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A much-branched erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts. 
Leaves very rigid, 13 in. long, rounded at the base, conspicuously 
cuspidate, finely veined. Flowers in copious corymbs at the 
end of the branchlets ; pedicels very short. Involuere brown, 
wrinkled, 2 in. diam., with about a dozen minute incurved deltoid 
teeth. Petals not seen.— Baron, next 5836! Near L. multiflora, 
Thouars, from which it only differs by its longer laxer flowers 
and more numerous teeth of the involucre. 
HIBISCUS PHANERANDRUS, 1. Sp. 
Glaber, ramulis gracilibus lignosis, foliis oblongis obtusis crenatis vel 
repandis, floribus paucis laxissime corymbosis, pedicellis elongatis, brac- 
teolis minutis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis, petalis obovatis rubris, 
filamentorum columna cylindrica petalis longiora, parte libera longe 
filiformi. 
A shrub, with slender terete woody branchlets. Petiole 1—] in. 
long; blade 14-2 in. long, sometimes deeply lobed at the middle, 
moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. 
Pedicels very slender, erect, finely pubescent, sometimes 2-2} in. 
long. Epicalyx minute and inconspicuous, consisting of about 8 
ovate teeth. Calyx 3 in. long, brown, glabrous; segments 5, 
twice as long as the campanulate tube. Petals bright red, an 
inch long. Staminal tube considerably longer than the petals ; 
free tip of filaments 4-2 in. long, spreading horizontally.—Pro- 
vince of Androna, Baron 5915! Near H. Rosa-sinensis. Native 
name, Hafotrankora. 
DomBEYA GEMINA, n. Sp. uu 
D. ramulis dense pilosis, foliis longe petiolatis utrinque pilosis cordato- 
orbieularibus cuspidatis integris vel obscure bilobatis, floribus in umbellas 
furcatas longe pedunculatas dispositis, pedunculis pedicellisque dense 
pubescentibus, sepalis ovatis pilosis, petalis euneatis marcescentibus, 
urceolo stamineo brevi, staminibus fertilibus 10, staminodiis elongatis 
clavatis, stylo apice solum ramoso. 
A shrub or small tree, with densely pilose branchlets, leaves, 
peduncles, and calyx. Stipules persistent ; petiole 2-3 in. long; 
blade 4-5 in. long and broad, with a prominent cusp, thick in 
texture but not rigid, scabrous above when mature, densely pu- 
bescent beneath. Peduncles axillary, erecto-patent, 4-5 in. long; 
flowers 20 or more in an umbel; pedicels 4-5 in. long. Sepals 
sharply reflexing, 4 in. long. Petals reddish, marcescent, 3 In. 
long. Stamens less than half as long as the petals. Style over- 
