Pavonia.] xxvi. malvace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 331 



■Herb. Heyne. Lebretonia procumbens, Wall. Gat. 2688 ; Wight Ic. t 4 • 

 W. (& A. Frodr. i. 47. L. flava, WaU. Gat. imZ.—Pluk. t. .352, f. 5. 



North-West provinces, Sindh, the Western Peninsula, Biema, and Ceylon.— 

 DisTRiB. Trop. Africa, Arabia. 



Rigicl, procumbent, more or less pubescent. Leaves 24 by 2 in., hirsute or glabrous, 

 roundish-cordate, crenate-serrate, somewhat 3-lobed, midlobe longest; pi/tiole 2 in. 

 Peduncle slender, axillary, 1 -flowered, about the length of the petiole. Braeteoles 5-6, 

 ovate-lanceolate, exceeding the sepals. Petals yellow, longer than the braeteoles. 

 Bipe carpels 5, muricate, sometimes with a serrulate crest. — Variable in pubescence, 

 size of braeteoles and armature of carpels. 



. Sect. 2. Eupavonla. Braeteoles 10 or more. Garpels dehiscent. 



2. P. arabica, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Exsicc. Abyss.; leaves nearly- 

 entire, carpels unarmed wingless. Mast. in. Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 193 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 837. 



Sindh, Stocks. — Distbib. Abyssinia. 



Perennial, more or less densely clothed with down. Stems erect. Leaves IJ by J in., 

 subcordate, oblong, entire or slightly dentate ; petiole as long aa the leaf. Peduncle 

 axillary, as long as the petiole. Braeteoles 10-12, linear, villous, exceeding the calyx 

 and corolla. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla pink. Carpels 5, oblong, 3-sided. 



3. F. zeylanica, Gav. ; DC. Frodr. i. 444 ; glandular-pubescent, leaves 

 hispid deeply 3-5-lobed, carpels unarmed slightly winged. Boxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 214 ; Wall. Gat. 1885 A to D ; W. <Ss A. Frodr. i. 47 ; Bah. <fc Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 21 ; Thwaites Enum. 401. Hibiscus zeylanicus, Li/iin. ; Roxb. 

 Hart. Beng. 50.— Fluk t. 125, f. 3; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 48, f. 3. 



North-West provinces, Sindh, the Western Peninsula and Ceylon. — Distrib. 

 Trop. Africa, Mauritius. 



Perennial, much branched, hispid. Leaves 1 by f in. and upwards, cordate, roundish, 

 deeply 3-5-lobed, lobes wedge-shaped,, dentate, midlobe longest; petiole equalling or 

 exceeding the blade. Peduncles about the length of the petiole, solitary, axillary^ 

 Braeteoles 8-12, linear, ciliolate. Sepals lanceolate. Carpels oblong, S-aided. — Vari- 

 able in the form and lobing of the leaf. 



4. P. odorata, Willd. ; DC. Frodr. i. 144; glandular-pubescent, leaves 

 slightly 3-5-lobed, carpels unarmed wingless. Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 214 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1886, 1, 2, D, E; W. & A. Frodr. i. 47; Thwaites Enum. 26; 

 Mast, in Oliv. £%. Trop. Afr. i. 193. Hibiscus odoratus, Hoxb. Uort. Beng. 

 50. P. sidoides. Ham. in DC. Frodr. i. 444 ; Wall. Gat. 1886 F, G. P. rosea, 

 Wall. Cat. 1887 ; P. Eomborua, WaU. Gat. 2690. 



North-West provinces, Sindh and Banda, Edgeworth; Western Peninsula, 

 EiRMA and Ceylon. — Distrib. East Trop. Africa. 



Erect, herbaceous, covered with sticky hairs. Leaves 24 by 3 in., cordate-ovate, with 

 3-5 shallow pointed lobes ; lower petioles longer than the blades. Peduncles as long 

 as the leaves, 1-flowered, clustered at the ends of the branches. Braeteoles 10-12, 

 linear. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla pink, twice the length of the calyx. Carpels 

 oljovoid. 



5. P. ceratocarpa, Balzell in herb. ; stellate-hairy, leaves oblong ir- 

 regularly toothed, carpels each with 3 terminal horns and 4 linear basal 



Sindh, Stocks. 



An undershrub. Leaves \\-1 by 1 in., oblong, rounded at the base, obtuse, irregu- 

 larly coarsely toothed ; petiole | in. Peduncles axillary and crowded at the end of the 

 (branches, jointed near the top. Flowers 1 in. diam. Braeteoles 10, linear, connate at 



