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IIIBISCCS. 2 qj 



(tXnp].r i,ata ' I,irlC,b ' CAMU " (a mC haud vUa) dc P- s0 -°vata, quinqueloculari, , pol„i«rma 



4- HIBISCU5 lambertianus. f Tab. CCCCLXXVIII. 



H.caulc simplici, lierbacco, aculcato; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acurainatis, basi rotundatis, 

 serratis, supra h.rt.s, subtus canescenti-tomcntosis; petalis purpureis; ovarii loculis polyspcrmis; 

 stigmate peltato- convcxo. ' ' V 



,J;™ cit r in / rovincia Caracasana, locis humidis , prope pagum Quigui, alt. 220 hex. 

 (ralles de Aragua.) o ? hloret Aprili. 



JI.Tr SeXpCdaHs - CADUS sim P lc * ^ Bonpl.), aculcatus, apicem versus angulatus, pilis minutissimis 

 - cllulat.s conspersus ; aculeis compresso- conicis, subrcctis, glabris, flavcsccntibus , lineam longis. Fol.a 

 ancrnn, pet.olata, ovato- lanccolata, acuminnta, basi rotundata, scrrata, reticulato-vcnosa, subquinqucner- 

 wa, ncms subtus prominen.ibus, membranacea , supra hirta, viridia, subtus canesccnti-tomentosa, pilis 

 stellulatis, quinquepollicaria et longiora, 20 lincas lata. Pet.ol. s.cllulato-pubesccntes, a {. polliccs etlon- 

 giores, aculeis minutis, prascrtim interne, obsiti. Snria* lineari-subulat*, ercct*. pubescen.es, trcs lineas 

 ong*. Faohes ad apiccm caulis axillares, solitarii, pedunculati, crccti , magni , speciosi ; pcdunculo .2- .6 

 .ncaslongo, tcret., cano-tomcntoso, aculcis nonnullis obsito. Cahx (Jig. ..) duplex; exterior n-phyllus ; 

 toliolis l.near.bus, apice angustato-subulatis, plani», membranaceis, canescenti-pubcsccntibus, aqualibus 

 calyce intcnorc parum brevioribus ; calyx intcrior campanulatus, quinquef.dus, cano-tomcntosus, membra- 

 naceus; lac.n.s ovatis, acuminato-subulatis, trincrviis, aqualibus. Petala (Jig. 2.) quinque, bypogyna, 

 long.ss.ma, .nccquilatcra , oblonga , apice rotundata, basi cuncata, multinervia, tenuitcr membranacca, 

 glabra, purpurca, ad bas.m macula sanguinca notata, 3 * pollices longa, a;qualia. Stam.na creberrima (cir- 

 Clter 100?), monadelpka; tubus cylindraccus, mcmbranaccus, glabcr, cxtcrne antheris subverticillatis obsitus. 

 corolla duplo brev.or, basi ampliatus et unguibus corolla: adnatus. Antiieiub (fig. 3.) parvtc, reniformi- 

 semilunau-e, unilocularcs, bivalves, glabr*. Ovar.cm (Jig. /,.) supcrum , ovato-subglobosum, pubesccns , 

 qu.nqucloculare ; ovula (Jg. 5.) circiter .9 in quolibet loculo , axi centrali aflixa, triseriata, subpyriformia. 

 SttIUS (Jig. 0.) liliformis, glabcr, stamina superans. SlICMA magnum , pcltato-convexum, quinquelobum, 

 album, glabrum. FauCTOS dcsideratur. 



Hibisco bifurcato Cav. aff.nis. Dicatus in honorcm nobilissimi Aylmcr Bourkc Lambert , botanici eelebcr- 

 rimi, qui , ut scientiam ipse eximie colit , ila quoquc u t patronus tuetur. 



5. HIBISCUS ABELMOSCIIUS. 



H. suffruticosus ; caule foliisquc utrinque pilosis, hastato-quinquclobis, dentatis; laciniis 

 acummatis, divaricatis; basilaribus parvis; petalis luteis, basi purpureis; stylo 5-fido; 

 capsulis ovato-oblongis, acutis; loculis polysj.ermis. 



Hibiscus Abelmoschus Linn. Cav. diss. 3. p. 167. t. 62. Sp. pl. ed. W. 3. p. 826. 



Anaoucho indorum. 



Argalia hispanorum. 



Crescit prope S. Antonio, S. Vernando et Caripe, locis sylvestribus , alt. 200- 45o hex. 

 (Provincia Nova Andalusire.) f> 1'loret Septembri. 



Semina rontra morsum Crotali horridi Linn. (Cascabille hisp. ) adhibentur. 



