393 399 
Abelmoschus Moench. 
8. A. moschatus Moench; Wight, Ic. t. 399; Hibiscus Abelmoschus L. ; 
Masters in Hook. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 342; Craib, Contr. Fl. Siam 22. 
Lem Ngob, edge of jungle (no. 31). 
Area: India, Cultivated in most tropical countries. 
Thespesia Corr. 
9. T. populnea Corr. Ann. Mus. IX. 290; Masters in Hook. FI. Br. 
Ind. J. 345; Craib, Contr. Fl. Siam 93. 
Koh Chang, littoral jungle near Lem Dan (no. 181); Koh Kahdat, 
sandy sea-shore (no. 552 f). 
Area: Tropical Africa, Asia and Polynesia. 
Gossypium. Linné. 
10. G. barbadense L.; Masters in Hook. FI. Br. Ind. I. 347. 
Plains near Lem Dan (no. 112). 
Area: Cultivated in tropics and subtropics. 
Bombaceae. 
Ceiba Medic. 
C. pentandra (L.) Gaertn.; Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.; Masters 
in Hook. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 350. 
Lem Dan (no. 113 and 886), generally cultivated, ‘‘ton noon” of the 
Siamese. 
Area: Trop. America, Asia and Africa (?). 
Sterculiaceae. 
Helicteres Linné. 
1. Il. spieata Colebr.; Masters in Hook. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 366. 
Klong Majum (no. 91). 
Area: From Sikkim to Penang, Malaya. 
Pentapetes Linné. 
2. P. phoenicea L.; Masters in Hook. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 371. 
In the mangrove near Lem Dan (no. 739b). 
Area: India. 
Oxalidaceae. 
Averrhoa L. 
A. carambola L.; Hook. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 439. 
Plains at Lem Dan (no. 407). 
Area: India, a garden-plant. Native country unknown. 
