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HIBISCUS raceijwpsus. j 
Nepal HUnscti^v ' 
MONADELPHtA POLYAHli^IA 
Nat. ord. Malvace^. 
HIBISCUS.— Supr^, vol. l^^^^MO. . | 
Id. raccmosMS ; caule-tViiticoso bispido pnnifntc, foliis .")-lol)i> long;^; pedun- 
culatis cordato-subrotundis serratis toineiUosis, racemis terminalibus. 
We must take some future opportunity of ascertaining 
the station which is to be assigned to this species in the 
genus Hibiscus, not having had an opportunity of inspect- 
ing the flowers. It does not appear referable to any 
published species, i»»r hare we seen it in any coQection of 
dried plants. 
It is a shrubby plant, producing blossoms in abundance, 
and was raised at Mr. Colviirs Nursery, from Nepal seeds, 
communicated by Edward Rud^e, l^sq. ; it has also been 
obtained, at the same establishment, from others given to 
Mr. Colvill by Mr. Hood, of Vauxhall, under the name 
of Hibiscus racemosus. The stem is covered over with an 
infinite number of acicular, stellate, transparent hairs, 
which, upon being pressed, excite a stinging sensation, 
like Hibiscus pruriens, to which we suspect this plant to 
be nearly allied. The Ibot-stalks are more than twice as 
long as the leaves, as<Jending, round, and covered with a 
soft hairiness. ^ 
