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FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
Everywhere on river-hanks from the northern forests to sea-face ; 
especially plentiful in recent clearings, 
Vernac. Jhao ; Nuna gdch. 
A shrub or small tree, up to 20 feet high ; cut for firewood : the galls and 
bruised twigs provide an indifferent tan. 
Distrib.— Shores of W. and S. Europe ; N. and Trop. Africa^ S.-E. Asia. 
VIII.— MALVACEAE. 
11 , Atoutilon Gaertn. 
Leaves and branches white with closely felted down; flowers 
yellow ; capsules almost glabrous . . . indicum. 
Leaves and branches hispid with spreading hairs; flowers orange ; 
capsules hairy ^ . graveolens var. hirtum. 
11. Abutiloii indicum G. Don; F, B. L i. 326. Sida indica F. I. 
iii. 179. E. D A 89. 
Northern clearings, rare, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! PrainX 
Vernac. Potdri, Kanghi, 
A shrubby weed ; stems give a tolerable fibre ; juices demulcent and diuretic ; 
seeds said to be laxative. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan, or nearly so, in the Tropics, 
12. Abutilon graveolens G. Don. var. liirtuni Mast.; F. B. 1 . i» 
327. — Sida graveolens F, I. iii. 179. E. D. A 84. 
Northern clearings, very rare, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! 
Vernac. Bar Potdri^ Bara Kanghi, 
A shrubby weed with a heavy odour; properties as in A, indicum, 
Distrib. — 'Tropical and subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and 
Australia. 
13 . Malaclira Linn. 
13. Malaclira capitata Linn.; F. B. I. i. 329. E. D. m 60. 
In all the northern clearings, plentiful. 
Vernac, Ban Shindig Ban D her as. 
An erect annual, apparently recently introduced to India ; yields a soft and 
silky but apparently not very valuable fibre. 
Distrib.— Tropical America; also Tropical West Africa, but there, as in India, 
probably introduced. 
13 . Hibiscus Med. 
Free portion of bracteoles twice the length of their cupular base; 
carpels 2-locular at their bases only ; stipules large, spathulate ; 
flowers yellow with rose-pink veins . . . tortuosus, 
