206 LlEaUMINOSJE. [Cbotalabia. 



than the caljrs. Calyx \, in. long, nearly glahrous ; teeth lanceolate, twice 

 the length of the campanula,te tube. C'oroiJa f in., much exserted, yellow 

 tinged with purple. Fod 1-2 in., distinctly stalked, oblong eiserted^ 

 glabrous . 

 Common within the area. Disteib. : Throughout tropical India, and 

 on the Himalaya up to 3,000 ft.; also in Burma, the Malay Pen. and in 

 the Andamans. Similar in habit to the preceding, but easily distin- 

 guished by the large stipules and bracts. Elowers during the cold 

 season. Kanjilal states that it yields a fairly strong fibre. It is some- 

 times cultivated as an ornamental plant. 



15 C. tetragona, Uoxb.Fl. Ind. Hi, 263; W. Sf A. Prod. 185; Boyle, 

 m. 191 ; F. B, I. a, 78 ; Watt E. D. 



An erect shrub, up to 6 ft. in height. Branches slender, angular, rigid 

 sulcate, finely silky. Leaves shortly stalked, distant, 6-12 in. long, linear 

 or lanceolate-acuminate, glabrescent or thinly silky on both sides ; 

 stipules minute, subulate. Racemes lateral and terminal, not panicled, 

 6-9 in. long, laxly 6-10-fid ; bracts minute, linear. Calyx |-1 in., densely 

 brown-velvety ; teeth long, linear or lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla little 

 exserted, glabrous, lemon- coloured. Fod l|-2 in., shortly stalked, ex- 

 serted, densely and persistently velvety dark-broTvn, 12-20-seeded. 

 ,Dehra Bun and Siwalik range, N". Oudh, Nepal Terai. Distbib. : Sub- 

 ' Himalayan tract from Garhwal to Sikkim and Assam, ascending to 3,500 

 ft. in Kumaon ; extending to Burma and Java. A very handsome plant 

 when in flower daring the cold season. 



16 C juncea, Linn. 8p. n.lU; Boxh.; Fl. Ind. Hi, 259; W. Sf A, 

 Prod. 185 ; Boyle 111. 194 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 54 ; F. B. I. ii, 79 ; F. Sf G. 

 Crops,N.W.P.d^id Oudh 82, t.xxi. 0. tenuifolia, Boxh. I.e. 263. Vera. 

 Sanal, arjha san^ (False, or San hemp.) 



A tall stiff shrub. .:Brancft,es slender, rod-like, terete, sulcate, thinly 

 silky. Leaves rather distant, shortly stalked, 1^-3 in. long, linear or 

 oblono*, obtuse and mucronate, or acute, shining on both sides with red- 

 dish-b^'own silky hairs ; stipules minute and subulate, or 0. Bacemes 

 lateral and terminal, not panicled, about one foot long, loosely 12-20-fld ; 

 b»'acts minute, linear; Cai^y a; |-| in. long, reddish- velvety, deeply toothed. 

 Corolla bright yellow, exserted, glabrous.' Pod 1-1* in. clothed with 

 shcrt spreading persistent hairs, 10-15-seeded. 



Cultivated as a rainy season crop for its fibre, chiefly in the divisions 

 of Rohilkhand, Allahabad and Agra. It is occasionally met with as an 

 escape. Distbib. -. Cultivated throughout India from the base of the 

 Himalaya to Ceylon, and in the B. Tropics generally. In the United 

 Provinces the fibre of this plant is commonly known as arjha san, whilst 

 that of the patsan (Hibiscus cannabinus) is called lattia^ san. Although 

 not so white and silky, it is stronger and fetches a higher price than 

 that of the latter. The green plant, as well as the seeds, are sometimes 

 given as food to milch cows. The waste after extraction of the fibre la 

 used in the manufacture of paper. 



