Hibiscus.] XXVI. MALVACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 33?' 



Sect. 5. Ketmla, DC. Bracteoles entire, free or connate at the base, 

 sometimes adnate to the calyx-tube. Calyx 5-cleft, not ventricose. Seeds 

 hairy, not cottony. 



* Bracteoles 5, free or connate at the base, not adnate to the calyx. 

 ■ 10. K. fra^rans, Jioxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 195; arborescent, glabrescent, 

 leaves cordate-ovate acuminate, flowers axillary and terminal, peduncle 

 shorter than the leaf, bracteoles ovate connate below. Wcdl. Cat. 1911 A. 



SiLHET, Boxbwgh; Caohae, Hk.f. & T.; Assam. 



A small tree. _ Young leaves 3-4 by 3 in., pubescent, serrate ; petiole 2^ in. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, panioled, 2-3 in., jointed near the top. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, connate 

 below, Icmger than the bracteoles. Corolla 24 in. diam., white, fragrant. Capsule 

 1 in., cyliiidric, downy, longer than the persistent calyx. Seeds covered with long white 

 hairs. 



U.K. canescens, Eeyne in Wall. Cat. 2698; shrubby, leaves acutely 

 lobed, upper simple torn entose beneath, peduncles axillary shorter than the 

 petiole, bracteoles linear-subulate longer than the calyx. W. & A. Prodr. i. 

 49 ; H. septemnervosus, Wight in Wall. Cat. 2693. H. borbonicas, Wight in 

 Wall. Cat. 2694, not of Link. 



Western Penissula ; Mysore, and the Carnatic. 



Strm not prickly. Leaves 3J by 3 in., roundish, cordate, minutely toothed, 7-nerved ; 

 petiole 3 in. Stipule 1 in., setaceous. Peduncle J in., angular. Bracteoles 1 in., 

 striated. jScpaZs ovate, acute, 3-nerved. CoroBo yellow with a pink centre. Capsule 

 14 in., twice the length of the calyx, oblong, pointed, villous. Seeds downy. 



12. K. scandens, Boxb. RoH. Beng. 51 ; Flor. Ind. iii. 200 ; (not of Wcdl.) ; 

 Bcandent, pubescent, leaves cordate-ovate sometimes lobed, flowers numerous 

 in terminal panicles, bracteoles ovate acute connate below the middle. 

 WaU Cat. 1910, 1910 B. 



Tbopical Eastekn Himalaya and Easteen Behsai,, from Sikkim to Chittagong. 



A shrub climbing over lofty trees. Young shoots thinly stellate-tomentnse. Leaves 

 3-8 by 2-5 in., ovate-acuminate, dentate, sometimes 3-angled or 3-lobed, lobes deltoiJ- 

 lanceolate ; petiole 1 in. pilose. Stipules linear-lanceolate, deciduous. Peduncles 1 in. ; 

 flower-buds globose. Flowers tj in. diam. (Sfe^aZs oblong-lanceolate, slightly exceed- 

 ing the bracteoles. Corolla twice the size of the calyx, white or yellow with a crimson 

 centre. Fruit not seen. 



** Bracteoles more than b,free or comrvaie at the hose, not adnate to the calyx. 



13. K. macropliyllus, Roxl. Hort. Beng. 51 ; arborescent or shrubby, 

 villous, leaves entire orbicular cordate rarely lobed hispid, bracteoles large 

 spathaceous deciduous, flowers in terminal cymes. Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 44, 

 t. 51, WaU. Cat. 1903. H. set'osus, Roxb. Fl. Ind, iii. 194. H. vestitus, 

 Griff. Nottd. iv. 519. 



Eastebn Benhal and the Eastekk Peninsula, irom Silhet and Chittagong to 

 Mergui and Penang. 



A tree or sbrub more or less covered with brown, villous, often tufted hairs. Leaves 

 ' large, 7-9-nerved, very hairy on the lower surface ; petiole 7-8 in., longer than the 

 ■blade. Stipules large, oblong, foliaceous, deciduous. Inflorescence terminal, many- 

 flowered, cymose; pedicels l|-2 in., shaggy like the petioles with brown hairs, articu- 

 lated at the top and provided at the joint with two large spathaceous caducous bracts 

 connate below. Bracteoles 10-12, linear, 1 in., connate at the very base, equalling the 

 .calyx. /Sepofe 5, lanceolate, connate below the middle into_ a bell-shaped 10-ribbed 

 tube. CoroHa 4 in. dinm.,' purple. Capsule oblong, pointed^ hispid, as long as the 

 persistent calyx. Seeds densely bearded with long silly fulvous hairs. 

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