PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



1023 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals United. 



10-12 ; carpels 10-12, enclosed in the enlarged 

 calyx, netted on the sides, ribbed at the back, each 

 carpel one-seeded. This plant is sometimes used 

 as a potherb. 



Malva sylvestris, 



Large malloio, 



Malvaceae. 



F. B. I. i. 320. 



The Plains to 8,000 ft. 



Theog (CoUett). 



Kashmir. 



Hazara. 



medium-size, annual, smooth or with a few hairs ; 

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

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

 short-pointed ; flowers 1-1^ in, diam., pink streaked 

 with purple, on axillary stalks, 1 in, long, bracteo- 

 les ovate, shorter than the bell-shaped calyx, petals 

 with bearded stalked bases, carpels downy or not, 

 netted ; otherwise like the last species. 



Abutiion graveolens, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Urena repanda, 



Malvace^. 



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, heart-shaped base, 

 slightly toothed with rounded notches, upper lan- 

 ceolate, stipules linear ; flowers f in. pink in race- 

 mes, ultimately in leafless clusters, bracteoles 5, J-| 

 in., awl-shaped, united below into a strongly 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^. 



F. B, I. i. 334. 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Hazara. 



Sutlej Valley (CoUett), 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



medium-size, annual, more or less coverd with 

 star-shaped hairs; leaves \-\^ in., divided to the 

 base ( lower leaves sometinxes circular, undivided ), 

 lobes usually 3, lobed and toothed, stalks 1-1 1 in. 

 long, stipules awl-shaped, covered with long stift' 

 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 



