2. Sida. ] 19. MAL VACEM [ 3. Ubbna. 



with beaks or awns half as long as the carpel. Seeds black with a promi- 

 nent tongue. In shady or damp localities. 

 Yields a good fibre. 



5. S. acuta, Burm. Syc. S. carpiaifolia F.B.I. Ipirpijon, 

 K. ; Ipirpichig, M ; Bir miru baha, #. 



An undershrub 2-3 ft. high with very tough sparsely 

 6teliate-hairy stems, lanceolate to obovate-lanc. serrate glabrous 

 leaves l|-34" by J-l" and pale-yellow flowers on jointed 

 peduncles which are mostly shorter than the J" petioles. 

 Stipules hairy linear, or one linear and one setaceoas irreach 

 pair, !*-J* or more long. 



Waste ground. Common. Fl. and Fr. ' Aug.-Dec. 



Frequently variegated with yellow. L. gradually tapering at the tip, 

 scarcely acuminate, base 3-nerved, sometimes rounded ; sec. n. 5-8 prs. 

 extending nearly to margin. Ped. jointed about the middle. Acuminate 

 calyx-lobes ciliate. Carpels usually 5-6 reticulate, shortly 2-beaked. 



Yields a good fibre. 



3. Urena, L, 



Under shrubs with stellate hairs, angled or deeply pal- 

 mately-lobed leaves and pink solitary or clustered axillary 

 fls., or clusters in more or less leafless terminal racemes. 

 Bracteoles 5, adnate to the calyx and sometimes connate 

 below into a cup. Petals 5 connate below and adnate below 

 to the stamina! tube. Anths. nearly sessile on the truncate 

 or denticulate tube. Ovary 5-celled, cells 1-ovuled, stigmatic 

 branches 10. Ripe carpels sub-indehiscent separating from 

 the axis when ripe. 



Carpels echinate. L. angled or somewhat lobed 1. lobata. 

 Carpels echinate. L. palmatifid ... 2. sinuata. 

 Carpels smooth. L. entire or slightly lobed . 3. repanda. 



I. U. lobata? L. Bhidi janetet', S. 



An undershrub 2-4| ft. high with sub-orbicular angled 

 or somewhat lobed leaves 2-4" diam. often broader than long 



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