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Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Ereot, with ALTERNATE STIPULATE LOBED LBAVES. 
Hibiscus Solandra, 
MALVACE®. 
F, Be 1. 4336. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Simla. 
Sutle}) Valley 
(Collett). 
Hibiscus vitifolius, 
Ban kapas. 
MALVACER. 
Be. 1.3388. 
The Plains to 
2,000 ft. 
Hibiscus Gibsoni, 
MALVACE®. 
Ro. asS59. 
The Plains. 
Hibiscus Sabdariffa, 
Rozelle or Red 
sorrel, 
Patwa. 
MALVACE. 
E. By 4,'840, 
The Plains, 
cultivated. 
PETALS UNITED. 
medium size, annual, velvety or hairy, slightly branch- 
ed, leaves 1-2} in. across, heart-shaped at the base, short- 
pointed, coarsely toothed, hairy on both sides, lower leaves 
long-stalked, ovate or circular, more or less 8-lobed, upper 
deeply 3-lobed, lobes narrowly oblong, stipules bristly, 
flowers 3-2 in. diam., yellow, white or pink on solitary, 
jointed axillary stalks, 14 in. long, in a loose leafless termi- 
nal raceme, sepals united below, triangular, short-pointed, 
petals broad at the tip, notched, capsule ovoid, pointed, 
hairy at the top, not longer than the calyx, seeds blackish ; 
otherwise like Hibiseus Trionum. 
large, annual or biennial, hairy, slightly prickly, 
branches many, leaves 1-4 in. diam., 3-7-lobed, lobes short- 
or long-pointed, smooth or felted on both surfaces, 
toothed, stalks 2} in., stipules very small, bristly, flowers 
23 in. diam., yellow with a purple centre, drooping, on axil- 
lary, solitary or clustered at the end of branches, stalks 
jointed, bracteoles 5-8, bristly, linear, not united and short- 
er than the calyx, sepals united half way up, lanceolate, 
velvety, petals two or three times as long as the sepals, 
capsule hairy, beaked, 5-winged, shorter than the sepals, 
seeds brown, tubercled ; otherwise like the last species. 
The bark yields a strong silvery fibre. 
medium size, perennial, branches bristly or prickly, 
leaves 1-3 in., deeply divided into lobes, lobes oblong- 
lanceolate, toothed, smooth or hairy, stalk as long as the 
blade, flowers twice the length of the bracteoles, yellow 
with a purple centre or all purple, on solitary axillary stalks, 
bracteoles ununited, linear, prickly, curving over the calyx, 
sepals united below, lanceolate, staminal tube half covered 
with anthers, capsule ovoid, pointed, valves bristly, seeds 
soft with scattered hairs; in other points like the last 
species. ‘ 
large, annual, smooth, stem purplish, leaves 2-3 in., 
wedge-shaped at the base, usually 3-5-lobed, lower leaves 
sometimes not lobed, lobes lanceolate or oblong, glandu: 
lar beneath, toothed, stalk 2 in., reddish, stipules 4 in. long, 
linear, short-pointed, flowers 24 in. diam., yellow or purple 
on solitary axillary short stalks, thickened at the top, 
bracteoles 8-12, united to the base of the calyx, calyx en- 
larging in fruit, sepals united below the middle into a fleshy 
bristly purple cap, capsule ovoid, pointed, hairy, shorter 
than the calyx, seeds nearly glabrous, kidney-shaped ; 
