1026 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATUBAL HIST, SOCIETY, Vol. XXI, 



Herbs, ekect, with Alternate Stiptjlate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals Ukitbb*-. 



thread-like, capsmle 1^ in. loag, ovoid, felted, with a 

 curved beak, 5-angJed, stieky when young, seeds- 

 round, softly hairy ; otherwise like the last species. 



Hibiscus pungens 



MALVACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 341. 

 Himalaya, 2-5,000 ft. 

 (Duthie). 



Hibiscus Abeimoschus, 

 Music mallow, 



Mushk dana, Kasturi 



hliendi. 

 Malvace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 342. 

 The Plaii>s. 



medium-size, annual or perenmiai, branches brist- 

 ly and dotted ; leaves 5-8 in., heart-shaped, 7- 

 lobed, lobes linear-lanceol'ate, long pointed, deeply 

 toothed, upper S-lobed, stalk longer than the blade,, 

 stipules broadly lanceolate, upper ones linear ;- 

 flowers 5 in. diam., yellow with a purple centre 

 drooping on racemose stalks 1-2 in. long, bracteoles- 

 1 in., enlarging in fruit, calyx 5-toothed, staminal 

 column with anthers all the way up, capsule f in, 

 long, slender, hairy ; otherwise Ike the last species. 



large, annual, hairy, branched ; leaves heart- 

 shaped, ovate or usually 3-7-lobed, lobes oblong- 

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

 hairy above or below, stalk longer than the blade,, 

 stipules small, awl-shaped ; flowers 3-4 in. diam., 

 yellow with a crimson centre, soliitary, often appa- 

 rently terminal on. stout curved stalks, bracteoles- 

 6-12, linear, ununited, hairy, much shorter than 

 the calyx, sepals united except the o tips, split 

 down on one side, capsule 2^-3 in., ovate, short- 

 pointed, haiiry, seeds kidney-sha,ped, with a musky 

 scent ; otherwise like the last species. Musk is- 

 obtained from this plant and it also yields a strong, 

 fibre, it is cultivated for these reasons. 



Hibiscus canceilatus, large, annual, bristly, root spindle-shaped ; leaves 



Malvace^. 4-6 in., bluntly five-angled, or rounded, round tooth- 



F. B. I. i. 342. ed, hairy, upper leaves with angular lobes at the 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. base, stalks 4 in., stipules linear ; flowers 4-5 in, 

 Simla, Syri (CoUett). diam., drooping, yellow with a pvirple centre on 

 Hazara (Douie). - stalks much shorter than the leaf -stalks, racemed 



at the ends of branches,, bracts 2 at the base of 

 each stalk, awl-shaped, bracteoles 10-18, 1^ in., 

 long, linear, bristly, incurved, capsule ovoid, fur- 

 rowed, very hairy, equal in length to the bracteoles. 



