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long- as the leaves, one-flowered. Stipules filiform. Capsules 

 ten, with one straight sharp horn. 



Malvindu unicornis. Dill. FAth. 21G. t. 172./. 212. 



Sida I'oliis lanceolato-rhomboidibus. Flor. Ze\jl. JV". 252. 



Hind, and Bemj. Lal-bariala, or berela. 



A native of Bengal ; flowers during- the rainy season. 



The bark of this and the last, (rliomhoiika) yiehl abun- 

 dance of very delicate flaxy fibres, and I tliink might be 

 advantageously employed for many purposes. When the 

 seed is sown thick on a good soil, the plants g-row tall and 

 slender, without branches, and every May fit for such pur- 

 poses. 



1 6. S. cordijblia. Willd. iii. 758. Fleminy in Asiat. Res. 

 xi. 178, 



Herbaceous, downy, and hairy. Leaves cordate. Pedun- 

 cles solitary, one-flowered. Capsules ten, with two long 

 straight, backwardly hispid horns. 



Katu-uren. Rheed. JMal. x. t. 54. 



Batywlaka, its Sanscrit name. 



Hind, and Beng. Bariala, or barela. 



A native ot Coromandel, Bengal, Sec and with the rest 

 blossoms during the rains, and cool season. 



With more than ten, from two to three-seeded Capsules. 



17. S. crispa. Willd. iii. 747. 



Stem sub-erect, with long, diffuse branches. Leaves pe- 

 tioled and sessile, round-cordate, crenate, acuminate, downy. 

 Stipules filiform. Peduncles solitary, filiform, one-flowered. 

 Pericarp perfectly globular, and pendulous. Capsules 

 twelve, ovid, inflated, from two to three-seeded. 



A nativ e of the coast of Coromandel. In blossoms during 

 the greater part of the year. 



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