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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Lobbd Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Gossypium 

 herbaceum, 

 Cotton, 



Kapas. 

 Malvacb^. 

 F. B. I. i. 346. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



Gossypium 

 barbadense, 



Malvace^. 

 P. B. I. i. 347. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



Gossypium 

 arboreum, 



Malvace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 347. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



Jatropha cureas, 



Baliospermum 

 axillare, 



medium size, cultivated, hairy or nearly smooth ; 

 leaves heart-shaped, 3- to 7-lobed, lobes broadly ovate, 

 long-pointed, long-stalked, stipules ovate-lanceolate, 

 margin smooth or toothed ; flowers yellow with a purple 

 centre or all yellow or all purple on axillary, joint- 

 ed, single-flowered stalks, bracteoles 3, large, leafy, 

 heart-shaped, not divided below the middle, calyx cup- 

 shaped, petals 5, spreading, staminal tube 5-toothed, 

 style with 5 stigmas ; capsule ovate, 3-5 valved, seeds 5-7 

 in each cell, ovoid, cotton white, rarely brownish, 

 adherent to the seeds and overlying a greenish down. This 

 plant is of Indian origin and is cultivated to yield cotton. 



medium size, branches and leaves black dotted, 

 branches purple ; leaves 3-5 lobed, lobes oblong, long- 

 pointed, nearly smooth, long-stalked, stipules linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers yellow with a purple spot, on thick 

 stalkrf, axillary, jointed, single flowered, bracteoles 3, 

 very large, deeply cut, leafy, cordate, calyx as in last species, 

 petals with one margin within and one without the next 

 one, staminal tube and styles like the last species ; capsule 

 oval, long-pointed, 3-5-celled, seeds black, covered with 

 easily separable white or brownish cotton. This plant, 

 as its name implies, was introduced from America, and is 

 grown to yield cotton. 



large, perennial, branches purple with scattered 

 hairs ; leaves nearly smooth, deeply 5-7 lobed, lobes linear- 

 oblong, contracted at the base, long-stalked, stipules sword- 

 shaped ; flowers large, purple, rarely white on axillary, 

 jointed, single flowered stalks, bracteoles 3, large, heart- 

 shaped, ovate, pointed, leafy, almost undivided, calyx 

 as in the last species, petals spreading, staminal tube and 

 style as in the last species ; capsule about 1 in. long, 

 oblong-pointed, seeds covered with adhering white cotton 

 over a dense green down. This plant is of Indian oric^in 

 and only grown to a limited extent in gardens chiefly round 

 temples. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Petals none. 

 see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



