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MALVACEM. 



[Hibiscus. 



Bracteoles minute or usually ; seeds tu- 

 bercled, not cottony .... 



Bracteoles free or slightly connate below, 

 without appendag-es ; calyx not ventricose ; 

 seeds not cottony. 



Bracteoles free from the calyx. 



Flowers solitary and axillary or clus- 

 tered at the ends of the hranehes. 

 Viscid, capsule not winged . 



Villous, capsule 5-winged . 

 Flowers axillary, on short peduncles. 



5, fl". Solandra. 



6. H. ^anduTOS" 



formis. 



7. E. vitifolius, 



8. H, cannahinus. 



10. 



H. Gihsoni. 

 H, Sahdariffa.. 



12. H. 2?ungens.. 



13. H. AhelmoscTiue^ 



14. H. cancellatus. 



A prickly herb 



Flowers axillary, on long peduncles. 

 A hispid or prickly undershrub 

 Bracteoles adnate to the calyx 

 dalyx spathaceous. 



Bracteoles small, setaceous, caducous ; flowers 



white with a pink centre. A prickly anntial 11. H. ficulneus^ 

 Bracteoles oblong-Ia.nceolate, persistent ; 

 flowers yellow with purple centre. A 

 bristly herb ...... 



Bracteoles linear or filiform ; flowers yellow 

 with crimson or purple centre. 

 Peduncles equalling the petioles . 



Peduncles shorter than the petioles. 



Bracteoles 10-15, filiform, persistent 

 Bracteoles 8-10, linear-subulate, deci- 

 duous . . . . . . . 15. H. esculenUis. 



1. H. Trionum, Linn. 8p. PI- 697 ; F. B. I. i, 834. H. vesicarius, Cav. 

 W. 4- A. Prod. 48; D. Sf G. Bomh. Fl. 19. 



A more or less pubescent anniial. Lower leaves orbicular, undivided ; 

 upper 3-5-parted ; lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse, toothed. Bracteoles 

 numerous, linear. Calyx 5-cleft, ventricose, membranous, with green 

 nerves, hispid. Corolla 1^ in. across, yellow with a purple spot ,'at the 

 base. Capsule oblong, obtuse. Seed^s glabrous. 



Dehra Dun, Moradabad, Gwalior, Merwara. Disteib. : W. Himalaya, 

 from Kashmir to Simla ; Sindh, Konkan, Bengal ; also in S, Europe. 



2. H. surattensis, Livn. Sp. PI. 696 ; Roxh. Fl. hid. Hi, 205; W. (^ A, 

 Prod. 48 ; Boyle 111. 83 ; D. Sf G. Bomh. Fl. 20 ; F. B. 1. i. 334 ; Watt E. D. 



An uBdershrub. Stems herbaceous, trailing, covered with soft hairs 

 mixed with scattered prickles. Leaves long-petioled, roundish, deeply 

 palmately 3-5-partite ; lobes oblong, acute, serrate ; petioles 2-3 in. 

 longer than the blade, prickly. Stipules leafy, broad, semicordate,. 



