Mostyles.] xxvi. Malvaceae. (Maxwell T. Masters;) 833 



9. JVIiOSTVIiES, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate, entire, puberulous. Panicle 

 terminal, pendulous. Bracteoles 5, forming below a bell-shaped tube. SepaU 

 5, smaller than the bracteoles, connate below. Petals 5, coanate below, 

 exceeding the sepals. Siaminal-iube antheriferous below the middle, 

 5-toothed above. Ovari/ 2-celled ; styles 2, connate below and densely hairy, 

 free at the apex, stigmas large, globose, woolly ; ovules 2, collateral in 

 each cell ascending. Pruit not seen. 



1. J. angustifolia, Thwaites Enwm. 30; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. Anal. 

 Gen. t. iii. Kydia angustifolia, Am. Pug. PL Ind. Or. 4 (322). 



Ceylon; south of tUe island, not uncommon, Thwaites. 



A low tree. Leaves 5-8 by 1^-3 in., paler beneath ; petiole J-| in. Flowers ^ in. 

 diam. CoroUa pale yellow with a reddibh centre. J^ollerirgrains globose, murioate. 



10. DZCX:i.I.OSTVI.ES, Eenth. 



Trees, more or less covered with stellate down. Leaves simple or slightly 

 lobed. Inflorescence panicled ; bracteoles 4-6, lanceolate, connate at the 

 base, longer than the calyx. Sepals 5, ovate, connate below the middle, in- 

 ternally provided at the base with a ring of fleshy tubercles. Petals oblong, 

 unsymmetrical, connate at the base. PUaments many, connate at the very 

 base. Ovary 2-4-celled ; styles 2, connate below the middle, stigmas large 

 globose ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, ascending. Capsule globose, hispid, 

 8-lobed, splitting into 2 (or more) indehiscent cocci. Seeds solitary, reniform, 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons folded. — Disteib. So far as known, exclusively 

 Indian. 



1. D. jujubifolia, Benth. in Gen. PI. i. 207 ; flowers panicled, bracteoles 

 «blong-lanceolate. Kydia jujubifolia, Gfriff. Notid. iv. 534, Ic. PI. Asiaf, 

 t. 595. 



Easteeh Tropical Himalaya ; Sikkim and Bhotan Mts., Griffith, &o. 



A tree. Leaves 3 by 2 in ., ovate-acute, or OTate-lanceolate, entire or obscurely lobed, 

 rounded at the base, glabrous above, closely felted beneath, 5-nerved, nerves convergent ; 

 petiole 4 in., stellate-tomentose. Inflorescence panicled. Mature flower I4 in. diam. 

 Bracteoles oblong, many-ribbed. Sepals oblong, half the length of the bracteoles. 

 Petals oblong, obtuse, oblique, nearly as long as the bracteoles. Filaments 25-30, free 

 nearly to the base ; anthers reniform. Ovary globose ; style cylindric below, branched 

 above. 



2. S. axillaris, Benth. I.e. ; flowers solitary axillary, bracteoles linear- 

 oblong. Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Anal. Gen. t. 3; Thwaites Enum. 401. 

 Kydia axillaris, Thwaites Enum. 30. 



Ceylon ; near Badulla, alt. 2000 ft., Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves 24-4^ by 1^-2 in., ovate-lanceolate, rounded at the base, paler be- 

 neath, feather- veined ; petiole ^-Jin.; stipules Hnear-lanceolate. 1-nerved, equalling 

 the petiole. Peduncle about the length of the petiole. Bracteoles 1 by \-^ in. Calyx 

 4 ill., cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Stamens connate at the base into a short tube, adherent 

 to the petals. Oiia?^ 2-celled; styles.twice the length of the stamens, connate below 

 the middle. Fruit hispid. 



11. SENBA, Cav. 



(By error Serraea, Serra, and Senrsea.) 



A downy undershrub. Leaves orbicular, 3-lobed. Infloi-escence axillary. 

 Bracteoles 3, large, membranous, free. Sepals 5, lanceolate, connate below. 



