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3. Urena sinuata, Linn. Sp. Pi ed. 1, p. 692; Low. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 417; DC. Prodr. i. p. 442; Benth. Fl. Rough. 

 p. 34. 



Hongkong (Champion ! Lind\ Forbes !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Tropics of both hemispheres, though hitherto not recorded 

 from Australia. 



[Urena ehinensis, Osbeck, Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 363, cited by 

 Bretschneider (' Early Researches,' p. 93), has not been identified.] 



1. Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 696 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 452 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 34 ; Ranee in Journ. Bot. 

 1878, p. 225. 



Eoemosa (Oldham, 45!); Kwangttjng (Staunton I Ranee i) ; 

 Hongkong (Champion I Wright I). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 

 Tropical Asia, and cultivated in most hot countries. 



2. Hibiscus esculentus, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 696 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 421; DC. Prodr. i. p. 450; Mast, in Rook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. i. p. 343 ? 



Szechtten (Mesny !). A fragment. Herb. Kew. 

 Native country uncertain ; now cultivated and more or less 

 colonized in most tropical countries. 



[Forster in Osbeck Voy., Eng. ed., i. p. 328, records Ribiscus 

 ficulneus, Linn., from Canton ; but there is no Chinese specimen 

 in the London herbaria.] 



3. Hibiscus mutabilis, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 694 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 419 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 452 ; Ranee in Journ. Bot. 

 1879, p. 9 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 58 ; Bot. Beg. t. 589. 



Hibiscus sinensis, Mill. Diet. ed. 8, n. 2. 



Common in China, except the colder regions, and believed to 

 be indigenous in some parts ; but it is often cultivated, as in 

 other warm countries. 



4. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 694 ; Lour. 

 Fl. Cochinch. p. 419 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 448 ; Mast, in Rook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 334 ; Bot Mag. t. 158. 



Formosa (Oldham, 47!); Kwangtusg: near Shatan, "cer- 

 tainly wild" (Sampson !); Luchu Abchipelago (Wright !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew, 



