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connate for almost their whole length. Corolla 1 in. diam., white with a rosy centre. 



Anthers equally distributed. Capsule tomentose, covered with viscid points whea 



greea. Seeds globose, sulcate, slightly pilose. — Roxburgh calls special artcntion to the 



excellence of the fibre of this plant. His J7. prostratus is a form with procumbent 

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25. H. pung^ens, Eoxb. Ilort. Beng. 50; Fl Ind. iii. 213; annual or 

 perennial, bristly, petiole longer than the deeply^obed leaves, lobes 

 oblong acuminate toothed, bracteoles 4-5 persistent oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, as long as the cuspidate hispid capsule. H. vestitus, Wall, 

 i^dt. im partly, Bamia pungens, Wall Cat 1924. 



Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaon to Sikkira, alt. 2-5000 ft. ; Khasia Mts. 



ofe//i erect, branches ascending, bristly and with scattered black dots. Leax^es 

 ^o in., cordate roundish, deeply palmately 7-lobed, lobes oblong acuminate, toothed, 

 ^perones 3-lobed ; petiole 8-10 in. Stipules broad lanceolate, upper linear-setaceons. 

 -t^edumles 1-2 in., racemose. Bracteoles 1 in., accrescent. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 

 jellow with a purple centre, 5 in. diam. Column antheriferous throughout. Capsule 



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p. ^liAi^^nur jj. ; jjKj, rroaT. 1. 44o J annual, suugiauruus, icrtvca uc^i^jy 



palmately-lobed, lobes linear-oblong coarsely toothed or lobulate, peduncles 

 annexed, bracteoles 4-6 persistent ovate-lanceolate. Wall. Cat 1926; 

 \^^. Dm. iii. 172, t. 63, f. 2. H. peutaphyllus, A'^^6. //or^. Beng. 52; 

 ^/^r. Ltd. iii 212 {not of F. Muell). 



naturalized in Bengal ; introduced from China. 

 Ua ^V!™^s* glabrous herb. Leaves 5-6 by 6-7 in. ; petiole nearly as long as the 

 ^<Je. Stipules lanceolate. Peduncles 1^ in., ultimately drooping. Flowers 5 in. 

 ^m., yellow with a purple centre. Staminaltube antheriferous all the way down. 

 ^psuie oblong, poiuted, hispid (S-seeded, Boxb,). 



lifn-^*' *e*'aphyllus, Hoxh. Hort. Beng. 52 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 211 ; annual 

 t^Pia and slightly prickly, leaves cordate very deeply 5-7-lobed lobes 



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rT^'J\ ^- Warreensis, I)ah. (71 Hook. KewJouni. Bot. iii. 123 ; Dah. da 

 "r- ^^^- Fl. 19. Erebeunus canaranus, Alefeld in (Ed. Bot. Zdt. 1863, 14. 



' cf''**^'' "ear Calcutta, Eoxhurgh; Coxcan, and Canab.4, Gibson, Sic. ■ 



i;„ "f-Sft. ieam scabrous; petiole 2 i In. >S'<(>M?fo' ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles 

 than'tf 7- ^^^ clustered at the ends of the branches. Bracteoles 4-f in.-, snorter 

 &.1 ^"^Y^- Flowers 2 in. diam., yellow. Capsule ovate, 5-angled, hispid, U in. 

 SS^ '"i^o^h.-Dalzell, I.e., says his 'A. Warreensfs differs from A. tetraphjUm in the 

 PeSs eH ''°V^^'^i^""us bracteoles, but in most of the gpeciraeus the bracteoles are 



"'• Ihere is great variation in foliage and pubescence. 



acum;?: *»8^1osu», Mast. ; herbaceous, not prickly, leaf-lobes ovate 

 cXv A*v'^^^te«les fugacious, capsule ovoid pointed hispid as l^"f f the 

 iS i^'^^niosclms angulosus, W. <k A. Frodr. i. 53 ; Wight. Ic. t. 951 ; III. 

 vZ'aI''''^J(^-^ Enum. 26. Bamia ansulosa, Wall. Cat. 1927; Hymenocalyx 



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5-lobed ; 



XfSl "l ^^^'NsuLA ; Concan, Malabar, and Nilghirris Mts. ; Ceylon 

 PetioleL* •''"^ 1'"' pubescent above, tomentose below, cordate, pal"uitely . 



Wot^'°- -P«^'*«cZes not exceeding the petiole, densely h.spi:i, hairs spreading. 

 CoT£^- "''^te. Ucdyx 14 in., ovatf-lance^olate, hispid ;. sepals shghtly cohenng. 





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