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Syn. : — Hibiscus Lampas, Boxb. 524.

Vern.: — Bankapas (B); Bonkapsi. (Santal); Bonkapash (Assam) ; Rân bhendi (Mar.); Adavipratti, condapatti, rondapatti (Tel). Pârus 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 2½ in., downy. Stipules subulate, peduncles axillary or terminal, panicled, 3-flowered. Bracteoles 4-8, subulate, 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 gonorrhœa and syphilis (Campbell).

Sans. : — Kârpâs.

Vern. :— Rui, kapâs (H.) ; Tula (B.) ; Parutti, (Tam.}; Pratti, (Tel.). Kâpus (Mar), Kapâs (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