N. 0. MALVACEAE. 185 



A smal], much-branched tree. Young shoots and inflor- 

 escence pubescent. Bark grey, inner-bark fibrous. Wood soft, 

 grey, heartwood purplish. Leaves entire from a cordate base, 

 nearly orbicular, shortly grey-pubescent ; blade 3-8 in. diam. 

 Petiole 1-5 in. long. Stipules broad, early deciduous. Flowers in 

 axillary or terminal few-fid racemes. Bracteoles 10, connate, 

 half the length of the Calyx. Corolla 2-3 in. diam., pale yellow, 

 with a crimson centre, red in the evening. Staminal-tube li in., 

 antheriferous all the way down. Capsule 10-celled, ovoid, pointed 

 above, 5-valved. Seeds slightly pilose, reniform. 



Parts used :— The bark and root. 



Use :— The bark is used in medicine (Watt). The root is 

 said by Irvine in his Materia Medica of Patna to be febrifuge, 

 and employed in the preparation of embrocations. 



169. H. Rosa-Sinensis, Linn., h.f.b.l, I, 344. 

 Roxb. 523. 



Sans. : — Jap a. 



Vern. : — Joba, juva, oru (B). ; Jasoon or jasund (H. and 

 Dec); shappathup-pu, (Tarn.) ; java-push-pamu (Tel.) ; Dasvalada- 

 huvvu (Can.) ; jasut-nu-phul (Guz) ; Jasvan (Mar). 



Pers. : — Angharee-hind. 



Habitat: — Cultivated in gardens throughout India. I have 

 seen 12 varieties in the Bombay gardens with cream-coloured, 

 fawn-coloured, white and scarlet-blotched, pink, deep crimson, 

 scarlet, with double and single-petalled flowers. It serves as a 

 good roadside plant in Bombay. K. R. K. 



A shrubby perennial plant, cultivated in gardens. Stems 

 woody, branched, not prickly. Leaves entire at base, coarsely 

 toothed at apex, nearly glabrous, ovate, acuminate. Stipules 

 ensiform. Bracteoles 6-7, linear, half the length of the bell-shap- 

 ed Calyx. Peduncles axillary, solitary, as long as or longer than 

 the adjoining leaf. Sepals f in. ; lanceolate, connate below the 

 middle. Corolla 3 in. diam., variously coloured with a deep purple 

 or black blotch inside, near insertion or base of petals. Staminal- 

 tube exceeding Corolla. Capsule roundish, many-seeded. 

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