MALVACEAE 323 



3. H. tlliaceus L. Balibago (Tag.). 



A much-branched tree 4 to 12 m high. Leaves 10 to 15 cm long, sub- 

 orbicular, green, glabrous and shining on the upper surface, the lower 

 surface grayish, pubescent, apex shortly acuminate, base prominently cor- 

 date, the sinus narrow, the basal lobes rounded, margins minutely crenulate. 

 Peduncles terminal, few-flowered. Bracteoles connate into a persistent, 

 9- 9r 10- toothed, persistent cup. Sepals 5, oblong, acuminate, pubescent, 

 2 cm long, persistent. Petal^ yellow, dark-purple at the base inside, or- 

 bicular-obovate, rounded, about 5 cm long and wide. Capsule ovoid, pubes- 

 cent, 1.6 cm long, surrounded by the persistent sepals, and at the base 

 by the bracteolar cup, falsely 10-celled, 5-valved. (Fl. Filip. pi. 27i.) 



Common near the sea, fl. Aug.-Feb.; throughout the Philippines near 

 the sea. Tropics generally. 



♦4. .H. ROSA-siNENSis L. Gomamela (Tag.). 



An erect, much branched, glabrous shrub 1 to 4 m high. Leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, coarsely toothed, 7 to 12 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, 

 very large, about 10 cm long, 12 cm in diameter. Bracteoles 6, lanceolate, 

 green, 8 mm long or less. Calyx green, 2 cm long, the lobes ovate. Petals 

 red, obovate, rounded, imbricate. Staminal-tube slender, longer than the 

 corolla. 



Commonly cultivated, fl. all the year. Probably a native of south-eastern 

 Asia, now cultivated in all tropical and subtropical countries. 



Several cultural forms or varieties occur in Manila, chiefly one with 

 double red flowers, and one with double yellowish flowers, the flowers of 

 both somewhat smaller than in the typical form. (Fl. Filip. pi. 270.) 



*5. H. SCHIZOPETALUS Hook. f. Gomamela (Tag.); Araiia (Sp.-Fil.). 



An erect, glabrous shrub 1 to 4 m high, the branches often elongated, 

 drooping, or subscandent. Leaves oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovat6, acuminate, 

 5 to 7 cm long, dentate. Flowers axillary, solitary, about 8 cm in diameter, 

 pendulous, the peduncles up to 16 cm in lenth. Bracteoles minute. Calyx 

 green, 1.5 cm long, the lobes short, the tube often split down one side. 

 Petals red, or red and yellowish-white, recurved, finely split into numerous 

 slender lobes and laciniae. Staminal tube very slender, long-exserted, 

 pendulous. 



Common in cultivation, fl. all the year; 'in towns throughout the Phil- 

 ippines, but not spontaneous. Probably a native of tropical Africa, now 

 cultivated in most tropical countries. 



10. THESPESIA Correa 



Shrubs or trees, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves entire or lobed. Flowers 

 large, axillary, solitary, or on few-flowered peduncles, the bracteoles decid- 

 aous. Calyx truncate, 6-toothed or 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, the 

 petals convolute, yellow, with a large purple spot at the base. Staminal- 

 tube 6-toothed. Ovary 4- or 5-ceIled; style club-shaped, 6-furrowed or 

 5-toothed. Capsule loculicidal or scarcely dehiscent. Seeds glabrous or 

 tomentose. (From the Greek "divine," on account of its showy flowers.) 



Species few> Madagascar to tropical Asia, Malaya and Polynesia, 2 in 

 the Philippines. 



Shrub; leaves pubescent beneath, usually somewhat 3-lobed 1. T. lampas 



Tree; leaves glabrous, entire, acuminate...- 2. T, populnea 



