PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals United. 



seeds many, kidney-shaped, black, not musky; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



Hibiscus esculentus, 



Ckra. 



Bhindi, ramturai. 



Malvace^. 



F. B. I. i. 343. 



large, annual, roughly hairy ; leaves 8-12 in. long, 

 3-5-lobed, heart-shaped at the base, lobes lanceo- 

 late-oblong, coarsely toothed, rough, stalk as long 

 as the blade, reddish, stipules linear ; flowers large,, 

 yellow with a crimson centre on stout short stalks,. 

 The Plains to 4,000 ft. shorter than the leaf -stalks, bracteoles 8-10, linear, 

 cultivated. equal in length to the calyx, soon falling off, cap- 



sule 6-10 in. long, oblong, tapering, 6-8 ribbed, 

 smooth or hairy seeds many, round, with lines,, 

 smooth or hairy, otherwise like the last species. 

 This plant is commonly cultivated as an unripe 

 capsule and seeds are eaten as a vegetable. It 

 yields a silky fibre which is used in paper making. 



Pentapetes phoenicea, 



Dopahariya. 



STERCXJUACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 371. 

 The Plains in wet 

 places. 



large, annual, smooth or bearing a few scattered 

 star-shaped licl^rs, branched ; leaves 3-5 in., trian- 

 gxilar or lanceolate with two lobes at the base, 

 round-toothed, smooth above, star-shaped hairs on 

 the veins beneath, stalk 1 in., stipules linear, equal 

 in length to the stalk ; flowers 1-lf in., scarlet, open 

 at noon, drop next morning, one or two together 

 on jointed axillary stalks, bracteoles 3-5, thread- 

 like, half the length of the calyx, soon falling off, 

 sepals 5, lanceolate, united below, rough, petals 5,, 

 ovate with a broad tip, stamens 20, 15 fertile in 

 5 groups of three, alternating with 5 unfertile 

 ( staminodes ) style dividing above and twisted,, 

 stigmas 5, minute ; capsule \ in. diam., nearly 

 round, bristly with star-shaped hairs, shorter than, 

 the persistent sepals, seeds 8-12, in two rows in. 

 each of the 5 cells, angular rough. 



Flowers, Minute, in Heads. 



Flowers, all Tubular. 



Artemisia Dracunculus, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 

 Artemisia parviflora, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



