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Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves, 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Abutilon indicum, 



Kanglii, jhampi. 



Malvace-^. 



F. B. I. i. 326. 



The Plains. 



Delhi. 



Rawalpindi (Douie). 



Abutilon bidentatum, 



Malvace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 326. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Urena repanda, 

 Hibisens trionum, 

 Hibiscus soiandra, 

 Hibiscus sabdariffa, 

 Hibiscus abelmoschus, 

 biscus cancellatus, 

 Fentapetes phoenicea, 



medium-size, annual or perennial, more or less^ 

 downy ; leaves 1-2 in. long, broadly heart-shaped, 

 short-or long-pointed, coarsely toothed, or nearly 

 entire, pale and minutely velvety on both surfaces, 

 stalk longer than the blade, stipules sharply bent 

 down ; flowers 1 in. diam., yellow on axillary soli- 

 tary stalks, longer than the leaf-stalks and jointed 

 at the top, calyx tubular, 5-lobed, ovate with or 

 without a hard sharp point, petals 5, spreading, 

 stamens as in the genus Sida above ; carpels 15-20, 

 longer than the calyx, with short spreading bristle- 

 pointed beaks, felted at first, afterwards nearly 

 smooth, seeds one or more in each carpel, kidney- 

 shaped, dark brown, covered with minute star- 

 shaped hairs. 



like the last species, but perennial, leaves 

 2f-3 by 2 in., heart-shaped ovate, long-pointed, 

 round-toothed, downy above and below, stalks of 

 lower leaves 4-5 in., stipules short, awl-shaped ; 

 flower stalks l-|-2 in., calyx-tube cup-shaped, lobes- 

 ovate, short-pointed ; fruit ^ in. diam., carpels 20, 

 smooth, oblong, twice as long as the calyx. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobe<l. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed.. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



