7f 
Srec. Cuar. Stem. arborescent: leaves ovate, glabrous, of 
slightly sprinkled-with a few hairs on the nerves beneath, coarsely 
toothed towards the apex, entire towards the base: pedicels axil- 
lary, jointed above their middle: involucel leaves 6-7, linear, half 
as long as the calyx, which is tubular and 5-cleft: flowers large, 
crimson. 
Interior of Hindostan.. In gardens throughout the’ Peninsula. 
Flowering all the year. The’ petals-are astringent and are used for 
blackening shoes, whence the common name of shoe-flower. There 
are several varieties, with red, yellow, and flesh-coloured flowers. 
(8) H. canescens. (Heyne.) 
Ident. W. & A, prod. I. p. 49. 
Spec. Cuar. Stem shrubby: leaves roundish-cordate, tightly 
and acutely lobed, upper ones sometimes entire, repand, /distantly 
tootlied, harshly. tomentose below:: stipules long, prist!¥: pedicels 
short, angled, thickened below the flower: involucp] ledves 5, lineat- 
subulate, sharply pointed,. striated lengthwise: calyx 5-cleft: se= 
pals 3-nervéd. ; , : 
Mysore. Madura. Gingie Hills. 
(9) H. panpvurirormis. ( Burm.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod, I.-p. 50.—Dec. prod. I. p. 445.—Roxb, 
fl. Ind. III. p. 196. 
Syn, H. tubulosus, Dec. prod. I. p. 447. 
Engrav, Burm. Ind. t. 47. f. 2.—Cav. Diss. Tl.t. 68. f. 2. 
Srrc. Cuan. Annual: stem not prickly, pubescent and hairy : 
leaves cordate, unequally toothed, upper side hispid, under softly 
tomentose, lower ones slightly 5-lobéd :’ pedicels axillary, 1-flower- 
ed, very. short: involticel' leaves 8, linear, . slightly: spathulate, 
spreading or recurved‘at the apex: calyx 5-cleft: capsule ovoid, 
pointed, very. hairy: flowers large, sulphur, with a dark-purple eye. 
Southern Provinces, flowering in October and November. 
(10) H. canwasrnus. (Lénn.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 50.—Dec. prod. I. p. 450.—Roxb. 
fl. Ind. ITT. p. 208. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II; t: 196. 
Spec. Coax. Annual: stem prickly : leaves 5-partite, ségnients 
narrow-lanceolate, serrated, with a gland beneath the middle nerve: 
flowers axillary, nearly sessile: involucel leaves usually 9, bristly : 
calyx divided beyond the middle: segments covered with a few 
prickles, with a large gland about the middle of each nerve: fruit 
nearly globose, very hairy: fléwers large, sulphur, with a dark- 
brown eye. 
Negapatam. Flowering in the rainy season. 
