N. 0. MALVAOEifc. 
185 
A small, much-branched tree. Young shoots and inflor- 
escence pubescent. Bark grey, inner-bark fibrous. Wood soft, 
grey, beartwood purplish. Leaves entire fiom a cordate base, 
nearly orbicular, shortly grey-pubescent; blade 3-8 in. diam. 
Petiole 1-5 in. long. Stipules broad, early deciduous. Flowers in 
axillary or terminal few-fid racemes. Bracteoles 10, connate, 
half the length of the Calyx. Corolla 2-3 in. diam., pale yellow, 
with a crimson -centre, red in the evening. Staminal-tube 1£ in., 
antheriferous all the way down. Capsule 10-celled, ovoid, pointed 
above, 5-valved. Seeds slightly pilose, reniform. 
Parts used : — The bark and root. 
Use : — The bark is used in medicine (Wattb The root is 
said by Irvine in his Materia Medica of Patna to be febrifuge, 
and employed in the preparation of embrocations. 
169. H. Rosa-Sinensis, Linn., h.f.b.i., i. 344. 
Roxb. 523. 
Sans. : — Japa. 
Vern .: — Joba, juva, oru (B). ; Jasoon or jasund (H. and 
Dec.); shappathup-pu, (Tam.) ; java-push-paniu (Tel.) ; Dasvalada- 
huvvu(Can.); jasfit-nfi-phul (Gi z' ; Jasvan (Mar). 
Pers. : — Angharee-hind. 
Habitat: — Cultivated in gardens throughout India. I have 
seen 12 varieties in the Bombay gardens with cream-coloured, 
fawn coloured, white and scarlet-blotched, pink, deep crimson, 
scarlet, with double and single-petalled flowers. It serves as a 
good roadside plant in Bombay. K. R. K. 
A shrubby perennial plant, cultivated in gardens. Stems 
woody, branched, not prickly. Leaves entire at base, coarsely 
toothed at apex, nearly glabrous, ovate, acuminate. Stipules 
ensifonn. Bracteoles 6-7, linear, half the length of the bell-shap- 
ed Calyx Peduncles axillary, solitary, as long as or longer than 
the adjoining leaf. Sepals f in. ; lanceolate, connate below the 
middle. Corolla 3 in. diam., variously coloured with a deep purple 
or black blotch inside, near insertion or base of petals.Staminal- 
tube exceeding Corolla. Capsule roundish, many-seeded. 
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