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large, yellow with purple eye. 

 O Capsules short, 5-aiig-led 



t Involucre-leaflets about 10-12. 

 All parts ininutcly scabrous ; peduncles about twice as long- as the capsule, slender j 

 flowers about li in. in diameter, .. ... ...H. sagittifoUus. 



All parts spreadingly setose ; peduncles as long or shorter than the capsule, strong ; flow- 

 ers 2 to 3 in. in diameter, .. ... ... ,..H. Abelmoschus . 



t t Involucre-leaflets 15 to 20. 

 Stems hirsute ; leaves lobed, tomentose and sprinkled with stiff hairs ; involucre-leaflets 

 rather persistent, ... ... ... ... ,. H. cancellatus. 



O O Capsule elongate-conical, 7-angular. 

 Involucre-leaflets 10; all parts slightly hairy, ... ... ...H. esculenUts. 



% y. % Involucre-leaflets broad and leafy, usually large, 4 to 6 ; flowers 

 yellow with purple eye. Stems setose. 

 Involucre-leaflets 4. 

 Leaves almost glabrous ; involucre-leaflets glabrous, along the borders shortly tomentose, 



.. H. Manihot. 

 Leaves beneath sprinkled mth 3-forked short hairs ; involucre-leaflets appressed pubes- 

 cent and setose- ciliate, ... ... ... ... H.hostllis. 



O Involucre-leaflets 6. 

 Leaves hii'sute ; involucre-leaflets sprinkled with long stiff" hairs, ...H. i^ungens. 



B. Leaflets of the involucre united iij) to the middle or at least at the hase, sometimes forni' 



ing a cup-shaped involucre. 

 Siihg. 4. Paritium. Trees, shrubs or woo4y climbers. 



* Trees or erect shrubs. Seeds glabrous. Flowers large, yellow with pur- 



ple eye. 



Leaves deeply 3-lobed, ... ... ... ... ,..H . hastatus. 



Leaves not divided, entire or CTenulate, . . , ... ... .. //. tiliaceus, 



* * Seeds woolly or pubescent. 



t Woody climbers. 

 All parts velvety tomentose, leaves glabrescent above ; involucre-leaflets 4-7, velvety, 



.. H . scandens. 

 t t Trees. 

 All parts tawny setose > leaves entire, tawny tomentose j involuci'e-leaflets 10, hirsute, 



...H. macrophylUis. 



1. H. SoLANDRA, L'Her. Stirp. I. 103. t. 49; Roxb. M. Ind. III. 

 197 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 336. 



Hab. Ava, Taong dong and Segain (Wall.) 



2. H. YiTiFOLius, L. Mant. 569 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 200 ; Hf. Ind. 

 Fl. I. 838. {H, trmicatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 200). 



Hab. Not uncommon along borders of fields, in shrubberies, rubbishy 

 places round villages, etc., also in the dry forests, all over Burma from Chit- 

 tagong and Ava down to Pegu. Fl. R. and C. S. j Fr. H. S. 



3. H. MiCRANTKUs, L. f. Suppl. 308 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 335. (IT. 

 rigidus, L. f. Suppl. 310 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. III. 195.) 



Hab. Ava, Pagha myo (Wall.). 



