Hibiscus.] 
XXIII. MALVACE.<®. 
(4) H. tiliaceus Linn. Sp. PL 976; Masters, l.c. i. 343. 
Paritium tiliaceum Juss. St. HU. FI. Bras. Med. i. 156; Wight, 
Ic. i. 7. 
Usually a low stout spreading tree. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
broadly cordate, ovate or orbicular cuspidate, glabrous above, 
grey-pubescent beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 3 to 6 in. wide; nerves 
palmate, 7 to 9; petioles i‘5 to 2 - 5 in. long. Flowers solitary or 
in cymes, 2- to 3-flowered, axillary; peduncle 75 to 1 in. long. 
Epicalyx short, lobes short, ovate acute. Sepals lanceolate- 
triangular sub-acute, '5 in. long, keeled pubescent. Corolla 4 in. 
across, yellow, centre crimson purple. Fruit about as long as 
calyx, ovoid hairy. Seeds obovate-reniform. Hab. Usually near 
the sea, on the sea beach very common, occasionally far up rivers, 
but inland frequently planted by natives to form a hedge. When 
grown in forest it attains a height of 60 ft. or more. Whole peninsula 
on both coasts. Distrib. Tropical Asia, Africa and South America. 
Native names: Baru; Waru (Javanese); Ambaru; Baru Laut; 
Dedap Laut. Use: The wood valued for gun-stocks, the bast as 
a fibre. 
(5) H. floccosus Masters, l.c. i. 343; King, l.c. 46. 
A big tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Branchlets, petioles, peduncles, 
epicalyx and calyx covered with yellow pustules. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous, ovate, obscurely angled, slightly or not cordate; nerves 
7 pairs, entire or sub-denticulate, sparsely stellate, pubescent, 
glabrescent when old, 3 to 6 in. long and as wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. 
long. Flowers few, in terminal racemes; peduncle stout, 75 to 
1*5 in. long. Epicalyx a shortly lobed cup *25 in. long, lobes broad, 
ovate. Calyx 1*5 in. long, tubular, lobes *5 in. long. Corolla 4 in. 
long; petals stellate-hairy outside, slightly hairy within, spathulate, 
yellow, base maroon, withering purple. Staminal-tube pubescent, 
yellow. Stigma deep brown. Capsule obovoid truncate, shorter 
than calyx, stellate-pubescent, pustular. Hab. Borders of woods, 
open country, less common than H. macrophyllus; Malacca, Mt. 
Ophir in the base woods. Pahang, Tahan woods. Temerloh 
(Foxworthy). Perak, Gunong Malacca; Batu Gajah (Kunstler); 
Grit; Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp). Native names: Kapas- 
Kapas; Petutu; .Unchang; Bebaru. 
6 . THESPESIA, Corr. 
Tree. Leaves ovate acute. Flowers axillary. Epicalyx of 
5 to 8 lobes or absent. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Corolla 
large. Staminal-tube 5-toothed at tip. Ovary 4- to 5-celled; 
style club-shaped entire or 5-toothed. Capsule loculicidal or 
hardly dehiscent. Seeds tomentose. Species about 6, Madagascar, 
tropical Asia and Australasia. 
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