614 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PPiODUCTIOXS. 



H. SuRKATTENSis, L. All OTcr Buruia, in the Icaf-sliodding 



IT. lideroplnjUus, Griff. forests, and deserted tonngyas, etc. 



Flowers about an inch in diameter, on long slender peduncles. Stipules large, 

 leafy, semilunar. Stems prickly. 



H. acithatus, Eoxb., differs chiefly by the much smaller stipules, -which, however, 

 pass into those of U. Surrattc7isis. 



A A Ajjpendagc of invoh(crc-leaJ}cfs linear, rarely icanting. 



"'■'H. iiADiATus, Cav. Much cultivated all over Burma from Chittagong 



and Ava down to Tenasserim, and often like 

 wild in deseited toungyas. 



var. a. Corolla white or pale-sulphur with a purple eye. 

 var. ft Lmdleyi {H. Lindleyi, Wall.). 



Flowers white or pale-sulphur with a purple eye, or purple, the calyx-lobes 

 without a gland on the midrib. 



° " Incolucre-leaflets entire, tvitliout any appendage. 



* H. CANNABrN'us, L. Cultivated in Pegu and Martaban. 



Calyx diy, horny in fruit, the lobes prickly ciliate, with a large gland on the 

 midrib. Seeds glabrous. 



*H. SABDAEiFFA, L. Mucli Cultivated all over Burma from Chitta- 



Them-brm-khyen-bouug. Eosclle. S°iiS ''i^.'^ -^^'^ '^o^^i^ to Pegu, sometimes 



as wild in deserted toungyas. 



Calyx fleshy, red, the lobes without prickles, usually a little hairy, but soon 

 glabrescent. Seeds shortly hispid. This species is cultivated for its red fleshy acid 

 calicos, which are admirable if chewed raw for quenching thirst, or stewed with sugar. 

 The jelly prepared from the calicos is not inferior to the best red currant, and the 

 best substitute for it. 



Sub-genus AnELMOscnirs. 



Calyx spathaeeous, 5- rarely 3-toothed, deciduous, surrounded by a 5-20-leaved 

 free, often very deciduous involucre. &eeds glabrous. 



X Inroluere-leaflets ilort and small, deeiduons already lefore openiny of the flowers . 



*H". FicuLXEUs, L. Cultivated rarely in Pegu in native gardens. 



H. prosfratus, Eoxb. 

 S. strictus, Eoxb. 



Flowers rather small, uniform white. 



X X Inrohiere-leaflets narrow linear, often numerous and luny. Flowers large, 

 yellow ivith purple eye. 



° Capsules short, h-angled. 

 f Involucre-leaflets about 10-12. 

 H. SAGiTTiFOLius, Kz. Ava. Pegu. 



Capsules glabrous. Flowers white, hardly an inch in diameter, the petals 

 reflexed. Scabrous herb. 



H. ABELMOscnus, L. Arakan, Pegu, xiva and Tenasserim, Kamorta. 



Abelmosehus mosehatus, Moench. 



Ba-lu-jva-gyi. 



All parts sprcadingly setose. Peduncles as long as or shorter than the capsule, 

 strong. Flowers 2-3 inches in diameter. 



The specifio name of mosehatus was bestowed on this plant from the musky 

 aromatic odour of its brown seeds, which are named by the Arabs ' Hub-ul-JIashk,' 

 and are used to perfume powders and unguents. The species abounds in mucilage, 

 which is used to clarify .sugar. 



