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The Okra {Hibiscus esculentzis), a tropical American 

 species, is much cultivated in India for the sake of its 

 unripe mucilaginous capsules, which are used as an article 

 of diet. 



Fig. 115. Vertical section of flower of Mallow {Mah'a), slightly enlarged. 



Fig. 117. Embryo 

 of Mallow with 

 Fig. n6. Fruit of Mallow. The carpels uiilseriate. folded cotyledons. 



The Durian fruit is the produce of a Malayan tree of 

 this Family {Diwio zibethinus), to which belong, also, the 

 African Baobab {Adansonia) and the so-called Cotton-tree 



