl. smallish, purple, C. S. ; 

 fr. March. 



5. mauritiana, L. {DC. pr. I, p. 432; — W. and A.pr. \,p. 45; — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 3, p. 181 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 12.) © Italy, Spain, Por- 

 tugal. Fl. largish, dark-purple, Feb. and March ; fr. April. 



6. rotundifolia, L. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. I. c; — E. B. 

 16, t. 1092.) © Europe, Madura, Mysore, Persia, Cashmere. Fl. 

 middle-sized, deep rose-coloured, Feb. and March ; fr. April. 



7. verticillata, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 433.) © China. Fl. middle-sized, 

 white, Feb. and March ; fr. April. 



8. caroliniana, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 435.) ® Carolina. Fl. middle-sized, 

 red, C. S. ; fr. March. 



Altera, L. {DC.pr. \, p. 436; — W. and A.pr. \,p. 45.) 



1. rosea, Cav. {DC. I. c. ■,—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 180;— J. Grah. Cat. B. 



pip. 12;— B. M. 59, t. 3189.) Hollyhock. C<5tt«T«(?<n Golkhyra. cf. 



China. Fl. very large, rose-coloured, Feb. and March ; fr. April. 



Is the origin of nearly twenty splendid varieties of border flowers. 



Leaves said to yield a colouring matter, resembling Indigo. {Lindl.) 

 Malachra, L. {DC.pr. I, p. 440.) 



1. capitata, L. {DC. I. c.) © W. Indies. Fl. middle-sized, yellow, 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. Domesticated about Serampore. 



2. heptaphylla, Fisch. {DC. pr. 1, p. 441, excl. syn. M. fasciatse, Ker. 

 B. Reg. 6, t. 467.) '4. Brazil. Fl. middle-sized, rose-coloured, and 

 fr, nearly the whole year. Stings almost like a Loasa. 



Urena, L. {DC.pr. \,p. 441 ; — W. and A. pr. \,p. 46.) 



1. lobata, L. {DC. I. c \—W. and A. I. c. i—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 182 ; — 

 J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 13 ;— 5. M. 58, t. 3043 ■,—Rumph. 6, t. 25./. 

 2. A.) ^^>S^^ Bun-okra. "fe Fl. middle-sized, rose-coloured, R. S ; 

 fr. C. S. Both Peninsulas of India, Bengal, (Serampore,) Nepal. 



2. sinuata, L. {DC.pr. \,p. 442; — W. and A.pr. \,p. 46; — Roxb.fl. 

 ind. 3, p. 182 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 13 ; — U. rauricata, DC. I. c. 

 U. Lappago, Sm. ? — DC. o. c. p. 441;— Rheed. 10, t. 2 ;—Rumph. 6, t. 

 25. — U. heterophylla, Sm. ; — DC. o. c. p. 442; — Burnt, zeyl. t. 62, 



/. 2.) <Pt^*l1 Kungooya. ^ Ceylon, Peninsula of India, Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Fl. smallish, rose-coloured, R. S ; fr. C. S. 



3. rcpanda, Sm. {Wight, ill. \,p. 65 ; — DC. pr. \, p. 441 ; — Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 3, p. 182; — W. and A. pr. l,p.46.) $ Goomsoor. In H. C. G. 

 fl. Sept. Oct. and Nov. ; fr. Dec, Jan. and Feb. {Roxb.) 



4. speciosa, Wall. {pi. as. rar. 1, t. 26.) B Tanng Dong. Fl large, 

 rose-coloured. Has been introduced into H. C. G. } 



5. rigida. Wall. Cat. Moulraein. In H. C. G. Fl. .? 

 C. mucrocnrpa. Wall. S. Burma. 



SiDA, L. {W. and A. pr. \,p. 57.) 



1. angustifolia. Lam. {DC. pr. 1, p. 459.) B Bourbon. Fl. small, yellow- 

 ish, and fr. nearly the whole year. 



