93. 
- Spec, Cuan. Shrub: leaves wedge-shaped, truncated, toothed 
at the top, under side hoary with pubescence: flowers solitary, or 
2-8 together, at the extremity of the branches: fruit flattened at 
the top. 
Coromandel. . 
(8) R. supina. (Dec.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 66.—Dec. prod. I. p, 491. 
- Syn. Melochia supina, Linn.—Visenia supina, Spreng. Syst: 
Engrav. Pluk, t, 132. f. 4. 
Spec. Cuar. An under-shrub with prostrate stem: leaves 
broadly ovate, serrated : flowers several together in the axils of thé 
two or three uppermost leaves, sessile: fruit globose: flowers deep 
rose-coloured. 
Coromandel, flowering throughout the year. 
(4) R. corcnoriroria. D. C.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p, 66.—Dec. prod. I. p. 491, 
Syn. Melochia corchorifolia, Linn. Roxb. fl. Ind. III. p. 139.— 
Visenia corchorifolia, Spr. Syst.—Mongeotia corchorifolia, Kunth. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. IX. t. 73.—Pluk. t. 44. f. 5. 
Srrec. Cuar. Herbaceous, erect: leaves ovate, cordate at ‘the 
base, serrated: flowers terminal, in short, dense spikes: fruit glo- 
bose: flowers deep rose-coloured, with a yellow centre. 
Coromandel and Malabar. Bengal, extending to the most North« 
ern parts of India. Flowering nearly all the year. 
(5) R. concatenata. (D. C.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 66.—Dec. prod. I. p. 492. 
Syn. R. radiata, Blume.—Melochia concatenata, Linn.—~Visee 
nia concatenata, Spr. Syst. 
Engrav. Pluk. t. 9. f. 5. 
Spec. Cuar. Herbaceous, erect: leaves ovate-lanceolate, ser- 
rated : flowers arranged in spikes, which usually. become elongated 
in fruit, and placed several together at the extremity of the branches: _ 
fruit globose. : 
Coromandel. 
GENUS V. WALTHERIA. 
Monadelphia Pentandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv, In honour of Dr. A. F. Walther, of Leipsic, a Botanical 
“author, . 
