3. t bbna. ] 19. MAL VACEJB. [ 5. Hibiscus. 



and with a gland on 1-3 of the nerves beneath. Pink flowers 

 |" diam. not racemose. Carpels gl -chidiate. 



Very common in forest glades and waste land. Fl. and Fr. Aug. -Bee. 



L. cordate or upper on flowering branches rhomboid and acute at base. 

 Lobes 3-5 or more obscurely 7-9. Lower petioles long. 

 Yields a fibre. 



2. U- siliuata. £• Mota bhidi janatet, S. 



An nndershmb closely resembling the last, bnt easily 

 distinguished by its leaves being lobed beyond the middle 

 into usually 5 oblong or lanceolate segments which are 

 contracted at the base and often pinnatifldand serrated. Fls. 

 1" diam. 



.Associated with the last and flowering atth<=> same time and up to 

 November. 



Yields a fibre. 



3. U. repanda, Boxb. Sikuar, S. 



A shrub 2-4 ft. with stiff branches densely stellate-hairy, 

 roundish repand or somewhat lobed denticulate leaves 2|-3|* 

 diam. and pink flowers axillary and racemose. Carpels smooth, 

 easily dehiscent on Blight pressure. 

 Frequent. Fl. S&pt.-Oct. Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



L. very reticulate beneath and mid-rib with a gland near the base. 

 Btipules setaceous. Bracteoles united into a cup below, erect linear-sub- 

 ulate above %-\." Calyx $", lobes linear-oblong connate fths the way up. 

 Cor. £-1" diam. 8t. tube 1" long. 



Pavonia odorata, Willd. is an erect herbaceous glandular pubes- 

 cent herb with slightly 3-5-lobed cordate-ovate leaves and long peduncled 

 pink flowers about §* diam. clustered at the ends of the branches. 

 Eracteoles filiform 10-12. Carpels smooth. Chota Nagpur, Prain. 



5, Hibiscus, Medik. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, usually suffruticose annuals or 

 with a perennial root. L. more or less palmately lobed. 

 Fls. axillary or becoming racemose by suppression of upper 

 leaves, Bracteoles 5 or more, rarely fewer or absent, free or 



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