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HIBISCUS Richardsoni. 
Rough- leaved^krubbt/ Bladder- Ketnda, 
MONADELPIIIA rOI. YJXnilJ^. 
Nat. ord. Malvace^ Juss. D.C. Prodr. 1. 429. v 
HIBISCUS. L. Vuletuprd /O/.8O0. 
Sect. YIII. Trionum, Medic. Carpella polysperma. Semina glabra. Co- 
roUae expansae. Involucellum pmyphyllum. Calyx demum yefliculoBiis 
hif!atus. Dec. I. c. 
H. Richardsoni, suffruticosus, foliis hirsutis ^iiunquelobis : lobb liaeari-ob> 
longis grosB^ dentaib; ftostidfai oanis, cdype^^ ip t W iW rt W U ton- 
giore. .- 
H. Bicfaardsoni. Sweet h C^- Cai. ed. $^ 'iMd. 
SufiiPotex 3^ pedaUs, ok»l^ erecto, terete, gtellatim Urmto, vertut fim- 
mum vilbmerimo. Folia 54b6a, rngosn, undique hirgutat lohis lineari-ob" 
longis, groste dentatis, intermidio longissimo ; pottieis abbreviatis, peduncnlo 
folio breviore villoso. Flores solitarii, axillares,foliqbreviorcs. Involucra 
polyphylla, calyce breviora, folioli* linearilnu villMit, Calyx campanulatus, 
6 lobu»y undiqne viUis impUa^gttii^MMU Corolla expoMMf JUaoa, Jwda 
purpurea. """^ 
* This beautiful addition to the Trionum section of Hibis- 
ctib was raised at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, from seeds col- 
lected by Mr. John Richardson, at Port Macquarrie, in 
New*^onth Wales. We are informed by Mr. Sweet, that 
he has named it after its discoverer. We long ago received 
specimens of it from Mr. Charles Frazer, collected upon 
the' banks of Nepean river. 
It is half shrubby, growing three or four feet high 
during the summer ; and, in the greenhouse, dying down 
within a foot of the ground in winter. It may be propa- 
gated by seeds, of which Mr. Colvill's plant ripened two 
capsules last sunlmer. It flowers during the summer 
months. 
Stem erect, round, covered with stellate hairs, which 
are very long towards the summit. Leaves 5-lobed, ru- 
gose, hairy on both sides ; their lohes linear-oblong, coarsely 
toothed ; the intermediate very long, those behind very 
much shorter. Peduncle villous, shorter than tke leaf. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, shorter than the leaves. Invo- 
