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HIBISCUS heterophvllus. 

 Various-leaved Hibiscus. 



MONADELPHIA POL YJSDRLL 



HIBISCUS* (Cor. pet. 5. Stam. hypogyna in tobum corolliferum 



connata, indelinita. Fructus simplex multilocularis.) CaL 5-fidus v. 

 5-dentatus caliculo polyphylio (5-30, rarissime 3) aut multipartito < inctus. 



Anthera in apice & superficie tubi. Stylus ) ; stig. 5. Caps, formft 



varia, 5 loc, 5-vaiv., loculis polyspermis, rai$ monospemiis. Frutices 

 aut herba ijiores ax'dlares fy terminates. Jussieu. gen. 273. 



M. het trophy llu$) foliifl lineari-lanccolatis acuminatis plerumque lobatis, 

 aculeato-serratis, calycc exteriore 10-phyllo, caule fruticoso aculeatis- 



shiio. V en ten. malm. 103. 

 Hibiscus beteropb) litis. Persoon. syu. 2. 254. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 



228. 

 H. grandiflorus. Salisb. Parad. Land. 22. 



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tubercidis spina prccfixis laxiiis echinatus. Folia alterna y semipedalia, cum 

 petiolo erectiusculo articulata, divaricately elongato-lanceolata, scepius ex lobis 

 3-5 palmata, costd media nervos alternos obliquos antrorsian aculeolatos utrin- 

 que emittente : petiolus a supino hirsutus : stipulae lateralcs f lanccolatcc % 

 angustcCy pubescentes, decidiue. Pedunculi solitarii> axillares, \-flori, crassi 9 

 teretes, erectly petiolo breviores, e tubercidis densis stellato-sctosis hispid L 

 Cal. inter, a pubescent ia pedunculi exacte simili incrustatus, uncialis, ultrh 

 medium 5-jidus, urceolatus, segmentis lanceolatis extus obsolete elevato-tri- 

 fidcis : exter. viridior, parum brevior, parents penicillato-xillosus ; foliola 

 scmitereti-subidala> campanato-conniventia, basi distincta. Cor. grandis, 

 tenuis* intus albicans $f partirn pu?purascens 9 extus pubescens ; areola disci 



tinea, nbi cum tuba stamineo commissa barbata : lac. obavatce. 



atrosano 



Colum. staminea concolor disci, striata^ subpubescenSj maxima sua parte 

 antheris pedicellatis onusta, 5-jida laciniis modo ramoso-divisis antheriferisque 

 et caudatis : pollen prima luteum inde purpureum 9 e sphcerulis Icevibus granu- 

 latum. Stig. lobiformia, rcplicata. Germ, oblato<onoideum 3 sericeo-hirsu- 

 turn. 



A native of New-South- Wales, where it grows to be 

 a considerable-sized shrub, and is manufactured bv the 



natives into a rude cordage, suited to their purposes. In- 

 dependent of the handsome bloom, it is curious for the 

 variety in the foliage, where the footstalk sometimes holds 

 an undivided one-nerved leaf, but oftener a palmate one of 

 2, 3, or 5 lobes, and as many nerves, to be depressed or 

 elevated from a joint at the top of the footstalk. The 

 flowers are of short duration, and produced singly from 

 the axils of the upper leaves. The plant was dis- 



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