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H ! BISCUS Linnaeus 
HIBISCUS PANDURAEFORMIS Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 151, t. U7, 
f. 2. 
No species of Althaea ( Alcaea ) Burman, cultivated or other- 
No locality is cited, but the type was either Indian or Javan. 
The species is a well-known one, extending from India to tropical 
Africa, Java, and tropical Australia. 
MALVACEAE OF UNCERTAIN STATUS 
* ALCAEA INDICA Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 149. “Habitat in Java.” 
No species of Althaea ( Alcaea ) Burman, cultivated or other- 
wise, is reported from Java, and Burman’s species has not been 
considered by any modern author. It is suspected that his speci- 
men represents some species of Hibiscus, but the description 
alone is scarcely sufficient to determine this matter. 
TILIACEAE 
CORCHORUS Dillenius 
CORCHORUS TRIDENS Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 566. 
Corchorus trilocidaris Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 123, t. 87, f. 2, non 
Linn. “Habitat in India.” 
Burman’s description and figure apparently belong with 
Corchorus tridens Linn., rather than with C. trilocularis Linn. 
Mant. 1 (1767) 77, at least as the two species are interpreted 
by Masters in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 397, 398. 
STERCULIACEAE 
MELOCHIA Dillenius 
MELOCHIA COWCATENATA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 675. 
Melochia corchorifolia Linn. 1. c. 
Corchorus javanicus Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 123, t. 36, f. 3. 
Melochia erecta Burm. f. op. cit. 143. 
Burman’s types of both species were from Java. From the 
distinctly good figure the first is manifestly synonymous with the 
species currently known as Melochia corchorifolia Linn., which 
is a synonym of M. concatenata Linn. The drawing is erroneous 
in that all the leaves are represented as alternate. Melochia 
erecta Burm. f. is clearly synonymous with Corchorus javanicus 
Burm. f. 
* MELOCHIA CORDATA Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 143. “Coromandeli.” 
If this be a Melochia it can scarcely be other than a form of 
Melochia concatenata Linn., but the description of the flowers 
as yellow, solitary, and opposite the leaves, and the capsules as 
