19. MA L VA JFJF [ 5. Hibiscus. 



B. Large stout shrubs, grown for their showy 

 flowers. 



Bracteoles 6-7. L. ovate acuminate -serrate 



above 13. rosa sinensis. 



Bracteoles 6-7. L. cuneiform o^ate 3-lobed 



dentate • . . • . . .14. syriacus. 



Bracteoles 10. L. 5-angled cordate serrate 



downy 15. mutabilis. 



1. H. cancellatus, Boxb. Usungid, Eo. ; Jojo ara, Bir 

 kaskom, 2L, S. (names of little value). 



A very hirsute or bristly herb with lower leaves sub- 

 orbicular, upper often sagittate. Large yellow fls. with 

 peduncles about 1* in terminal racemes or few also axillary. 

 Capsule subglobose to oblong 1-1 |" very densely covered with 

 yellowish spreading hairs, shortly beaked. Bracteoles fili- 

 form very persistent |-1|" with dense spreading stiff hairs. 



In forests, esp. in the hills, throughout the area, frequent. Fl. Aug.- 

 Nov. Fr. Oct.-Jany. It dies down after flowering. 



Boot fusiform. Branches often procumbent. L. very variable from 

 Tound sub-entire deeply cordate coarsely crenate or dentate to acutely 

 lobed (but not half way down) and (upper only) sagittate with very long 

 linear-oblong entire auricles. Densely softly hairy . or villous above and 

 often with bristles on the nerves, beneath hairy and with stellate 

 bristles. Racemes often dense flowered with filiform 2-several persistent 

 "bracts at the base of the short peduncles. Capsules hirsute inside and 

 out. Beeds sub-reniform grey-brown £'' glabrous with curved lines of 

 dots. There are two forms : — o. Capsules ovoid 1-1£", bracteoles much 

 exceeding the'capsules. 3* Capsules oblong U-lf " often much longer than 

 the bracteoles. Santara Forest division. This is very apt to be mistaken 

 for the next species. 



The root is eaten. 



2. H. AbelmoschttS, £• Mushk-dana, H., Beng. 



A hirsute or hispid herb with polymorphous leaves often 

 resembling the last. Large yellow fls. with peduncles 2-3'' 

 or more, usually solitary axillary, occasionally in few-fld. 

 racemes. Capsule oblong 2-2 \" beaked, with rather sparse 

 adpressed stiff hairs, glabrescent. Bracteoles linear |-1* 

 deciduous, not densely hairy. 



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