Plants of the Punjab. 



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Heebs, Erect, with Alteenate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Malva sylvestris, 

 Large Mallow, 



Vilaijati-kangai, 

 kanji. 



Malvace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 320. 

 The Plains to 

 8,000 ft. 

 Theog (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 

 Hazara. 



medium size, anmial, smooth or with a few hairs, 

 leaves 1-3 in. diam., 5-7, blunt, shallow lobes, rounded, 

 base heart-shaped, stalks 1-3 in., stipules oval, short- 

 pointed, flowers 1| in. diam., pink streaked with purple, 

 on axillary stalks, 1 in. long, bracteoles ovate, shorter than 

 the bell-shaped calyx, petals with bearded stalked bases, 

 carpels downy or not, netted ; otherwise like the last 

 species. This plant is much used as a demulcent. 



Abutilon giaveolens, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Urena repanda, 



Malvaceae. 

 F. B. I. i. 330. 

 The Plains to 

 1,000 ft., 

 east of the Sutlej. 



medium size, perennial, much branched, covered with 

 star-shaped hairs ; leaves lower 2-2| in. long, roundish, 

 somewhat lobed, base heart-shaped, slightly toothed with 

 rounded notches, upper leaves lanceolate, stipules linear ; 

 flowers § in., pink, in racemes, ultimately in leafless clusters, 

 bracteoles 5, |-^ in., awl-shaped, united below into a strong- 

 ly ribbed cup, nearly leathery, larger than the calyx, sepals 

 5, united half way up, stamens united into a tube, styles 

 10 ; carpels 5, smooth, separating from the axis when ripe, 

 each carpel one-seeded, seeds smooth. 



Hibiscus Trionum, 



Malvace^. 

 P. B. I. i. 334. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Hazara. 



Sutlej Valley 



(Collett). 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



medium size, annual, more or less covered with star- 

 shaped hairs ; leaves 1-1 1 in., divided to the base (lower 

 leaves sometimes circular, undivided), lobes usually 3, 

 lobed and toothed, stalks 1-1| in. long, stipules awl-shaped, 

 covered with long stiff hairs ; flowers 1| in. diam., pale 

 yellow with a dark purple centre, calyx 5-lobed to the 

 middle, bell-shaped, inflated, lobes broad, short-pointed, 

 nerves hairy, winding, afterwards purple, petals 5, united 

 below and with the stamina! tube, stamens united into 

 a tube, styles 5, united half way up ; capsule oblong, blunt, 

 5-celled, velvety, splitting from above into 5 valves, seeds 

 many, kidney-shaped, velvety with star-shaped hairs. 



ibiscus surattensis, 



Bee Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



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