74 XVIII. ANCISTROCLADACE^ [Ancistrocladus 



purplish, in dichotomous loose panicles, shorter than leaves. Fruiting calyx 

 lobes nearly equal, about | in. long. 



Silhet, Cachar, Chittagong, Pegu, Tenasserim. Fl. C. S. 4. A. Griffithii, Planch. 

 (Pan ben nice) Burm.) Lower Burma. Swamp forests and muddy river banks. 

 Leaves 5-10 in., panicles repeatedly dichotomous, ramifications slender flexuose. Fl. 

 pale lilac or pink. 5. A. attenuatus, Dyer, Tenasserim and Andamans. Leaves 12-15 in., 

 linear cuneate, midrib prominent, ramifications of panicles stout, bracts triangular, 

 acute, lobes of fruiting calyx unequal, 2 lobes larger, J in. long. 



Obdeb XIX. MALVACEAE. Gen. PI. i. 195. 



(Malvacece and Bombacacece., Engler und Prantl iii. 6. pp. 30, 53.) 



Herbs, rarely arborescent, younger parts as a rule clothed with stellate hairs, 

 wood light, soft. Leaves alternate, mostly stipulate, generally palminerved. 

 Fl. large, regular, as a rule bisexual. Sepals generally 5, more or less connate, 

 valvate in bud. Petals 5, hypogynous, usually adnate to the base of staminal 

 column, in bud twisted or imbricate. Stamens usually oo, monadelphous. 

 Anthers 1-celled, bursting lengthwise. Ovary syncarpous, carpels numerous, 

 usually in a whorl round a conical torus. Fruit a number of distinct carpels 

 or a capsule, opening loculicidally. Seeds generally without albumen. 



A. Staminal tube truncate or 5-toothed, bearing short filaments on the outside. 



Bracteoles 5, persistent, as long as calyx or half its 



length 1. Hibiscus. 



Bracteoles minute, deciduous . . . . .2. Thesfesia. 



B. Staminal tube short, divided into filaments, calyx leathery, leaves digitate. 



Stamens 5, capsule 5-valved, filled with silky wool . 3. Eiuodendkon. 

 Stamens numerous, capsule 5-valved, filled with silky 



wool .......... 4. Bombax. 



Stamens numerous, fruit woody, indehiscent, filled 



with mealy pulp Adansonia (p. 78). 



C. Staminal tube divided into numerous filaments, leaves 



simple, penniveined Dur.io (p. 78). 



D. Staminal tube divided into 5 antheriferous segments. 



Leaves penniveined, oblong-lanceolate, entire . . 5. Cullenia. 

 Leaves with 5-7 basal nerves, orbicular or nearly so . 6. Kydia. 



1. HIBISCUS, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 334. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves often lobed. Calyx supported by a whorl of 

 5 or more bracteoles. Staminal tube bearing on the outside short filaments 

 along its entire length, and sometimes also at the apex, summit truncate 

 or 5-toothed, anthers reniform. Ovary 5-celled, the cells alternating with 

 petals. Styles 5, spreading, connate below. Capsule 5-valved, sometimes 

 10-celled. Species 150, chiefly in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



1. H. macrophyllus, Roxb. ; Wall. PI. As. Par. t. 51. Vern. Yeticun, 

 Burm. 



A middle-sized tree. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence densely clothed, 

 with soft tomentum mixed with long tawny fasciculate hairs, \-^ in. long or 

 longer. Leaves entire, cordate, softly tomentose on both sides, blade 6-12 in. 

 diam., petiole 6-10 in. long. Stipules oblong, convolute, hispid-tomentose ; 2 in. 

 long, deciduous. Fl. in axillary pedunculate cymes, each flower enclosed in bud 

 by two large ovate deciduous bracts. Bracteoles 10-12, linear-lanceolate, as long 

 as calyx. Corolla 2-3 in. diam., yellow, with a dark purple eye, turning purple. 

 Capsule pointed, hispid. Seeds reniform, on the edge with long tawny hairs. 



