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Plants of the Punjab. 
Herss, Erect, wirh ALTERNATE STIPULATE LOBED LEAVES. 
Hibiscus canceilatus, 
MALVACER. 
F. B. 1.1. 342. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Simla, Syri 
(Collett). 
Hazara (Douie). 
Hibiscus esculentus, 
Okra, 
Bhindi, ramlurai. 
MALVACES. 
He la. ote. 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft., 
cultivated. 
Pentapetes 
phoenicea, 
Dopahariya, 
gul dupaharia. 
NSTERCULIACEA. 
Eabyvil: iz 87h. 
The Plains, in wet 
places. 
PETALS UNITED. 
large, annual, bristly, root spindle-shaped, leaves 
4-6 in., bluntly 5-angled, or rounded, round-toothed, 
hairy, upper leaves with angular lobes at the base, stalks 
4 in., stipules linear, flowers 4-5 in. diam., drooping, yellow 
with a purple centre on stalks much shorter than the leaf- 
stalks, racemed at the ends of branches, bracts 2 at the 
base of each stalk, awl-shaped, bracteoles 10-18, 14 
long, linear, bristly, incurved, capsule ovoid, furrowed, 
very hairy, equal in length to the bracteoles, seeds many, 
kidney-shaped, black, not musky ; otherwise like the last 
Species, 
large, annual, roughly hairy, leaves 8-12 in. long, 
-5-lobed, heart-shaped at the base, lobes lanceolate-oblong, 
coarsely toothed, rough, stalk as long as the blade, reddish, 
stipules linear, flowers large, yellow with a crimson centre 
on stout short stalks, shorter than the leaf-stalks, brae- 
teoles 8-10, linear, equal in length to the calyx, soon 
falling off capsule 6-10 in. long, oblong, tapermg 6-8- 
ribbed, smooth or hairy, seeds many, round, wiih lines, 
smooth or hairy; otherwise like the last species. This 
plant is commonly cultivated, the unripe capsule and 
ceeds are eaten as a vegetable. It yields a silky fibre 
which is used in paper-making. 
large, annual, smooth or bearing a few scattered star- 
shaped hairs, branched; leaves 38-5 in., triangular or 
lanceolate with 2 lobes at the base, round-toothed, 
smooth above, star-shaped hairs on the vems beneath, 
stalk 1 in., stipules linear, equal in length to the stalk ; 
flowers 1-14 in., scarlet, open at noon, drop next morning, 
one or two together on jointed axillary stalks, bracteoles 
3-5, thread-like, half the length of the calyx, soon falling off, 
sepals 5, lanceolate, united below, rough, petals 5, ovate 
with a broad tip, stamens 20, 15 fertile in 5 groups of 3 
alternating with 5 unfertile (staminodes), style dividing 
above and twiste rd, stigmas 5, minute ; capsule } in. diam., 
nearly round, bristly with star-shaped hairs, shorter than 
the persistent sepals, seeds 8-12, in 2 rows in each of the 
5 cells, angular, rough. The capsule is used a3 a de- 
mulcent. 
