This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...3-lobed, lobes spreading, acuminate, sparingly stellate, pilose above, tomentoso beneath, midrib with a glandular pore at the base beneath; petioles 2J in., downy. Stipulee subulate. Peduncles axillary or terminal, panicled, 3-flowcred. Bracteoles 4-8, subulate, deciduous. Calyx of 5 subulate sepals connate below the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...3-lobed, lobes spreading, acuminate, sparingly stellate, pilose above, tomentoso beneath, midrib with a glandular pore at the base beneath; petioles 2J in., downy. Stipulee subulate. Peduncles axillary or terminal, panicled, 3-flowcred. Bracteoles 4-8, subulate, deciduous. Calyx of 5 subulate sepals connate below the middle. Corolla campanulate, yellow with a crimson centre. Capsule ovoid, pointed, villous, 5-rarely 4-valved, valves hispid glabrescent. Seeds glabrescent. ' 2. T. populnea, Corr. in Ann. Mus. ix. p. 290; arboreous, herbaceous portions covered with peltate scales, leaves entire ovate acute or acuminate. Cav. Diss. iii. 152, t. 56, f. 1; DC. Prodr. i. 456; W. & A. Prodr. i. 54; Wight Ic. t. 8; Thwaites En um. 27; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. t. 63; Dalz. c Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 18; Wall. Cat. 1888, 1, 2, & to H. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 150. Hibiscus populneus, L.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 51; Flor. Ind. iii. 190. H. populneoides, Roxb. I.e. Malvaviscus populneus, Gcertn. Fruct. ii. 253, t. 135. Azanza acuminata, Ale/eld Bot. Zeit. 1861, 299.--Rheede Hort. Mal. i. 29. Tropical shores of Bengal, Ceylon, and both Peninsulas.--Distrib. Tropical Asia, the Pacific islands, and Africa. A small tree. Leaves 3 in. diam., cordate, roundish, acuminate, quite entire, 5-7nerved, with a glandular pore beneath between the nerves; petiole 2, in. Peduncle ' axillary, shorter than the petiole. Bracteoles obsolete or b( oblong-lanceolate, ileci-t -liions, as long as the cup-shaped 5-toothed calyx. Corolla 2-3 in. diam. Staminaltiibc toothed at the top; filaments ascending. Capsule in., oblong, depressed, scaly, ultimately.ghibrescent. Seeds pilose or powdery on the surface.--The characters assigned by Roxburgh to Hi' iscttspopulneoides are ...
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