BMscui.} XXVI. MALVACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 339» 



Hotter parts of India, from the Nokth-West peovinces to Ceylon. — ^Disthib. 

 Ti'opical Africa and Australia. 



Herbaceous. Leaves tomentose on both sides, cordate, roundish or angled, 3-51nbed, 

 lobes oblong lanceolate, coarsely serrate, lower 4 in. ; petiole 24 in. Peduncles solitary, 

 axillary, l-flowered, shorter than the petiole, jointed in the middle, often aggregated at 

 the ends of the branches. Brofiteoles linear, shorter" than the bell-shaped 5-cleft oalyx. 

 Sepals lanceolate, S-S-nerred, connate below the middle. Petals yellow with a 

 purple spot, twice or thrice longer than the sepals. Anthers regularly arranged along 

 the whole length of the stamina! tube. Oapsule beaked, hairy, shorter than the oalyx, 

 valves winged at the edge. Seeds tubercled.— if. truncatus, Koxb., is a variety 

 with much smaller parts. 



18. K. procerus, Wall. Oat. 2692 : perennial, prickly, leaves glabrous 

 deeply 5-7-parted, bracteoles 8-10 free linear covered with tawny tomentum, 

 sepals lanceolate bristly, corolla large. 



BiRMA, Wallich. 



Prickles of stem conical, with a whitish base. Leaves 8 by 5 in., roundish, deeply 

 3>-7r-9-parted, lobes lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, midrib prickly, upper leaves 3-part"fl, 

 uppermost lanceolate ; petiole 1-2 in., lower 4 in. Stipules ,^ in., linear, pilose. Pe- 

 duncles 4 in., aggregated at the ends of the branches and with the bracteoles and calyx 

 clothed with tawny tomentum. Sepals 4 in. Corolla 6 in. diam., pink with a daik 

 centre. Capsule ovoid, pointed, shorter than the sepals. Seeds black, tubercled. 



19. K. cannabinus, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 450 ; annual or perennial, 

 prickly, stem glabrous, lower leaves entire upper lobed, mid-nerve glandular 

 beneath, peduncle very short, bracteoles 7-10 linear, shorter than the calyx, 

 sepals glandular. Gav. Diss. iii. 148, t. 52. f. 1 ; Roxh. Ft. Ind. iii. 208 ; 

 Cor. PI. i. t. 190 ; Wall. Gat. 1898 ? ; W.&A. Prodr. i. 50 ; Thwaites Enum. 

 26; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 20. H. Wightianus, Wall. Gat. 2695 and 1898. 



Generally cultivated ; apparently wild East of the Northern Ghauts. — Distkib. Culti- 

 vated in most tropical countries. 



(Stem glabrous, prickly. . ioioer Zeaues cordate, upper deeply palmately lobed, lobes 

 narrow, serrate ; petiole prickly, lower much longer thau the blade. Stipules linear, 

 pointed. Peduncles axillary, very short. Sepals bristly, lanceolate, connate below the 

 middle, with a gland at the back of each. Corolla large, spreading, yellow with a 

 crimson centre. Capsule globose, pointed, bristly. Seeds nearly glabrous. — All parts 

 agreeably acid. The stems furnish fibre. — The specimen of H. Wightianus in Wallich's 

 herbarium is imperfect, hut it is doubtless referable to this species; its leaves are 



20. K. diversifolius, Jacq. Ic. PI. Bar. t. 551 ; perennial, stem pubes- 

 cent covered with short stout conical prickles, leaves long-petioled scabrous 

 roundish or angular 3-5-lobed, bracteoles 10 linear very bristly half the length 

 of the oalyx. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 208 ; DG. Prodr. i. 449 1 ; Bat. Reg. t. 381 ; 

 Maa. in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. i. 198. H. scaber. Wall. Gat. 1894 C, and 

 189V, 18982. 



BiEMA, Wallich. — Distbib. Tropical Africa and Australia. 



A tall herb or undershrub, with the branches, petioles and nerves of leaves armed 

 with hard conical prickles. Leaves variable, usually cordate, roundish, slightly lobed, 

 lobes acute, upper nearly entire, lanceolate. Peduncles very short bristly, axillary, 

 racemose. Sepals linear-lanceolate, bristly not glandular. Corolla 3 or 4 times the 

 size of the calyx. Capsule ovoid, pointed, hispid, ultimately glabrescent. Seeds 

 smooth.— The specimens from Birma do not materially differ from those grown in the 

 Calcutta garden. I refer to De Candolle's plant with doubt, as he gives as a synonym 

 E.fiyulneus of Cav., quite a different plant.' 



21. Hi aibsoni, Stocks mss. ; an undershrub, branches bristly or with 

 minute prickles, leaves deeply palmately divided, peduncle longer than the 



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