Hibiscus.) MALVACE. 265 
Bracteoles free; all parts densely seurfily tomentose ; leaves 
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}Carpels more or less completely subdivided ry spurious vertical septa ; 
bracteoles 10, connate at base into a distinct cup; seeds glabrous :-— 
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Free portion of bracteoles twice as long as cupular base ; carpels 
2-locular only at the base; leaves regularly cordate ; stipules large 
i i ortwosus 
eee weeees 
owers yellow with crims 
Leaves always cordate, closely white pubescent beneath 
tiliaceus 
Leaves usually 3-partite, sparsely pubescent beneath ...... tricuspis. 
165. Hisiscus ricutneus Linn.; F. B. I. i 840; E. D. 
H. 21 
5. H. prostratus F.1. iii. 208. H. ieicias F. I. iii. 206. 
Behar ; in fields. 
There are two forms, as indica ed in the 
not, however, specifically distinct. Leaves 
at base ii cordate, those higher up and younger 
palmately lobed, lobes rounded sinuses wide. Beng. Ban- 
dheras , jangli bhindi. 
1G. Hruscus necunawros Linsict > By Bei L.. i 848; E. D. 
H. 19 . longifolius F. I. iii. 210. 
Ev erywhere cultivated in garden 
A herb. Beng. Bhindi, eee Hind. Bhindi, ram- 
rai. The “ Lady’s Fingers,” or Ochro. 
167. pees Apatioacuus finn: Fae 
2; E. D. H. 168. 
N. Bengal; Chittago 
A herb, 2-3 feet high: oak smell of musk. Beng. Kal- 
kastari, mushak-dhana, The Musk Mallow. 
168. Hisiscus cancennaTus Roxb. oo fd. ORF. B.- I. 
i. 342, 
Behar, Rajmahal Hills; Chota Nagpur, common. a 
A herb with very bristly leaves and stems, 2-8 feet high. 
