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globular obtuse. Parr Ghaut, Bassein, Bombay ; planted, but 

 certainly wild on the Meera hills, near Penn. Bot. Mag. t. 1100. 

 Flowers in January. Syn. Linum trigynum, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 1 10. 



XXIV. HUGONIACE^. 

 1. HUGONIA, Linn. 



1. H Mystax, Linn. — A large much-branched shrub; leaves 

 oval, glabrous, quite entire ; peduncles axillary one-flowered, often 

 transformed into curious circinate spines ; flowers largish, yellow, 

 rather showy; fruit a berry (enclosing 5 long carpels), size of a 

 large pea ; flowers and fruit in August ; rare, found only between 

 Malwan and Vingorla. DC. Prod. 1, 522; Rheed. Mai. ii, t. 29; 

 Syn. H obovata. Ham. Linn. Trans, xiv, 205 ; Wight lUust. t. 32. 



XXV. MALVACEAE. 



1. SID A, Linn. 



1. HuMiLis, Willd. — Slender, diffuse ; leaves roundish, cordate, 

 acute, serrated; pedicles jointed above the middle, slender; axillary 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves ; carpels 5, not beaked, obtuse 

 or slightly bicuspidate. Common in sandy soil. DC. Prod. 1, 

 p. 463 ; Syn. S pilosa, Ratz. ; S multicaulis, Cav. 



2. Alba, Linn. — Shrubby, branches with 1 to 2 prickly 

 tubercles below the leaves ; leaves ovate or obovate, or oblong 

 obtuse, hoary beneath ; pedicles solitary, as long as the petioles ; 

 carpels 5, birostrate. At Surat. Syn. S alba, DC. Prod. ; S spi- 

 nosa, Linn. 



3. Acuta, Burm. — Shrubby ; leaves narrow lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous, serrated ; pedicles axillary, solitary, not longer than 

 the stipules ; carpels 5 to 9, birostrate. Syn. S lanceolata, liatz. ; S 

 stauntoniana, DC. ; S ocoparia. Lour. Bombay. 



4. CoRDiFOLiA, Linn. — Shrubby; leaves cordate, obtuse or 

 scarcely acute, bluntly serrated, tomentose ; carpels 9 to 10, with 

 two setaceous downward pointing hairy beaks, as long as the 

 carpel. Syn. S herbacea, Cav. ; S rotundifolia, Cav. 



6. Retusa, Linn. — Shrubby ; leaves obovate retuse, toothed 

 towards the apex ; carpels 7 to 1 0, birostrate. Very common ; all the 

 species have small yellow flowers. 



2. ABUTILON, Dill. 



1 . PoLYANDRUM, W. and A. — Leaves roundish cordate, with a 

 sudden long acumination, distantly repand toothed, younger ones 

 3 c 



