700 JO VRNAL, BOMB A Y NA TUB A L HISTOR Y SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Petals United. 



Saliz ozycarpa, 

 Salicine^. 

 F. B. I. V. 636. 

 Himalaya 6-11,000 ft. 

 Simla. 



Seeds White, Downy. 



large, shoots velvety at first ; leaves 2-4 by f-l|ins. , 

 lanceolate, pointed, teeth small, or none, smooth above, 

 greenish blue beneath, stipules small, semi-lanceolate ; 

 flowers appearing before the leaves, on very long, 

 stout sessile spikes, bracts yellow in males or brown 

 in females, in males stamens 2, united below, in 

 females style very short, stigmas short ; capsules 

 large J^ in., sessile, silky. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Hibiscus hirtus, 



MAIiVACE.a;. 



F. B. I. i. 335. 

 The Plains. 



Eibiscus syriaous, 



Gurhal, 

 Malvacb^S!, 

 F. B. I. i. 344. 

 The Plains. 



Crossypium 

 herbaceum, 

 Cotton, 



Kapas^ 



Malvace^, 



F. B. I. i. 34G. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



medium size, cultivated ; leaves 3 by 2 ins,, ovate, 

 long-pointed, lower leaves often three-lobed, toothed, 

 hairy, stalk 2 ins., hairy, stipules i in., linear ; flowers 

 J in. diam., pink or white, spreading on long-jointed 

 stalks, calyx lobes 5, not distended, linear-lanceolate, 

 bracteoles 5-7, awl-shaped without appendages, short- 

 er than the sepals, corolla ^ in. diam., petals 5, joined 

 with the staminal tube, which is 5 toothed; capsule 5 

 valved, round, shorter than the calyx, seeds cottony. 

 This plant yields a strong fibre. 



medium size, cultivated, not prickly ; leaves 2 ins, 

 long, ovate, three-lobed, toothed, surface nearly 

 smooth, stalk short ; flowers large showy on stalks 

 equal to the leaf stalk, axillary, bracteoles 6-7, linear 

 half the length of the calyx, sepals 5, ovate, lanceo- 

 late, petals 5, broad at the tip, longer than the calyx, 

 staminal tube with anthers all the way up ; capsule 

 oblong, blunt, slightly hairy, seeds thinly hairy. This 

 plant yields a strong fibre. 



medium size, cultivated, hairy or nearly smooth ; 

 leaves heart shaped, three to seven lobed, lobes 

 broadly ovate, long-pointed, long-stalked, stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, margin smooth or toothed ; flowers 

 yellow with a purple centre or all yellow or all purple 

 on axillary jointed single-flowered stalks, bracteoles 

 three, large leafy heart-shaped, not divided below the 

 middle, calyx cup-shaped, petals 5, spreading, stami- 

 nal tube 5-toothed, style with 5 stigmas ; capsule ovate 

 3-5 valved, seeds 5-7 in each cell, ovoid, cotton white 



