﻿Inventory 47, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate ill 



A Roselle Plant in Flower and Fruit. (Hibiscus sabdariffa L., S. P. I. 



No. 42473.) 



Although the roselle is an all-round producer, the leaves being used for boiled greens in Hawaii 

 and in curries in India, the seed being commonly used as poultry feed, and the bark having been 

 used extensively in India for its fiber, its chief value at present seems to be in the use of the fleshy 

 calyxes for making a delicious jelly or sauce. Its large yellow flowers and deep crimson stems 

 and flower buds make it a striking shrubby perennial worthy a place in southern gardens. (See 

 Plate IV.) (Photographed by K. A. Young at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, 

 Fla., Nov. 18, 1918; P24405FS.) 



