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HIBISCUS digitatus. 
Cavanilles s Hibiscus. 
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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
. Nat. ord. MatvaAcEX. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. III. Stamina indefi- 
nita. Fructus simplex multilocularis. 
HIBISCUS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 29. 
H. digitatus, folis digitatis, laciniis 5 inzequalibus lanceolatis serratis, ca- 
lycibus monophyllis inermibus, floribus solitariis subsessilibus. Cavan. 
diss. 3. 151. t. 70. fig. 9. 
Hibiscus digitatus. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 825. 
Folia longè petiolata, petiolis aculeorum rudimentis exasperatis ; palmato- 
digitata, laciniis quinque inequalibus lanceolatis serratis; glabra, nervis 
quinque subtüs protuberantibus, atque ad basin principibus, glandulá. Sti- 
pulæ setaceæ, breves. Flores axillares, solitarii, subsessiles. Calyx exte- 
rior monophyllus, profundé partitus in septem lacinias latas, apice acutas ; 
interioris laciniz acuminate: ambo ciliati, inermes. Corolla cum genitali- 
bus deest in exemplari. Capsula globoso-acuminata, villosa, ejusdem feré 
magnitudine cum calyce interiore, quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis, locula- 
mentis polyspermis: semina glabra, reniformia. Abunde differt ab omnibus 
speciebus; calyce nempé exteriore, ab aculeatis; foliis verd, reliquis. Ca- 
van. loc. cit. 
We have relied upon Mr. Lambert, both in regard 
to the specific identity of this plant, as well as for a mate- 
rial part of the figure. The sample came from the col- 
lection at Boyton in the state shown by the annexed plate, 
except that the corolla was so far decayed as to be unfit to 
be drawn; and this part, as well as the outline of the lobed 
leaf, has been subsequently added from the plant growing 
at Boyton by a person employed by Mr. Lambert. In the 
sample we received all the leaves were entire, or with con- 
fluent lobes; but on other parts of the plant, we are in- 
formed, a great portion of them were three-lobed. The 
seed was collected at Rio Janeiro, and given to Mr. Lam- 
bert by M. Bonpland. 
The species was originally instituted by Cavanilles from 
the foliage and seed-vessel only, for his sample had no flower. 
It seems to be a very rare plant among our collectors, and 
we find no specimen of it either in the Banksian or the 
Lambertian Herbarium. 
