MALVACE. 213 
ash 3:88, soluble ash 2°44, alkalinity of soluble ash as potash 
‘75, tartaric acid 9°90, remaining free acid as malic acid 
15°54—total free acid per 100 parts dry substance 27-44, 
(Lyon, 1882.) 
HIBISCUS CANNABINUS, Linn. 
Fig.—Rozb. Cor. Pl. ¢., t. 190. Hemp-leaved Hibiscus 
(Eng.), Ketmia 4 feuilles de Chanvre (F'r.). 
Hab.—Western India. Cultivated in most tropical 
countries, 
Vernacular.—Ambari (Mar.), Patsan, Rattiasan (Hind.), 
Mesta-pit (Beng.), Palungi, Puliccakirai (Lam.), Gonkura 
(Tel.), Holada (Can.), Sujjédo (Sind.). 
Description, Uses, &c.—The plant is extensively 
cultivated for its fibre (Dukhani hemp), and the leaves are used 
as apotherb. One tola of the juice of the flowers, with sugar 
and black pepper, is a popular remedy for biliousness. The 
seeds of this plant yield an edible oil, and would appear to 
be the Hab-el-zalim of Persia, Haji Zein describes the plant 
which produces them as like hemp, having white flowers like 
a mallow with purple stamens, pod prickly, seeds like 
cardamom seeds, with a black skin and white kernel. He 
Says they are aphrodisiac and fattening. There are two other 
kinds of Hab-el-zalim, vtiz., Artichoke seeds, and the fruit 
of Habzelia wthiopica, the Hab-el-zalim of Serapion or 
Monkey Pepper, formerly used as a substitute for pepper. 
THESPESIA POPULNEA, Corr. 
Fig.— Wight Ic. t.8; Bedd. Fl. Syl., t. 63. Portia tree 
(Eng.), Thespésia a feuilles de peuplier (Fr.). whe, 
Hab.—Tropical shores of Bengal, Ceylon, and both 
Peninsulas. The bark and fruit. - 
Vernacular.—Piras-pipal (Hind.), Bhendi (Mar.), Purasha- 
maram (Tam.), Kandarola-mara (Can.), Gangarenu-chettu_ 
(Tel.), Porash (Beng.); Parasa-piplo (Guz.). moe 
