336 XXVI. MALVACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [EiMsnus. 



destinus, Cav. Ic. i. t. 2. H. suborbiculatus, WM. Cat. 1906. H. ovalifo- 

 Uus, Vafil Symh. i. 50 ; Bmss. Fl. Orient, i 839. 



HoTTEK PARTS OF India, frojTi the North West provinces eastward and southward 

 to Ceylon. — Distrib. Tropical Africa, A.rabia, &c. 



Shrubby, with slender rod-like spreading branches, thinly covered with stellate 

 bri&tles. Leaves f— 1 in., ovate or oblong, quite entire or serrate, rough with bristly 

 hairs; petiole very short. Peduncles axillary, as long or longer than the leaves. 

 Bracteolea linear, shorter than the calyx. Flowers whits or pink, ^ in. diam. Sepals 

 lanceolate. Corolla reflexed. Anthers whorled. Oapsvle globose. Seeds cottony. — 

 Variable ; Roxburgh suspects that it may be specificaMy identical with H. hirtus. The 

 green capsules of both are eaten by children. The form called sviorbictdatus has 

 roundish serrated leaves, but is otherwise not different. 



7. K. scindicus, jStoch in Hook Ic. Plant, t. 802 ; a hoary undershrub, 

 leaves glandular, cuneate at the base, petals convolute. £oiss. Flor. Orient. 

 I 839. 



SiNDH, Stocks. — DiSTEiB. Bcluchistan. 



A much branched tortuous and subspinous undershrub. Leaves snbsessile, thinly 

 bestrewn with stellate hairs, retnse, toothed; stipules subulate. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves. Bracteoles 6-8, linear-subulate. Sepals linear- 

 lanceolate, connate at the base, longer than the bracteoles. Petals longer than tlie 

 calyx, twisted below into a tube. Anthers in a globose head. Ovary cells 2-ovuled. 

 Capsule globose. Seeds with long wool. 



8. K. intermedins, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. L 50; annual, with reflexed 

 prickly hairs, leaves polymorphous glandless, peduncle shorter than the 

 leaf. Mast, m Ohv. Fl. Trap. Afr. i. 198. H. scandens, Dalz. & Gibs. B(mb. 

 Fl. 20. 



SiKDH, Stocks; coast of Katttwar, i>a«2e?Z.— Distrib. Arabia, East tropical Africa. 



A weak-stemmed annual, with a line of hairs along one side of the branches shifiing 

 in position at each joint.' Leaves entire or irregularly toothed, usually deeply 5-7- 

 parted ; lobes oblong, wedge-shaped at the base. Peduncle axillary, shorter than the 

 petiole. Bracteoles strap-shaped, shorter than the calyx. Flowers 1 in. diam., yellow 

 with a purple centre. Sepals lanceolate, 3-nerved, coniiate at tte base. Petah tn-ice 

 the length of the calyx. Capsule beaked, hispid, valves slightly winged at the edges. 

 Seeds black, covered with appressed shining hairs. 



Sect. 4. Iiagrunea, Cav. {gen.) Bracteoles small or 0. Seeds pilose or 

 smooth, not cottony. 



9. K. Solandra, LHer. Stirp. i. 103, t. 49 ; annual, herbaceous, leaves 

 palmately lobed or entire, peduncles as long as the petioles, seeds tubercled. 

 Roxb Fl Ind 111. 197. Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. L 206. H. pumilus, 

 M=A Fl. Ind. in. 203. H. albus, WaU. Cat. 1876 E. Lagunea lobata 

 mild.; Cav. Diss. V. t. 136; BG. Prodr. i. 474; Wall. Cat. 1876, A to D 

 W. &A Prodr 1. 35 : ThwaiUs Enum.. tl ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bmnb. Fl. 21. 

 Sida heterophylla a»c? S. diyersifolia, Spreng. exW.&A. Prodr. i. 56, and 

 %n Herb. Heyne. Solandra lobata, J/wrr. Crnnm. Goett. vi. t. II ■ Cav Diss i. 

 Mantissa, i. 55 ; Lam. Ill.t. 580. Triguera acerifolia, Cav. Diss. i. t. il. 

 Lagunea silemflora, Wall. Cat. 1882. 



Hotter PARTS op India, from the N. W. provinces to Sikkim and from Kumaon and 

 Birma to Ceylon.— Distkib. East tropical Africa 



Erect slightly villous l,oy<^t leaves on long petioles, upper palmately lobed, upper- 

 most 3-fid. PedundesU in., 1-flowered, jointed near the top, arranged in a terminal 

 oose leafless raceme. Bracteoles \m^^,, usually 0. Phwer yellow, J in. diam. SepaU 

 knceplate, 3-uerved, connate at the base, as long as the ovoid beaked capsule. &e<fe 



