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XIX. MALVACE.3E 



[ Tliespesia 



of Chittagong, Burma and the Andamans. PI. throughout the year. Littoral 

 throughout the tropics. In the Western Peninsula largely planted as an avenue tree. 



Pig. 85. — Thespesia populnea, Correa. \. 



2. T. Lampas, Dalz. et Gibs. — T. macropliylla, Blume; T. Cooke, PI. Bombay i. 114. 

 Hibiscus Lampas, Cav. ; Wight Ic. t. 5. Vern. Ban Jcapas, KaJchi, Hind. A large 

 shrub. Common in deciduous forests of both peninsulas. Young shoots and leaves 

 beneath shortly; stellate tomentose. Leaves more or less lobed, bracteoles minute. 

 Calyx nearly truncate, with 5 small distant subulate lobes. Corolla 3J in. across, 

 bright yellow with a crimson centre. Seeds small, club-shaped, black and glossy. 



3. ERIODENDRON, DC; M. Brit. Tnd. i. 349. (Ceiba, Gaertner; 

 Schumann in Engler u. Prantl iii. 6. 62.) 



Species 9, mostly American. 



E. anfractuosum, DC; Wight Ic. t. 400; Bedd. Manual t. iv. fig. 2.— 

 Syn. E. orientale, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 131; Ceiba pentandra, Gaertner. 



A large deciduous glabrous tree, branches horizontal in whorls, stems armed 

 with woody conical prickles. Leaves digitate, leaflets 5-8, glaucescent beneath. 

 Fl. creamy white, 1-1| in. long, in numerous axillary fascicles on short stout 

 tubercles near the ends of branches, ajjpearing with or before the young leaves. 

 Calyx campanulate, with 5 obtuse teeth, persistent. Petals twice to three 

 times the length of calyx. Stamens 5, connate at base into a fleshy tube. 

 Capsule 3-5 in., tardily dehiscent, 5-celled, cells lined with long white silky 

 wool. Seeds glabrous, bearing a few dense tufts of silky hair. 



Indigenous on the Andamans, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, and in tropical 

 America. Often planted in Burma and India. PI. January-March. 



