830 XXVI. MALVACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Urena. 



Thwaitei Enum. 25 : Bah. <Ss Oibs. Bomh. Fl. 18. TJ. muricata, BO. Prodr. 

 i. 442. U. Lappago, BO. Prodr. i. 441. U. morifoUa, BO. Prod/r. i. 442? 

 U. heterophyUa, Smith in Rees. Oycl. 37; Wall. Oat. 1933 E, F, G, H K. 

 tl. tomentosa, WaU. Oat. 1933 H -r-Burm. Zeyl. t. 69, f. 2. Bheede Mart. 

 Mai. t. X. f. 2 ; Eumph. Amb. vi. t. 25, f. 2. 



Generally distributed over the hotter parts of India.— Distkib. Tropics of hoth 

 hemispheres. 



Very Tariable in amount of pubescence, and in the form of the fohage, herbaceous, 

 perennial. Leaves downy, lobes serrated. Glands on under surface of nerves 1-3. 

 Sracteoks linear-oblong, as long as the calyx. Flowers 1 in. diam. Carpels densely 

 "pubescfent. 



** Oarpels smooth, unarmed. 



3. TT. repanda, BboA. Fl. Ind. iii. 182; stellate-liairy, leaves roundish 

 or somewhat lobed, flowers racemose, bracteoles 6 subulate connate below 

 into a cup, sepals united for half their length. W. & A. Prodr. i. 46 ; 

 Wight III. i. 65. U. rigida, WaM. Oat. 1929 (partly). U. Hamiltoniana, 

 Wall. Cat. 2700. Pavonia repanda, Spreng. Syst. iii. 98. Urena speciosa, 

 Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 26, Oat. 1931. 



.North- West Iitoia, TJppeb Gakgetic Plain, the Westers Peninsula, and AvA. 



Shrubby. Leaves shortly petioled, rough above, midrib glandular at the base be- 

 neath, lower 2-2^ in. long, roundish, rarely lobed, cordate at the base, repand-serrate, 

 upper lanceolate. Flowers in ultimately leaSess clusters. Bracteoles \-\ in. ; sub- 

 coriaceous, exceeding the membranous calyx. CoroUa pink, twice the length of the 

 bracteoles. ' Seed ascending, smooth. 



4. IT. rigida, Wall. Oat. 1929 (partly) ; stellate-hairy, leaves cordate 

 roundish, flowers in heads at the ends of the branches, bracteoles 6, lanceo- 

 late combined for half their length into a bell-shaped tube, sepals free nearly 

 to the base. 



BiEMA, Wallich, M'OleUand; Malacca, Griffith. — Disteib. Borneo. 



Perennial. Stem purplish, thinly slellate-hairy. Leaves petioled, about 2 by 2^ in., 

 base cordate, roundish serrulate, midrib glandular beneath ; stipules setaceous. Flowers 

 mixed with floral leaves, in terminal subsessile beads. Sepals i in., nearly as long as 

 the bracteoles, membranous, villous at the back. Corolla white,. tubular at the base, 

 above 5-petalous, twice the length of the bracteoles. Stamen-tube with 5 minute teeth 

 at the upper edge. Bipe carpels hispid, reticulate. Seed pilose. — This species has 

 the habit of a Malachra. The nearly firee sepals are noteworthy. 



7. PAVONIA, Cav. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves entire, angular or lobed, more or less 

 downy. Flowers axiUary or clustered at the ends of the branches. Bracteoles 

 5-00, free or forming a tube at the base. Galyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 5-petalous, united at the base to the staminal- tube. Staminal-tube truncate 

 or 5-toothed at the apex. Ovary 5-celled, cells usually opposite the sepals, 

 rarely opposite the petals ; styles 10, stigmas capitate, ovules 1 in each cell. 

 Jiipe carpels separating from the axis, entirely indehiscent, or more or less 

 2-valved, smooth, netted or winged, never glochidiate. Seeds ascending. — 

 Disteib. Species about 60, chiefly tropical America. 



Sect. l. Xiebretonla. Bracteoles 5-6. Oarpels indehiscent. 



1. F. ^lechomifolia, .i. Pick Fl. Abyss, i. 54; Mast. in. Oliv. Fl. 

 ^rop. Afr. i. 190. P. procumbens, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 837. Urena cordata, 



