5. Hibiscus. ] 19. MAL VAC EM. 



on very short Q-i") stout articulate peduncles, Ovary and 

 capsule densely silky. 



Waste ground, Palamau and Hazaribagh (near the boundary), rare. 

 FL and Fr. Nov.-Jan. 



L. hoary-tomentose both sides. Peti. 1-1£\ thickened above. Stipules 

 and bracts filiform caducous. Bracteoles 8 united into cup at base, linear - 

 spathulate appressed to and much shorter than the calyx which has 

 oblong acute 3-nerved lobes. Steds about 10 in each cell, brown, densely 

 pubescent. 



8. H. vitifolius, L. 



Usually hoary-tomentose or villous not bristly, with' simple or deeply 

 3-5-lobed long-stalked ovate leaves with acuminate lobes. Petiole as 

 long as the blade. Fls. 2-2 1'' diam. -Bracteoles 8-12 linear persistent not 

 spathulate. Capsule short sub-orbicular tomentose, but not with the long 

 hairs of the last, beaked and 5-winged. 



Prain says common in all the provinces, but I have not seen it in our 

 area nor are there specimens in the Cal. Herb, or Kew from Ch. Nagpur. 



9. H. furcatus, Boxb. 



An erect undershrub, stem covered with soft down and scattered 

 Tecurved prickles, with entire or 8-5-lobed serrate leaves and yellow 

 flowers 4'' diam. Bracteoles 10-12 linear and f orkfi.^ . 



Pitorea, 2,000 ft. Wood. 



10. H. esculentus, L. Mindijinga, K. ; Ramjinga, S. 

 Bindi H. Ochro, Lady's Fingers. 



Erect hairy annual 4-6 ft. with cordate 3-5-lobed and 

 toothed leaves and large yellow flowers. Peduncles and 

 bracteoles about 1". 



Cultivated for its unripe fruits, which owing to their demulcent 

 properties can be safely eaten in case" where r>ther vegetables are 

 interdicted. 



11. H. cannabinus, L. Ji, Kotle, K. ; Dare kudrum, 8. 

 Tall unbranched 5-6 ft., rather prickly, with large leaves 



of which the lower are entire and cordate and the upper deeply 

 palmate. Fls. large, over 2 W diam. white (yellow, FJ3.L) 

 with purple eye. 



Widely cultivated for its fibre in Singbhum. Also Manbhum, Camp, 

 Santal Par., Kurz. j Chatra, Wood. FL October. 



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