EiMseus.] xxvi. malvace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 341 



connate for almost their whole length. Oorolia 1 in. diam., white with a rosy centre. 

 Anthers equally distrihuted. Capsule tomentose, covered with viscid points when 



green. Heeds globose, suloate, slightly pilose. — Roxburgh calls special attention to the 

 excellence of the fibre of this plant, ilia M. prostratits is a form with pfooUmbent 

 branches. 



25. K. pun^ens, Rod>. Hart. Beng. 50 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 213 ; annual or 

 perennial, bristly, petiole longer than the deeply-lobed leaves, lobes 

 oblong acuminate toothed, bracteoles 4-5 persistent oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, as long as the cuspidate hispid capsule. H. vestitus. Wall, 

 Cat. 1924 partly. Bamia pungens. Wall. Cat. 1924. 



Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaou to Sikkim, alt. 2-5000 ft. ; Khasia Mts. 



Stem erect, branches ascending, bristly and with scattered black dots. Leaves 

 5-8 in., cordate roundish, deeply palmately 7-lobed, lobes oblong acuminate, toothed, 

 upper ones 3-lobed ; peti9le 8-iO in. Stipules broad lanceolate, upper lineai'-setaceons. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in., racemose. Bracteoles 1 in., accrescent. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 

 yellow with a purple centre, 5 in. diam. Column antheriferous throughout. Capsule 

 fin. 



H. Manihot L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 448 ; annual, subglabrous, leaves deeply 

 palmately-lobed, lobes linear-oblong coarsely toothed or lobulate, peduncles 

 deflexed, bracteoles 4-6 persistent ovate-lanceolate. Wall. Gat. 1926; 

 Gav. Diss. iii. 172, t. 63, f. 2.. H. pentaphyllus, A'oa;6. ifori. Beng. 52; 

 Flor. Ind. iii. 212 {not of F. MuelV). 



Naturalized in Bengal ; introduced from China. 



A tall almost glabrous herb. Leaves 5-6 by 6-7 in. ; petiole nearly as long as the 

 blade. Stipules lanceolate. Pedvmcles 1^ in., ultimately drooping. Flowers 5 in. 

 diam., yellow with a purple centre. Staminal4uhe antheriferous all the way down. 

 Oapside oblong, pointed, hispid (5-seeded, Boxb.). 



26. K. tetraphyllus, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 52 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 211 ; annual 

 hispid and slightly prickly, leaves cordate very deeply 6-7-lobed lobes 

 lanceolate crenate-toothed, bracteoles persistent broadly ovate lanceolate 

 equalling the. cuspidate capsule. H. cftnaranus, Miq. PI. Hohenack exsicc. 

 Bamia tetraphylla. Wall. Cat. 1926. Abelmoschus tetraphyllus, Grah. Cat. 

 Bmh. 14. A. Warreensis, Bah. inHooh. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 123 ; Balz. th 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 19. Erebennus canaranus, Alefeld in (Est. Bot. Zeit. 1863, 14. 



Besgal, near Calcutta, Boxbwgh ; Concak, and Cahaka, Qihson, &c. 



Stem 4-6 ft. Leaves scabrous ; petiole 24 in. StipvXes ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles 

 1 in., axillary, and clustered at the ends of the branches. Bracteoles ^-f in., shorter 

 than the calyx. Flowers 2 in. diam., yellow. Capsule ovate, 5-angled, hispid, J 4 in. 

 Seeds smooth. — Dalzell, I.e., says his A. Warreensis difiers from A. tetraphyllus in the 

 persistent not deciduous bracteoles, but in most of the specimens the bracteoles are 

 persistent. There is great variation in foliage and pubescence. 



27. K. ang'ulosus, Mast. ; herbaceous, not prickly, leaf-lobes ovate 

 acuminate, bracteoles fugacious, capsule ovoid pointed hispid as long as the 

 calyx. Abelmoschus angulosus, W. & A. Prodr. i. 53 ; Wight. Ic. t. 951 ; III. 

 i. 65 ; Thwaites Enum. 26. Bamia angulosa, Wall. Cat. 1927 ; Hymenocalyx 

 variabilis, Zenker ex Wight, III. p. 65. 



Westeen Pbnihsula ; Concan, Malabar, and Nilghirris Mts. ; Cetlok. 



icaws about 4 in., pubescent above, tomentose below, cordate, palmately 5-lobed; 

 petiole 5-6 in. Peduncles not exceeding the petiole, densely hispid, hairs spreading. 

 Bracteoles ovate. Calyx 1\ in., ovate-lanceolate, hispid; sepals slightly cohering. 

 Corolla 5 in. diam. 



Var. 1. grandiflorus, Thwaites Enum. 26 ; petioles scabrous not hispid, corolla yellow, 

 seeds subpj riform. 



