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The following are commonly-occurring plants: jaba 

 or Chinese Rose {Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis) (fig. 166), a 

 common garden shrub; bhendi or dhanrhas or Lady's 

 Finger or Ram's Horn {H. esciUentus), a common 

 cultivated vegetable; hs.n-'ka.pa.s {H.vitifolius); Madras 

 Hemp or Madras pat {H. cannabinus), which yields a 

 valuable fibre ; sthal-padma (//. mutabilis), the petals 



Fig:. 167. — Kapas {Gossyjiiutn hei-baceiim) 

 a, Epicalyx, 



of which change from white to red in the course of a 

 day; H. radiattis, a prickly shrub found in cultiva- 

 tion; ban-okra {Urena lobatd), a common roadside 

 weed with bristly fruits helpful for dispersion ; petari 

 or jhumka {Abutilon indicuin); kapas or kapas-toola 

 (Gossypium herbaceum) (fig. 167), the hairs on the 

 seeds of which yield the cotton of commerce; shimool 

 or Red-cotton tree or Silk-cotton tree {Bovibax viala- 

 baricttm), the seeds of which yield stuffing- cotton ; 

 and swet-shimool or White-cotton tree or Kapok 

 {Eriodendron aiifracfiiosiiin). In the last two plants 



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