Plants of the Punjab. a 245 
Heres, Erect, wirh ALTERNATE STIPULATE LOBED LEAVES. 
Hibiscus ficulneus, 
Dula, kapasiya. 
MALVACES. 
Bose lem S40. 
The Plains. 
Hibiscus pungens, 
MALVACE. 
Dela T. 
Himalaya, 
2-5,000 ft. 
(Duthie). 
Hibiscus - 
Abelmosehus, 
Musk mallow, 
Mushk dana, kasturi 
bhend. 
MALVACEA. 
EF: Bet. 342. 
The Plains. 
PETALS UNITED. 
otherwise like the last species. This plant is cultivated 
for the sake of the edible calyx, from which an acid jelly 
is prepared ; it 1s used as a preventive of scurvy. The stems 
supply a strong silky fibre. 
very large, annual, branches usually covered with 
broad-based sharp prickles, leaves 24-4 in., 5-7-lobed, 
with wide sinuses between the lobes, lobes broad at the 
tip, narrow at the base, unequally toothed, stalks 24-4 in., 
stipules $ in. long, linear, hairy, soon falling off, flowers 
1-2 in. diam., white with a pink centre, on stalks, half the 
length of the leaf stalks, the upper in a leafless raceme, 
bracteoles 4-6, broad, leafy, sepals united nearly entirely, 
tips thread-like, capsule 14 in. long, ovoid, felted, with a 
curved beak, 5-angled, sticky when young, seeds round, 
softly hairy ; otherwise like the last species. This plant is 
often cultivated and supplies an excellent white fibre, 
the seeds are put into sweetmeats. 
medium size, annual or perennial, branches bristly 
and dotted, leaves 5-8 in., heart-shaped, 7-lobed, lobes 
linear-lanceolate, long-pointed, deeply toothed, upper 
3-lobed, stalk longer than the blade, stipules broadly lance- 
olate, upper ones linear, flowers 5 in. diam., yellow with a 
purple centre drooping on racemose stalks 1-2 in. long, 
bracteoles 1 in., enlarging in fruit, calyx 5-toothed, staminal 
column with anthers all the way up, capsule ? in. long, 
slender, hairy ; otherwise like the last species. 
large, annual, hairy, branched ; leaves heart-shaped, 
ovate or usually 8-7-lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate, short- 
or long-pointed, coarsely toothed, hairy above or below, 
stalk longer than the blade, stipule: small, awl-shaped, 
flowers 3-4 in. diam., yellow with a crimson centre, soli- 
tary often apparently termina! on stout curved stalks, 
bracteoles 6-12, linear, ununited, hairy, much shorter than 
the calyx, sepals united except the 5 tips, split down on 
one side, capsule 24-3 in., ovate, short-pointed, hairy, seeds 
kidney-shaped, with a musky scent ; otherwise like the last 
species. Musk is obtained from this plant and it also yields 
a strong fibre, it is, therefore, widely cultivated. 
