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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
171. T. Lampas, Dalz and Gibs, h.f.b.i., i. 
343. 
Syn . : — Hibiscus Lampas, Roxb. 524. 
Vern .: — Bankapas (B); Bonkapsi. (Santal) ; Bonkapash 
(Assam) ; Ran bhendi (Mar. i; Adavipiatti, condapatti, rondapat.ti 
(Tel). Purus Piplo (Guj). 
Habitat : — Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaon eastwards ; 
Bengal and the Western Peninsula. 
A subarboreous, herbaceous plant, not prickly ; portions 
downy. Leaves palmately-lobed, 5 in. diam., cordate, 3-lobed ; 
lobes spreading, acuminate, sparingly stellate, pilose above, 
tomentose beneath, midrib, with a glandular pore at the base 
beneath ; petiole 2| in., downy. Stipules subulate, peduncles 
axillary or terminal, panicled, 3-flowered. Bracteoles 4-8, subu- 
late, deciduous. Calyx of 5-subulate, sepals, connate below the 
middle. Corolla campanulate, yellow, with a crimson centre. 
Capsule ovoid, pointed, villous, 5 rarely 4-valved or 3-valved ; 
valves hispid, glabrescent. Seeds glabrescent. 
Tropical Himalaya from Kumaon eastwards, Bengal, the 
Western Peninsula, Burma, Ceylon. 
Use : — The root and fruit are employed in Chutia Nagpur 
as a remedy in gonorrhoea and syphilis (Campbell). 
172. Gossypium herbaceum, Iuinn., h.f.b.i., 
i. 346. Roxb. 519. 
S avs. : — Karp&s. 
Vern. : — Rui, kapas (H.) ; Tula (B.) ; Parutti, (Tam. ; Pratti, 
(Tel.). Kapus (Mar), Kapas (Guj.). 
Eng. : — The Indian cotton. 
Habitat : — Cultivated in India, Ceylon. 
An annual or perennial herb or shrub, nearly glabrous 
or more or less hairy, and with a few scattered glandular points. 
Leaves cordate, 3-5 ; or rarely 7-lobed, usually with a gland 
on the undersurface of the midrib. Leaf-lobes broadly ovate or 
