238 Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Erect, with ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES, 
Lear Marcins TootHenD. 
PETALS UNITED. 
Malvastrum medium size, branched, covered with simple hairs ; 
tricuspidatum, leaves 2 in., ovate-lanceolate, irregularly toothed, leaf 
MALVACER. stalk 1} in., stipules ununited ; flowers yellow, on axillary 
Tes She Bea RS DA or terminal stalks, 4-3 in. long, bracteoles 3, narrow, calyx 
The Plains. bell-shaped, 5-lobed, triangular, short- -pointed, petals 5, 
Lahore, Delhi, twisted, over lapping, longer than the sepals, stamens many, 
Rawalpindi united below and to the petals, forming a tube, styles 8-12, 
(introduced). stigmas round ; fruit of 8-12 dry carpels, one-seeded, sepa- 
rating from the central column, curved with 3 projecting 
points. 
Sida humilis, see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
Sida spinosa, medium size, perennial, shrubby, stems rough with 
Gulsakari, star-shaped hairs, branches usually armed with curved 
jangli-metht. spiny tubercles at the nodes below the leaf stalks ; leaves 
MALVACEA. 3-2 in., very variable, ovate with or without a broad 
BP. B. 1. 1.328 apex, apex blunt or notched, base heart- or pede: -shaped, 
The Plains. grey below with star- shaped hairs, leaf stalks } in., stipules 
awl-shaped ; flowers } in. diam., white, on aolieaey or clus- 
tered stalks, jointed near the flower, equal to or longer 
than the leaf stalks, calyx tubular below, sepals 5, triangu- 
lar, short-pointed, hairy, petals 5, united below and to the 
staminal tube, stamens many, united below into a tube ; 
carpels 5, separating from the central column, crowned 
each by 2 long erect rough beaks, equal to the calyx, 
seeds one in each carpel. The root and leaves are used 
in Indian medicine, the former as a tonic and diaphoretic, 
the latter as a demulcent. 
Sida carpinifolia, like the last species, but without spiny tubercles, 
Bariara, kareta, leaves narrower, stipules broader, veined, bristly, flower 
MALVACER. stalks jointed near the middle, calyx tube nearly round, 
Bib, 1; 1,520, petals twice as long as the calyx, yellow, carpels 5-10, 
The Plains. wrinkled beak of 2 bristles. Good fibre is obtained 
from the stems, and other parts are used medicinally, as in 
the last species, 
