. Hibiscus] 19. MALVACF^J. [7. Gossypium. 



12. H. Sabdariffa, L. Arhaipila, Ho. ; Arharjorjora, M. 

 Arak Kudrum, S. ; Patwa, H. • Rozelle, Red" Sorre] 



Erect glabrous with often purple l^ems, polymorphous usually simple 

 leaves and yellow fls. 2£" diani. The 8-10 linear bracteoles accrescent to 

 the calyx which is red and fleshy (in one variety, however the calyx iB 

 green), and osaaily muricate or setose. 



Cultivated everywhere. Fl. r. s. Fr. Jany The calyces are maae 

 into a jelly, and the leaves are eaten. 



13. H. rosa-sin$nsis, L. Joba baha, 8. is a well-known ornamental 

 shrub usually with scarlet or crimson fls. Called Shoe flower from the fls. 

 having been used to black shoes. 



14. H. syria eus, L. Usually taller and more slender, the leaves 

 Bub-rhomboid and fls. usually lilac with purple eye. 



15. H. mutabilis, L. A very large deciduous shrub, of which the 

 handsome flowers open white and turn red by evening. 



6. Thespesia. Corr. 



1. T. Lampas, Dalz. Reke, Ho. ; Bir katsom, or Kaskom 

 K., S. ; Bon.-kapsi, S. ; (both these names mean the wild or 

 jungle cotton, a common epithet of these shrubs somewhat 

 resembling cotton) 



An erect shrub 3-5 ft. high with palmately 3-lobed 

 leaves 4-5'' diam. and terminal solitary or 2-3 large yellow 

 flowers 4-5* diam. with crimson centre. It closely resembles 

 Hibiscus, but the styles are not divided above but end in a 

 club. Capsule woody sub-globose or ovoid, girt at base by 

 the calyx- tube, not widely dehiscent. 



Very common in the forests throughout the area. Perennial and 

 deciduous or often dying down to the root, and shooting out again at the 

 end of May. Fl. Aug.-Oct. Fr. Oct.-Dec. 



Young parts covered with brown tomentum. L. sometimes simple 

 softly pubescent beneath, hairy above, base cordate or rounded, mid-rib 

 with a gland near the base beneath. Peduncles swollen above with 4-8 

 subulate or setaceous deciduous bracteoles. 



Yields a Btrong fibre. The root and fruit given in gonorrhoea, Camp. 



Goesypium herbaceum, L. Katsom, K. ; Kaskom, S. Cotton is 

 cultivated, but not on large scale, in Ch. Nag. The leaves, bracteoles 

 and calyx are sprinkled with email blaok glands. Seeds covered with, 

 cotton wooL FL NovrJany. 



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