509 



HIBISCUS mutabilis- 

 Changeable Bose-Hibiscus. 



MONADELPIilA POLYANDRIA, 



NaL ord, M alvace^. Jmsieu gen. 271- JDip. ///. Stamina mdefr- 

 nita. Fructus simplex miiltilocularis, 

 HIBISCUS. Suprd vol, 1, fol. 29. 



H. mutabilh, foliis cordatis angulatis quinc|ueIobis acuminatis, calyce exte- 

 riorc octophyllo, capsiila villosa, caiile arboreo. Willd. sp.pL*i,^VJ. 



Hibiscus mutabilis, Lin. sp, pL ed. 2. 2. 977. Tkunb.jap. 272. Cavan. 

 diss. 3. 165. L 02, fig. 1. Laureiro cochin, 419. Andrews^s reposit 228. 

 Il&rt. Kew. ed. % 4. 226. 



Hibiscus sinensis. MilL diet, ed. 8. n. 2. 



Rosa sinensis. Ferr. de culL fi&r, 479. t(M\ 485^499; jtfer, mrinam. 3-1. 

 tab. 31, 



IHos horarius, Rumpk. amb. 4, 27- tab. 9, 



Hina-paroti. likeeilcmalab.VuGS). ^«W>- 30-42. 



I'riitex arbonms villoso-cunesccns ramosns^ ramis cttticiild tomentosd cine- 



rascentibiis. FoL toynmlosa, dentata 7-9-nervia, l-\)-angntata : stipulue 



2 fi?'ec^tc, lineari-attenualcc. VUnv^magni, subguini^ in stmunis ramis axil- 



laresy solitariif erectly corymbosiy pedunculis petiolo longimibus, tcreiibns, 



strictis. C3].d7iptcxt hcrbaceus, mollis, pubescens: cxtGrior 8-pkyllus, inte- 



riore dimidio brevior, foliolis Itjteari-attenuatis, 2 viajoribus oppositzs: 



interior 6-Jidus, \ uncicE altns, ncrvoso-sti'iat'as, segmentis ovaio-acuminatis. 



Cor, canto7'to-rotata diametro trhmciali u, majm'e, lequaliSj extus vitlosa, 



mane viridi-candicans^ vieridir dilute erubesccnSy vespcre saturate jnirpu- 



7asreriSt occidGiite sole viarcesccns: petala cuneato-obovata, nervosa, sesaui- 



nncialia, jKiriim lougiora quam lata, basi iniiis villoso-barbata ; lainindsub- 



roiunda. Tubus shiininens iriplo Jcre brevier corolla, liitescenSy uinhmtato- 



amicus, loins coufertim anther iferus; antbt^ra; pallidi snfphur etc Jilts incum- 



btnfcs ipsis longioribus; |>ollon i grannlis globnlnsis grumosum. Styb 5 



exscrfi, rcplicati, siif;nKifibus pruinosis pilcalo-capitati: germen clUjjticum, 



viride, apice seticeo barbatum. 



Native of the East Indies, Cliina, and Japan. Intro^ 

 dnced by Lord Portland in 1690. It liad however been cul- 

 tivated before 1632 at Rome by Father^ Ferrari^ the Jesuit 

 wlio wi'ote the treatise *^ De Cuitura Florum;" the seed 

 liaving; been sent him by some monks of his own order, as 

 he saySj from the West Indies^ where, tliough not abo- 

 riginal, it is much cultivated for the beauty of the flowers, 

 which are usually seen in the double or full state, as witli us 

 in our hothouses. We know of no representation of the 

 species in the single-flowered state in any of our popular 



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