332 xxvT. MALVACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Pavonia. 



the base. Calyx broadly campanulate, lobes deltoid. Corolla yellow, 2-3 times longer 

 than the calyx. Ovary depressed Carpds 5, woody, pyriform, splitting through the 

 back, 3-horned at tlie apex, and with 4 linear obtuse wing-like appendages at the base. 

 — Leaves gratefully acid, as in Oxalis, Dalzell. 



6. P. propinqua, Ga/rcke in Schweinf. PI. JEthiop. i. 55 ; sufirutescent, 

 stellate-hairy, leaves oblong crenate, bracteoles 10 linear-lanceolate, carpels 

 ■with 2 short prickles. Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 191. P. grewioides, 

 Hochst. PI. Schimp. JExsicc. Abyss. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 837. 



SiHDH, Stocks. — ^DiSTKiB. Bcluchistan, Abyssinia. 



Leaves 1-4 in., subcordate ; petioles shorter than the leaves ; stipnies linear- 

 subulate. Peduncles solitary, axillary or clustered at the ends of the branches. 

 Practeoles nearly free, one-half longer than the ovate-lanceolate sepcds. Corolla yellow, 

 1 in. diam., exceeding the bracteoles. Fruit subglobose, depressed ; carpels woody. 



Under the name Diplopenta, Alefeld (in CEstr. Bot. Zeit. 1863, p. 11) describes a 

 genus of MalvacecB, which he says differs from Pavonia in the presence of 5 stigmtitic 

 branches instead of 1 0. To this genus he refers Pavonia odorata, Willd., and a new 

 species, which he calls D. pedunculosa, and which, he says, has been confused with 

 P zeylanica. I have seen no specimen of this genus, and suspect some error or aoci'- 

 dental cohesion of styles. 



8. DECASCHISTZA, W. & A. 



Shrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Flowers shortly peduncled, axillary or 

 clustered and terminal. Bracteoles 10. Sepals 5, connate below. Petals 5, 

 connate belOw and adnate to the tube of the stamens. Staminal-tuhe giving 

 off many filaments below the apex. Ovary 10-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; styles 10, 

 connate below, stigmas capitate. Capsule loculicidally 10-valved. Seeds 

 reniform, ascending. — Disteib. The following are the only species. 



1. D. trilobata, Wight Ic. t. 88 ; lower leaves deeply 3-lobed, bracteoles 

 considerably shorter than the calyx. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 21. 



Western Peninsula; Mysore, the Concan, and Dekkan. 



A shrub, branches more or less hispid or tomentose. Upper leaves sometimes entire, 

 lanceolate, lower more or less 3-Iobed, lobes lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, finely ser- 

 rate ; petiole J in., downy ; stipules linear or 3-lobed, equal to the petioles. Peduncle 

 solitary, axillary, as long or longer than the petiole. Flowers 2 in. diam. Bracteoles 

 linear. Sepals deltoid, connate below, twice the length of the bracteoles. Capsule 

 hispid. 



2. D, crotonifolia, W. ds A. Prodr. i. 52 ; leaves simple rarely lobed 

 coarsely toothed, bracteoles nearly as long as the calyx. Wight Ic. t. 42. 

 Hibiscus crotonifolius. Wall. Gat. 1900 and 1901'. H. pterospermoides, 

 Wight mss. ; Wall. Gat. 1901 B. H. coriaceus, Heyne mss. ; W. & A. I.e. 



Western Peninsula ; Mysore and Madura. Upper Gangetic plain, Boyle. 



A shrub. Leaves 4 by 2 in., leathery, simple or slightly lobed, coarsely toothed, 

 velvety on both surfaces with a short dense tomentum, whitish beneath, midrib with a 

 glandular pore at the base; petiole l-Jin. ; stipules linear-subulate. Peduncle longer 

 than the petiole. Bracteoles nearly as long as the calyx. Capsule slightly hispid. 



Among Maingay's specimens from Rangoon, is one (n. 213?) of which the flowers are 

 too imperfect to allow of examination, but which is probably referable to this genns. 

 Leaves 5 by 2 in., oblong-lanceolate, subcordate, sometimes 3-lobeil at the apex, hoaiy- 

 tomentose beneath ; petiole ^ in. Peduncle solitary, axillary, 1-flowered, as long as the 

 petiole. Bracteoles 10, subulate-lanceolate, half the length of the calyx ; sepals lanceo. 

 late. Corolla pink, 4 in. diam. 



