ffijMCM.J XXVI. MALVACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 835 



the petiole. Bracteoles linear, with a spathulate appendage. Flowers yellow, with a 

 dark centre. Capsule hairy, ovoid. Seeds downy. 



3. K. furcatus, RoA Bort. Beng. 51; Flor.Ind. iii. 204; shrubby, 

 perennial or annual, prickly, leaves 3-5-lobed, stipules lanceolate, peduncles 

 scattered. DC Prodr. i. 449; Wall. CaJt. 1896, 1, 2, A, B, D ; W. & A. 

 Frodr. i. 48 ; Thwaites Enum. 26 ; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. Ft. 19 ; Mast, in 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr.i. 201 ; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 161. ? H. hispidis- 

 simus, Grif. Notul, iv. 52. H. aculeatus, Roai. Fl. Ind. iii. 206. H. bifur- 

 catus, Roxh. ic. ined., not of Willd. or of Hort. Beng. 



Hotter FAKTS of IsDiA, from Beksal to Ckylon. — DisTEiB, Trop. and S. Africa, 

 Asia, &o. 



Stem erect, covered with soft down and with scattered slender recurved piackles, 

 rising from a thickened coloured hase. Leaves entire or 3-lobed, serrate, pubescent 

 beneath, prickly along the nerves ; stipules oblong-lanceolate. JPedvMcles short. JBrao- 

 teoles 10-12, linear, forked. Sepals bristle-pointed. Corolla yellow with a crimson 

 centre, 4 in. diam. Capsule ovoid, pointed, as long as the calyx. < 



4. H. radiatus, WiUd. ; Roxb.Fl. Ind. iii. 209 ; perennial, prickly, leaves 

 deeply palmately divided, stipules linear, bracteoles 8-10 linear forked with 

 or without an appendage. Cav. Diss. iii. 150, t. 54, f. 2 ; DO. Prodr. i. 449 ; 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 48 ; Wall. Gat. 1894 A, B ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 20 ; 

 Mvi. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 161. H. Liudleii, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 4; Wall. 

 Gat. 1895, 1, 2, C ; Bot, Reg. 1395. H. heptaphyllus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 20. 



Khasia Mts., Hk f. & T.; Sikkim, jH"./.; Ata and Maktabaw, WaUich. — ^Dis- 

 TEiE. Java. 



Suffrutesoent. Leaves i-b by 1 in., 3-5-lobed, lobes broadly lanceolate, serrate; 

 petiole armed, nearly as long as the blade. Flowers axillary, solitary, shortly peduncled. 

 Bractsoles not glandular. Sepals 5, not glandular. Corolla yellow with a crimson 

 centre, or all purple. Fruit not seen. — The leaves are said to have an acid taste. 



Sect. 3. Bombicella. Bracteoles distinct, entire, without appen- 

 dages. Calyx not distended. Seeds cottony or villous. 



5. K. hirtus, L. ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 51 ; shrubby, leaves ovate entire 

 or slightly 3-lobed glandxilar beneath, peduncles as long as the leaves, 

 corolla spreading. Wight Ic. t. 41 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 20. H. phoeniceus, 

 Willd. (excl. syn. Linn.); DC. Prodr. i. 452, partly; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 194 ; 

 Cav. Diss. iii. t. 67, f . 2 {excl. f) ; Wall. Cat. 1904, B, C, D, E, F. H. rosa- 

 inalabarica, Ker, Bot. Reg. t. Zdl.—Rheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 1 ; Pluk t. 254, 

 f. 3. 



North-West pkovihces, Peshawur, Jacquemont, Stewart; Cohcak, Stocks; Western 

 Pekessula, often cultivated. — Distrib. Java, Miq. 



Leaves 3 by 2 in., ovate, acuminate', lower often cordate and 3-lobed, serrate hairy, 

 with a large gland on the under side of the midrib, serratures in the young leaves 

 briatle-pointed ; petiole 2 in., hairy ; stipules linear, 4 in. Peduncle axillary, jointed 

 below the flower. Bracteoles 5-7, subulate, shorter than the linear-lanceolate sepals. 

 Corolla i in. diam., pink or white, spreading. Anthers whprled. Capsule globose, 

 shorter than the calyx. Seeds cottony. 



6. K. micranthus, Linn.; Cav. Diss. iii. t. 66, f. 1 ; scabrid, leaves ovate 

 glandless, peduncles as long as or longer than the leiaves, corolla reflexed. 

 DC. Prodr i 453 ; W.& A. Prodr. i. 51, Thwaites Enum. 26 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb.Fl. 20; Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 205. H. rigiius, L.Jil. 

 Suppl. 310;- Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 195 ; Wall. Cat. 1905 B, C, D, E. H.,clan- 



