110 XXV. JJAI.VACEtE. 



p. 20. //. Gihso7ii, Stocks, in Ilarv. et Soud. Fl. Capensis, v. 2, p. 587 ; 

 Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 339. H. radiatiis, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 127.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Dkccan : (rare) Stoc/,-sl; N. Deccan, Gibson \; Juniiar (Poona districts), Cooke]; 

 Dhulia, Woodrow I ; ^lountain vallejs, Eastern side of the Nortlieni Ghats, Dahell ^ 

 Cr/fco«. —DisTbib. Ai'gliauistan, N. Australia, vS. Africa. 



16. Hibiscus punctatus, Ihh. in Dalz. i^- Oihs. Bomb. FJ. (1861) 

 p. 20. Suffruticuse, 3-4 ft. high, scarcely branched. Leaves 1-3^ in. 

 long, pellucido-punctate, ovate, obtuse, unequally 3-lobed (the mid-lobe 

 very long), sinuate-dentate, with scattered stellate hairs on both surfaces ; 

 petioles 1-3 in. long ; stipules small, linear-lauceolate. Pedicels h-^^ in. 

 long, jointed uenr the flower, solitary, or clustered at the ends of the 

 branches. Involucral bracts 8-40, flat, linear, acute, ^V in- long, connate 

 at the base. Calyx | in. long, covered with dense stellate toinentum, 

 divided to the middle ; lobes lanceolate. Flowers pale rose-colored. 

 Capsules ovoid, nearly as long as the calyx, pubescent, with a short beak. 

 Seeds muricated, black. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 340 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 127.— Flowers : Aug.-Dec. 



Gu.T.\RAT : Broach Collectorate (rave), Dakell tf- Gibson ; Surat, Dal~ell ! Sind : 

 Stocks ! ; Karachi, Woodrow !, Cooke ! ; Jemadar ka Landa, near Karachi, Stocks ! 



17. Hibiscus SabdarifFa, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 695. Annual, 

 erect, glabrous, unarmed ; stem and branches purple. Leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, cuneate at the base, usually 3-5-lobed (the lower leaves sometimes 

 entire) ; lobes lanceolate or oblong, the mid-lobe the longest, serrate, 

 glandular on the midrib beneath, often blotched with purple; petioles 

 ]|-2^ in. long, reddish-purple; stipules g in. long, linear, acute. 

 Pedicels axillary, very short, stout, jointed near the base, purple. 

 Involucral bracts 10, lanceolate, shorter than the calyx, adnate to its 

 base, purple, (^alyx fleshy ; lobes lanceolate, 3-nerved, purple, and, 

 together with the involucre, accrescent in fruit. Corolla purple with 

 darker centre, ("apsules ovoid, beaked, hairy. Seeds large, black-brown, 

 closely cover(>d with minute stout stellate hairs. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 340; 

 Guerke, in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. 12, part 3, p. 556 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127 : Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 243. 

 //. Svhdariffa, Dalz. k Gihs. Suppl. p. 7. — Flowers : Oct. -Dec. Yern. 

 Ldl- or Tamhadi-amhddi. 



Cultivated tlirougliout the rrcsidciicy, I'spccially in Gujarat. A stioiig fibre may 

 be obtained from the stems, and an agreeable aeid jelly is made from tlie succulent, 

 calyces. '1 lie ))lant is known to Anglo-Indians as the Ito^ct/c. and i« tiie Red So7-ir/ 

 of the West Indies. For a full account of its mode of cultivation aiul uses, see Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. — Distkih. Tropics of the Old World. 



18. Hibiscus ficulneus, Linn. ^jj. PI. (1753) p. 695. Annual, 

 usuallv prickly. Jjcaves cordate, orbicular, angled or palmately 3-5- 

 lolied ; lobes with wide sinuses, slightly hairy, coarsely crenate ; petioles 

 3 in. long ; stiptdes J in. long, narrow -linear, acute, slightly hairy. 

 I'edicels shorter than the petioles, axillary or in a lax raceme. Invo- 

 lucral bracts 5-6, broadly lanceolate, villous on both surfaces, caducous. 

 Caly.x spathaceons, | iti. long, densely villous. Corolla 1| in. long. 

 Capsides \i\ in. long, ovoid, hairy, with a long slightly curved beak. 

 Seeds round, black, sulcate, faintly pubescent. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 340; 



