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Var. a. corolla white or pale-sulphur with a purple 63^6. 



Var. /5. LiNDLETi {H. Lindlei/i, Wall. PL As. rar. i. t. 4 ; Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1395 ; H. radkdus, Bot. Mag. t. 5098 ?) 



Hab. Much cultivated all over Burma from Chittagong and Ava 

 down to Tenasserim, and often like wild in deserted toungyas. Fl. Fr. 

 C. S. 



*15. H. CANNABiNUS, L. sp. pi. 979 ; Roxb. Corom. PL II. 1. 190 and 

 FL Ind. III. 208 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. 1. 339. 



Hab. Cultivated in toungyas of Pegu and Martaban, and often as 

 wild in deserted ones. 



1^. H. SABDARiFrA, L. sp. pi. 978 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 310. 



Hab. Much cultivated all over Burma from Chittagong and Ava down 

 to Pegu, sometimes as wild in deserted toungyas. FL Fr. C. S. 



*17. H. EicuLNEUS, L. sp. pi. 978 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 310. {H, prostra- 

 tus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 208 ; Alelmoschus jiculneus, WA. Prod. I. 53 j 

 Wight Ic. t. 154 ; K. strictus^ Roxb. 1. c. 208). 



Hab. Rarely cultivated in native gardens of Pegu. 



18. H. SAGiTTiroLius, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1871, 46. 

 {H. Abelmoschus, var. a. multiformis, Mast, in Hf. Ind. FL 1. 342 ; H. 

 hastatus, Cav. Diss. III. 144. t. 50 f. 1 ? non Linn. f.). 



Hab. Ava, Meaong (Wall.) ; Pegu (Brandis). FL Sept. 



19. H. Abelmoschus, L. sp. pL 980; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 202; 

 GriflP. Not. Dicot. 541 ? ; Hf. Ind. FL I. 342. {Abelmoschus moschatus, 

 Moench ; Wight Ic. t. 399 ; Abelmosclius pseudo- Abelmoschus, Walp. Rep. 

 I. 308). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the mixed, especially the upper-mixed, forests 

 of Arracan and Pegu ; also Tenasserim, Moulmein ; Ava, Segain. FL Fr. 

 Nov. — Jan. 



20. H. CANCELLATUS, L. f. SuppL 311 ; Roxb. FL Ind. III. 201 ; 

 Hf. Ind. FL I. 342. (Abelmoschus crinitus, Wall. PL As. rar. 1.39. t. 44). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the dry forests of Prome and Ava ; also in 

 the low forests of the Irrawadi zone, Pegu. Fr. January. 



Only the form figured by Wallich occurs in Burma, the other with 

 overlapping leaf-bases, more obtuse lobes, and different tomentum seems to 

 be restricted to Hindustan. 



*21. H. ESCULENTUS, L. sp. pi. 980 ; Cav. Diss. III. t. Gl. f. 2 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 313. {Hibiscus longifolius, Wild. sp. pi. III. 827 j Roxb. FL 

 Ind. III. 210). 



Hab. Cultivated in Burma (accord. Revd. F. Mason). 



*22. H. Manihot, L. sp. pi. 980; Bot. Mag. t. 1702 and t. 3152 ; 

 Hf. Ind. FL I. 341. {H. pentaphylUs, Roxb. FL Ind. III. 212 ; AbeU 

 moschus Manihot, Walp. Rep. I. 311). 



