Hibiscus.] 



15. malvacej:. 



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more ovules ; styles 5^ connate below ; stigmas capitate or sub-spathu- 

 late. X^apsule 5-valved or spuriously 10-celled. Seeds glabrous^ hairy 

 or woolly. 



Climbing prickly shrub. Bracteoles distinct, forked 

 at the apex. 



Capsule 5- celled, seeds downy ... ... 1. H.furcafus. 



An erect tree. Bracteoles connate at the base, not 

 forked. Capsule spuriously 10-celled, seeds 

 pilose ... ... ... ,., 2, ff. tiliaceous. 



1. H. furcatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 204; Fl. Br. I. 1. 335 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 19, HuU gowri, K. 



Hotter parts of India from Bengal to Ceylon. Common in many of 

 the North K^nara and Konkan moist forests. Fl. Jan .-Feb. Fr. H. S. 

 Roots infused in water make a cooling drink in the hot weather. 



2. H. tiliaceous, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 343 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 29. Pari- 

 Hum tiliaceumjW* & A. Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 17. BelH-pata, Yern. 



Coasts of both the Eastern and Western Peninsulas, Bengal, Sunderbunds 

 and Ceylon. Konkan and North Kanara, along the sea-coast ; also along 

 the banks of tidal rivers near the sea. Fl. Jan. Fr. Mch.-Apl. Wood 

 light, white, porous, used only for fuel. Fibre strong, used for elephant 

 timber-dragging ropes. 



S. colUnus, Roxh. Fl. Ind. III. 198; Fl. Br. I. 1. 338. 



Konkan, Oircars, Coromandel and Ceylon. I am not acquainted with 

 this species, which is probably only found cultivated in this presidency. 

 A tree. Fl. Br. I. Fl. R. S. 



3. THESPESIA, Corr. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Inflorescence axillary. 

 Bracteoles 5-8, deciduous. Calyx truncate, 5-toothed or 5-partite. 

 Corolla large, yellov, centre purple. Staminal tube 5-toothed at 

 apex. Ovary 4-5 -celled ; style club-shaped, 5-furrowed ; ovules few 

 in each cell. Capsule dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds glabrous or 

 tomentose ; cotyledons conduplicate, black dotted. 



A shrub. Leaves lobed. Seeds glabrescent ... 1. T. Lampas. 

 A tree. Leaves entire, beeds pilose or powdery... 2. T. joopulnea. 



1. T. Lampas, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 19; Fl. Br. L 1. 345. 

 macrophylla, Blume, Bijdr. 75. Cooke Fl. Pres. Bomb. 1. 114. Banhhendy, 

 M. 



Tropical Himalaya from Kumaon eastwards. Bengal, Western Penin- 

 sula, Burma and Ceylon ; common in the Konkan and North KJinara 

 forests from the sea-level to 2000 ft. elevation. Usually a small shrub. 

 Fl. Aug.-Oct. Fr. Nov. -Dec. This species is very variable in size (small 

 shrub to small tree), amount of pubescence, size and shape of tho leaves, 

 size of the flowers and number of the valves of the fruit. 



