188 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



171. T. Lampas, Dalz and Gibs, h.f.b.l, i. 

 343. 



Syn. : — Hibiscus Lampas, Boxb. 524. 



Vern.: — Bankapas (B); Bonkapsi. (Santal); Bonkapash 

 (Assam) ; Ran bhendi (Alar.); Adavipiatti, condapatti, rondapatti 

 (Tel). Parus Piplo (Qujj. 



Habitat : — Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaon eastwards ; 

 Bengal and the Western Peninsula. 



A subarboreous, herbaceous plant, not prickly ; portions 

 downy. Leaves palmately-lobed, 5 in. diam., cordate, 3-lobed ; 

 lobes spreading, acuminate, sparingly stellate, pilose above, 

 tomentose beneath, midrib, with a glandular pore at the base 

 beneath ; petiole 2\ in., downy. Stipules subulate, peduncles 

 axillary or terminal, panicled, 3-flowered. Bracteoles 4-8, subu- 

 late, deciduous. Calyx of 5-subulate, sepals, connate below the 

 middle. Corolla campanulate, yellow, with a crimson centre. 

 Capsule ovoid, pointed, villous, 5 rarely 4-valved or 3-valved ; 

 valves hispid, glabrescent. Seeds glabre scent. 



Tropical Himalaya from Kumaon eastwards, Bengal, the 

 Western Peninsula, Burma, Ceylon. 



Use : — The root and fruit are employed in Chutia Nagpur 

 as a remedy in gonorrhoea and syphilis (Campbell). 



172. Gossypium herbaeeum, Linn., h.f.b.l, 

 i. 346. Roxb. 519. 



Sans. : — Karpas. 



Vern. :— Rui, kapas (H.) ; Tula (B.) ; Parutti, (Tarn.}; Pratti, 

 (Tel.). Kapus (Mar), Kapas (Guj.). 

 Eng. : — The Indian cotton. 

 Habitat : — Cultivated in India, Ceylon. 



An annual or perennial herb or shrub, nearly glabrous 

 or more or less hairy, and with a few scattered glandular points. 

 Leaves cordate, 3-5 ; or rarely 7-lobed, usually with a gland 

 on the undersurface of the midrib. Leaf-lobes broadly ovate or 



