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Ind. III. 190; Hihiscus populneoides, Roxb 1. c. 191; Thesp. macrophyl- 

 la, Bl. Bydr. 73 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 1/2. 151). 



Hab. Common in the beach and tidal forests all along the shore from 

 Chittagong down to Tenasserim and the Andamans ; Ava, Bhamo and 

 Sabado (J. Anderson). Fl. Sept. Fr. March, May. 



The occurrence of this saltloving tree in Ava is unique and requires 

 explanation. Brine springs are numerous in Prome and Ava, and may pos- 

 sibly account for such an exceptional re-appearance of a sea-shore plant in 

 the interior of Burma. 



2. Tii. Lampas, Dalz. in Dalz. and Gibs. Bombay Fl. 19 ; Hf. Ind. 

 Fl. I. 345. {Hibiscus Lampas, Cav. Diss. III. 154. t. 56. f. 2 ; Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. 197 ; Wight Ic. t. 5 ; ^. tetralocidaris, Roxb. 1. c. 198 ? ; Azanza 

 Zollingeri, Alef. in Bot. Zeit. 1861. 298). 



Hab. Frequent in all leaf-shedding forests, especially the mixed ones, 

 also in savannahs ; all over Burma. Fl. Fr. C. & H. S. 



Gossypium, L. 



Conspecius of species. 

 Anuual ; seeds free, clothed with firmly adhering silky down,... ...G. herhaceum. 



Shrubby ; perennial ; seeds black, free or cohering, devoid of adhering pubescence, 



.. Cr. Barhadense. 



*1. a. HEEBACEUM, L. sp. pi. 975 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 184; Royle 

 in. Him. PI. 98. t. 23. f. 1 ; Wight Ic. t. 10 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 346. 



Var. a. herbaceum, {G. lierhaceum, L. 1. c. ; G. Jiirsutum, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. 187 ; G. Barhadense, Wight III. t. 28/c.) lobes of leaves acumi- 

 nate. Var. IB. liirsutum. Mast, in Hf. 1 o. {G. Iiirsutum, L. sp. pi. 975 ; 

 DC. Prod. I. 4^6 ; G. oltusifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 183 ; G. lierlaeeum^ 

 Wight Ic. t. 9.), leaves with usually blunt lobes, the upper ones often undi- 

 vided, with or without a gland on the midrib beneath ; involucre-leaflets 

 entire or serrate ; capsules when ripe green ; cotton white. 



Hab. Var. a. and j8. much cultivated all over Burma, and often seen 

 as wild in deserted toungyas and neglected lands. FL Fr. C. and H. S. 



*2. G. Barbadense, L. sp. pi. 975 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 187 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl I. 347. p. p. 



Hab. Rarely seen in gardens in Pegu. 



Bombax, L. 



Conspectus of species. 



Leaflets on a 10 to 12 lin. long petiolule; staiuinal bundles consisting of 15 to 20 sti'ong 

 and thick filaments, ... ... ... ...B. Malabar icum. 



Leaflets decurrcnt on the short 2 to 3 lin long petiolule ; staminal bundles consisting of 

 50 or more long filiform filaments, ... ... .. „.B. iyisigne. 



