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HIBISCUS ficulneoides. 
Dwarf Yellow Hihisms. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDHIA. 
Nat. ord. Malvaceje. 
HIBISCUS.— Suprd vol. lO./oZ. 860. 
Sect. III. Manihot. Carpella seu capsulcB loculamenta polysperma. tfti 
mina glabra. Involucella 4-6 phylla. Calyx spathaceus 5 dentatus 
longitudinaliter ruptus. Dec. prodr. 1.448. 
H . JiculmoideSf c^ule fruticoso inermi, foliis cordato-oyatis obtusis gross^ 
dentatis integris trilobiave involucelloque pubesce9tib<tti. 
Althsea indica Hedeiee tersest fer^ foliis flore pwporeo magao, Plvkemi 
amaUh. p. II. t. 355, f. 4.U - 
Specimens of this plant were communicated to us in 
April 1819, by the Honourable and Rev. W. Herbert, from 
his stove at SpotForth, with the following note: 
*' From the Mauritius and the East Indies. hea.y&^ 
various, some entire, some 3-lobed. A very dwarf, peretf- 
nial shrub. It will flower at the height of six inches, and 
an old plant seldom much exceeds a foot. It requires a 
very small pot, and if placed on a hot flue, will flower 
throughout the year, abundantly in winter. It will thrive 
with a degree of heat to the root which would scorch the 
hand, and perhaps grows naturally in the crevices of rocks 
which become very hot. I l^ave found no other plant able 
to bear the heat it will endure gmder the root. I have had 
seed of it, frequently, without name, from different (piarters, 
once from Calcutta, under the name of H. Ficuineus. 
It has, however, no resemblance to the Ficuineus of 
Cavanilles, nor, indeed, to any Hibiscus figured by Cava- 
nilles. In the form of the flowers it a little resembles that 
of H. pedunculatus of the Bot. Reg| but the flowers ex- 
pand rather wnder than those of pedunculatus in that 
engraving. The whole plant is downy. The colour of the 
petals is a deep primrose colour, with a small purple spot 
