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Waltheria. } STERCULIACEA 277 
211. 2p QUINQUELOCULARIS Wight; F. B. I. i. 871; E.D. 
317. 
cta Nagpur, on Parasnath. 
A tree. 
410. Pentapetes Linn. 
rbs; leaves hastate-lanceolate. Flowers axillary; brac- 
teoles 3, subulate, caducous. Sepals 5, lanceolate, connate only 
at the base. Petals 5. Stamens connate at the base, 15 fertile in 
5 groups of 8, alternating with 5 staminodes that are almost as 
long as the petals; anthers 2-celled, extrorse. Ovary sessile, 5 
locular; style entire, twisted and thickened upwards; ovules 
numerous in each loculus. Fruit a loculicidally 5-valved cap- 
sule. Seeds 8-12, 2-seriate in each chamber, without wings ; 
embryo with 2-partite plicate cotyledons. 
212, oe pHENICEA Linn.; F. I. iii. 157; F. B, I. 
D. P. 398. 
‘Bverywhars common. ‘ 
A weed of waste places. Beng. Kat- lita, bandied ; 
Santal. Bare baha; Hind. Dopoharia. 
4114. Melochia Linn. 
cent sates Flowers small, in lax panicles or clusters. Sepals 5, 
petals, connate at the base in a tube; anthers 2-celled extrorse. 
Ovary sessile, 5-locular; styles 5, free or connate at the base ; 
ovules 2in each loculus. Fruit a loculicidally 5-valved capsule. 
Seeds ascending ; albumen copious ; embryo straight. 
18, ous concHoRiFoLIA Linn}: ff. 1 ii 180}, Rese 
. D. M. 429. 
Everywhere common ee 
A shrubby weed of waste places. Beng. Tiki-okra ; 
Santal. Thuiak’ arak’. 
112. Waltheria Linn. 
Herbs or undershrubs with simple leaves; stipules narrow 
Flowers small, in dense axillary or terminal clusters. Sepals “ 
connate below. Petals 5. Stamens 5, connate below in a tube; 
anthers 2-lobed, Ovary sessile, 1-locular; style excentric, stigma 
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