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THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICTS OF 
55 . Urena Linn. 
* Urena lobata Linn. ; H. S. 112 ; B. P. 261. 
v. Ban okra . 
Waste places, everywhere. 
* Urena sinuata Linn. ; H. S. 112 ; B. P. 261. 
v. Kunguiya . 
Waste places, western parts, rare. 
56 . Malachra Linn. 
Malaclira capitata Linn. ; H. S. 112 ; B. P. 262. 
v. Ban bhindi . 
Waste places, everywhere ; native of West Indies. 
57 . Hibiscus Medik, 
* Hibiscus ficulneus Linn.; B. P. 265. Abelmoschus ficulneus H. 
S. 1 19. 
v. Ban dher as , jangli bhindi. 
Waste places, Hughli district, rare. 
Hibiscus esculeutus Linn. ; B. P. 265. Abelmoschus esculentus 
H. S. 118. 
v. Bhindi , dher as. 
In gardens ; cultivated throughout the Tropics. 
Hibiscus Abelmoschus Linn. ; B. P. 265. Abelmoschus moschatus 
H. S. 1 19. 
v. Kalkastdri , mushak-dhana. 
Near villages, very rare, perhaps only an escape; native of S. E. 
Asia. 
Hibiscus Manikot Linn. ; B. P. 266. Abelmoschus Manihot H, S. 
120. 
In gardens, also naturalised near Calcutta ; native of China. 
Hibiscus tetrapkyllus Roxb. ; B. P. 266. Abelmoschus tetraphyllus 
H. S. 119. 
Thickets near Calcutta ; reported by Roxburgh but not met with 
since ; wild in Concan and Canara. 
Hibiscus hirtus Linn. ; H. S. 118 ; B. P. 266. 
v. Lai surgumuni. 
Waste places, occasionally ; probably almost always only as an 
escape ; native of India. 
* Hibiscus vitifolius Linn. ; H. S. 117 ; B. P. 267. 
v. Ban kapds . 
Margins of fields and village-shrubberies, everywhere. 
