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spathulate, apex broad rounded margins ciliate one inch 

 long f inch wide at the tip. Androecium slender, anthers 

 about 20 small elliptic. Pollen grains large globose hairy 

 Stigmas 10 on short free style arms, capitate hairy. Cap- 

 sule i inch long stellate hairy. Seeds angled with rounded 

 backs brown shortly hairy. Setul, on sandy open heaths 

 (15236). 



A very pretty crimson flowered mallow. 



The genus is one of a few species occurring in India 

 and Cochin-China. 



Hibiscus surattensis, L. Setul, heath at base of Gunong 

 Eaya. Tropics generally. 



H. macrophyllus, Eoxb. Trang (Fox), Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 

 Bombax malabaricnm, Dec. Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis) Dis- 

 trib. Andamans and India. 



STERCULIACEtE. 



Sterculia elata, Eoxb. Perlis, Besih Hangat. A tall tree 

 flowers green. Distrib. Burmah. 



S. foctida, L. Perlis, Kanga. 



Distrib. Africa, India, Malay islands and Australia. 

 Occasionally to be seen about the peninsula but apparent- 

 ly only planted. 



S. pubescens, Mast. Terutau (Curtis), Distrib. Malacca. 

 Helicteres hrrsuia, Lour. Lankawi (Curtis), Perlis Kanga, 

 Bangtaphan (Keith). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. 



H. angustifolia, L. Heaths Setul. A twiggy shrub with 

 white flowers. Distrib. Nicobars, Mergui, Siam, China 

 and Perak. 



Helicteres parvi flora, n. sp. 



" A jungle shrub 15 feet tall," erect, branches slender 

 densely tomentose. Leaves alternate lanceolate acuminate 

 base rounded, margin dentate 3 inches long 1 inch w T ide, 



R. A. Soc, No. 59, 1911. 



