^-i XVIII. ANCISTEOCLADACEiE [Ancistrocladus 



purplish, m clicliofcomous loo&e panicles, shorter than leaves, i'ruiting calyx 

 hbea nearly equal, about I in. long. 



Silheb, Cacliar, Chittagong, Pegu, Tenab&erim. PI. C. S. 4. A. Griffitliii, Planch. 

 {Pan hp)i mre) Eiirm.) Lower Burma. Swamp forests and mncldy river banks. 

 Leaves 5-10 in., panicles reiJf'atedly dicliotomoiih, ramifications slender iiexuose. PI. 

 pale lilac or pink. 5. A. attenuatus, Dyer, Tenasserim and Andamans. Leaves 12-15 in., 

 linear cnneate, midrib prominent, lamiiications of panicles stout, bracts triangular, 

 acute, lobes of fruiting calyx unequal, 2 3obeb larger, ^ in. long. 



Oeder XIX, MALVACE^. Gen. PI. i. 195. 



[MaJrace(e and Bombacacecej Engler und Prantl iii. 6. pp. 30, 53.; 



HerbSj rarely arborescent, younger parts as a rule clothed with stellate hairs, 

 wood light J soft. Leaves alternate, mostly stipu.late, generally palminerved. 

 Fl. large, regular, as a rule bisexual. Sepals generally 5, more or less connate, 

 vallate in bud. Petals 5, hypogynous, usually adnate to the base of stamina! 

 column, in bud twisted or imbricate. Stamens usually oo, monadelphous. 

 Anthers 1-celled, bursting lengthwise. Ovary syncarpous, carpels numerous, 

 usually in a whorl round a conical torus. Pruit a number of distinct cai-pels 

 or a capsule, opening loculicidally. Seeds generally without albumen. 



A. Stamlnal tube truncate or 5-tootlied, bearing sliort filaments on the outside. 



Biacteoles 5, persistent, as long as calyx or half its 



length 1. Hibiscus. 



Bracteoles minute, deciduous 2. Thespesia. 



B. Stammal tube short, divided into filaments, calyx leathery, leaves digitate. 



Stameiib 5, capsule 5-valved, filled with silky wool . 3. Eriodenbron. 

 Stamens numerous, capsule 5-valved, filled with silky 



wool 4. BOMBAX. 



stamens numerous, fruit woody, indehiscent, filled 

 with mealy pulp Adansonia (p. 78). 



C. Staminal tube divided into numerous filaments, leaves 



simple, pennlveined Durio (jj. 78). 



B. Staminal tube divided into 5 antheriferous seecment 



sd' 



b. 



Leaves penni veined, oblong-lanceolate, entire . . 5. Cullenia. 

 Leaves with 5-7 basal nei-ves, orbicular or nearly so . 6. Kydia. 



1. HIBISCUS, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. i. 334 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves often lobed. Calyx supported by a whorl of 

 5 or more bracteoles. Staminal tube bearing on the outside short filaments 

 along its entire length, and sometimes also at the apex, summit truncate 

 or 5-toothed, anthers reniform. Ovary 5-celled, the cells alternating with 

 petals. Styles ^5, spreading, connate below. Capsule 5-valved, sometimes 

 10-celled. Species 150, chiefly in the tropics of botli hemispheres. 



1. H. macrophyllus, Roxb. ; Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 51. Yern. Yeticijin, 

 Burm. 



A middle-sized tree. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence densely clothed, 

 with soft tomentum mixed with long tawny fasciculate hairs, \-^ in. long or 

 longer. Leaves entire, cordate, softly tomentose on both sides, blade 6-12 in. 

 diam., petiole G~10 in.^ long. Stipules oblong, convolute, hispid-tomentose, 2 in. 

 long, deciduous. M. in axillary pedunculate cymes, each flower enclosed in bud 

 by two large ovate deciduous bracts. Bracteoles 10-12, linear-lanceolate, as long 

 as calyx. Corolla 2-3 in. di-am., yellow, with a dark purple eye, tu.rning purple. 

 Capsule pointed, hispid. Seeds reniform, on the edge with long tawny hairs. 



