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PLANTS OF NORTHERN GUJARAT ; 
Fairly common in moist sheltered localities. Flowers August— 
October. 
In our apecimens the pure white corolla is \ inch long, not T 9 B th inch as stated bj 
Cooke in FI. Bomb. 
44. Hibiscus caunabinus Linn. F. B. I. I, 339 ; FI. Bomb. I, 109. 
(Determined at Kew.) 
Occasionally found as an escape from cultivation. Flowers October. 
45. Hibiscus csesius Garcke. FI. Bomb. l s 109. 
II. Gibsoni Stocks. F. B. 1. I. 339. 
Occasional in the north-east of our area. Flowers August — Sep- 
tember. 
46. Hibiscus ponetatus Dalz. F. B. I. X, 340 ; FI. Bomb. I, 110. 
One collection only. Fruits August. 
47. Hibiscus Sabdariifa Linn. F. B. X. X, 340 ; FI. Bomb. X, 110. 
The Roselle. Replaces II. caunabinus Linn, south of the Watrak 
River, and is occasionally found as an escape. 
48. Hibiscus Abelmoscbus Linn. (?) F. B. X. I, 342 ; FI. Bomb. I, 
312. 
Talod, as an escape. Fruits October. 
49. Hibiscus esculentus Linn. F. B. I. I, 343 ; FI. Bomb. I, 112. 
(Determined at Kew.) 
Extensively cultivated and well established as an escape. Flowers 
October. 
38. Gossypium Linn. 
50. Gossypium herbaceum Linn. F. B. 1. 1, 346 ; FI. Bomb. I, 116. 
Some varieties are found as escapes from cultivation, and then occur 
as large scandent shrubs. Fruits October. 
39. Adansonia Linn. 
5t. Adansonia digitata Linn. F. B. I. I, 348 ; FI. Bomb. I, 119. 
One large tree on the Maidan at Ahmedabad. 
30. Bombax Linn. 
53. Bombax malabaricum DC. F. B. 1. 1, 349 ; FI. Bomb. 1, 120. 
Abundant in the Watrak River valley and southwards, planted else- 
where. Flowers March. 
