318 xxTi. MALVACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 



albumen scanty often mucilaginous or ; embryo curved; cotyledons leafy, 

 usually folded or crumpled.— DisTEiB. Abundant in warm regions, common 

 in temperate, absent from arctic. Genera 57, known species about 700, 

 largely represented in India. A few genera are peculiar to India or the 

 Archipelago, and some of the species are also endemic. 



A. Andioecium tubular ; tube entire, or but slightly divided at the apex. 

 Tribe I. nXalvese. Herbs or shrubs. Kipe carpels separating from the 

 axis. Styles as many as the carpels. 

 Ovules solitary, ascending. 

 Sdgmas ^near. 



BrActeoles 6-9 1- AtTFiEA. 



Bracteoles 3, connate 2- Lavateba., 



Bracteoles 3, free 3- Malva. 



Stigmas eapitate 3.* Malvastedm. 



Ovules solitary, pendulous. 



Carpels spreading, beakless 3.** Anoda. 



Carpels convergent at the points or beaked 4. Sida. 



Ovules 2 or more. 



Carpels with a transverse false partition 4.* Wissadula. 



Carpels with no false partition 5. Abctilon. 



Teibe II. UrenesB. Styles cue stigmatic branches twice as many as the 

 carpels. 



Carpels opposite the petals. 



Carpels unarmed 5.* Malachka. 



Carpels beset with spines . 6. Ubena. 



Carpels opposite the sepals 7. Patohia. 



Teibe III. Kibiscese. Herbs or shrubs. Frwi capsular. Sepals leafy. 

 Staminal-tube truncate or 5-toothed at the apex. 

 Stigmas spreading. Seeds reniform. 



Ovary 10-celled 8. Decaschistu. 



Ovary 2-5-celled. 



Stamens 10 9. Julobttles. 



Stamens mmierous. 



Bracteoles 4, lanceolate combined at the base . . .10. Dicellosttles. 



Bracteoles 3, cordate 11. Senba. 



Bracteoles 5 or more 12. Hibiscds. 



Stigmas coherent in a club-shaped mass. 



Bracteoles 3-5, small 13. Thespesia. 



Bracteoles 3, large, cordate 14. Gossypium. 



B. Andrcecium either tubular at the base only, and divided above into 

 pentad elphous filaments (rarely tubular higher up); or divided throughout 

 into filaments. 



Teibe IV. BombaceaB. Trees. Sepals leathery. Styles connate or free. 

 Fruit capsular or indehiscent. 



Leaves simple or lobed. Bracteoles 4-5 15. Kydia. 



Leaves digitate. Bracteoles 0. 



Calyx 6-cleft . 15.* Adansonia. 



Calyx truncate or irregularly 3-5-lobed. 



Ultimate filament with a single anther 16. Bombax. 



Filaments with 2-3 anthers 17. Ekiodehdeoh. 



Leaves simple 1-costate, scaly, 

 Bracteoles united into a tube. 

 Petals 18. Cullenia. 



