FLOUULA. A.DENEKSIS, 



Ordo VI. MALVACEAE. 



1. Hibiscus, Linn. 

 Sect. Bombicella. 



1. II. Welshii (T. Anders.). Caule suffruticoso, glanduloso, punctato, 

 foliis petiolatis, late ovatis, 3-5-lobatis, cordatis, margine dentato-ser- 

 ratis, glandulis nigris utrinque punctatis ; petiolis superne hirsutis ; 

 pedunculis axillaribus, solitariis, unifloris, petiolum acquantibus, supra 

 articulutn incrassatis; involucello 10-phyllo, segmentis subulatis parvis; 

 calyce 5-dentato, nigrescente, glandulis birsutis obtecto ; carpellis lan- 

 ceolatis, pilis sparsissimis puberulis, extus cortice glanduloso reticulato ; 

 scminibus pilis fulvis, dense gossypinis. 



Hub. Aden, rarissime (Hook f I. et T. ! T. Anders.). 

 Suffrutex glandulosus. Cortex subglaucus. Folia glandulis asperis sea- 

 bra, ^-1 unc. longa, |-Hunc. lata; petiolus 1-2 unc. longus. Corolla 

 ignota. 

 I have named this very distinct species after my friend Dr. Welsh of the 

 Bombay Army, the Civil Surgeon of Aden. I am much indebted to him for 

 his kindness in accompanying me during my berborizations, and in showing 

 me many of the rarer plants of the settlement, and among them this 

 species. 



Tab. I. Fig. I, portion of leaf ; 2, flower-bud; 3, section of the same; 

 4, sepal ; 5, anthers ; 6, single anther, showing mode of dehiscence ; 

 7, cross section of ovary ; 8, outer surface of a single carpel ; 9, seed ; 

 10, section of same ; 11, embryo. With the exception of fig. 9, all are 

 magnified. 



2. II. micranthus (Linn. fit. Suppl. p. 308). Suffruticosus, caule 

 pilis stellatis aspero; foliis petiolatis, ovatis, subrotundis, indivisis, 

 acute serratis, scabris ; pedicellis axdlaribus, foliis longioribus ; involu- 

 cello 5-7-phyllo, setaceo; calyce breviore; corolla reflexa; capsula 

 subglobosa; scminibus sericeis. — H. rigidus, Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 310. 

 H. ovalifolius, Vahl, Symb. i. p. 50. Urena ovalifolia, Forsk. Descr. 

 p. 124. H. clandestine, Cav. Ic. i. p. 1, t. 2. H. micranthus, Cav. 

 Diss. iii. p. 155, t. 66. f. 1. H. intermedins, Hochst. in Scbimp. PI. 

 Abyss, n. 2211. H. parvifolius, Hochst. in /. c. n. 2275. 



Hab. Aden, prope sepulchretum veterum (T. Anders.). 

 Distr. In Arabia Petram ! Muscat! India! Ceylania ! Abyssinia! Mozam- 

 bique ! Senegambia ! 



2. Abutilon, Town. 



I. A. denticulatum {Planch, in Herb. Hook.). Caule tomentoso; 

 foliis ovatis, cordatis, acutis, denticulatis, glauco-tomentosis, petio- 

 latis; pedicellis petiolo longioribus ; calycis segmentis acutis ; carpellis 



