XXV. MALVACEAE. Ill 



Woodr. in Jouni. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 240. Ahehnosclms fimhievs, W. & A. Prodr. p. 53; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 14. 



Yields an excellent fibre, wbich Eoxburgb considered tbe best fibre 

 produced from any of the species of Hibiscus witb which he had ex- 

 perimented. 



Not common iu the Bombay Presidency. Konkan : Stocks \, Eltchic, bl \, Cooke] 

 — DiSTRiB. Tropics of the Old World. 



19. Hibiscus tetraphyllus, Bo.rh. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 52. A 

 large annual erect hairy plant, 4-6 ft. high ; stems with small scattered 

 prickles. Leaves 3^ in. long, scabrid Avith short stiif hairs, cordate, 

 serrate, acutely angled or more or less palmately o-7-lobed ; lobes again 

 vai'iously divided, usually acuminate ; petioles 2-5 in. long, prickly. 

 Stipules g in. long, linear-lanceolate, with stiff bristles on the margins. 

 Pedicels less than 1 in. long, axillary and clustered at the ends of the 

 branches, stout, sometimes with a few prickles. luvolucral bracts 4, 

 longer or shorter than the calyx, ^-| in. long, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 

 softly villous, within and without, ovoid, acuminate in bud, | in. long ; 

 sepals connate to the very tip, splitting down one side. Corolla 2-3 in. 

 across, yellow with purple centre. Capsules H in. long, ovoid, 5-angled, 

 hispid, cuspidate. Seeds faintly pubescent. PI. B. I. v. 1, p. 341 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 127 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 246. Abehnoschus tetraphyllus, .Grah. Cat. p. 14; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 19. A. Warreensis, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 19. — Flowers : Oct. 

 Veen. Jangali-bhendi ; Ean-bhendi. 



Common. Konkan : Stocks !, Bahell ! ; Matberan and Sawantwari, Cooke, ! ; Amboli 

 Ghat and Jambalpada (near Pen), Woodiow ! ; Karanja and the Meera Hills, Lahcll 

 ^ Gibson; Girgaum Woods, Bombay, Graham. Gujarat: Bilapur, Woodrowl 

 Kanaka : Cooke ! 



20. Hibiscus angulosus, Steucl. Novi. ed. 2, v. 1 (1841) p. 758. 

 A large pere]inial herb ; young parts hispid with long rigid simple and 

 stellate hairs. Leaves 4 in. long, cordate, irregularly toothed, deeply 

 3-5-lobed, hispid when young, more or less glabrate when mature ; 

 petioles of lower leaves long, reaching 6 in., those of the upper shorter. 

 Elowers large, 4 in. across, axillarJ^ growing out into a terminal raceme ; 

 pedicels reaching 4 in. long, hairy. Involucral bracts 4, ovate, acute, 

 1^ in. long, completely connate and enclosing the calyx and flower-biid, 

 afterwards splitting do\\n one or more sides, softly hairy within, more 

 or less hispid without, especially on the sutures, generally persistent in 

 fruit. Calyx thin, membranoiTs, pubescent, splitting down one side, 

 caducous. Capsules Hin. long, ovoid, acuminate, hairy. Seeds reniform, 

 with pubescent stria>. " El. B. I. v. 1, p. 341 ; Trim. El". Ceyl. v. 1, p. 156 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 128. Abelmosclms angu- 

 losus, W. «& A. Prodr. p. 53. 



Wight and Arnott (1. c.) in describing this plant have evidently 

 mistaken the involucre for the calyx and described it as such. 



Konkan : Stocks I 



The only specimens I have seen from Bombay are those marked as above in Herb. 

 Kew. The plant does not seem to have been fonnd by any other Bombay collectors, 

 — DisTRiB. Ceylon. 



