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Alibi. ^ Hist. pi. Guian. II. 704. 



Hibiscus spec. Veil., Flor. Flum. VII. tab. 53. 



Florcs ox axillis braclearuin in infloresocnliis raccmosis, pscudo- 

 cnpilula multiflora menlioiUil)us disi)ositi. Involucrum nullum vol 9 — 12- 

 phylluin, phyllis subulato-filiformibus. Calyx cupuliformis , 5-fidus ve 

 5-parlituS; lobis laneeolalis vel ovalis, 3-nervibus. Petal a 5, ab apice 

 obluso et inacqualiter subl)ilobo ad basin scnsiin allcnuata, inaoqudalera, 

 latere altoro convcxn, alloro rccla aut ctlani subconcavaj flabollalo-nervosa, 

 extus pilulis minutissiinis pubcrula. Tubus stamincus pctalis brevior, 

 basi fornicatus, caetcrum columniformis, subliirtelluSj apiVe 5-dentatus, e 

 medio fdameula brovia emillons 15—30. Ovarium 5-lobum, 5-!oculare, 

 locidis 1-ovulatis. Ovulum c basi angnli iiiLerni asccndens. Stylus teres, 

 slriatuSj i^Iaber, parte superiore supra lubum stamineum cxserlus, apice 

 lO-fidus, ramls hirlellls, reQexis, singulis stij^mate hirsuto tcrminatis. 

 Carpella 5, trian-ularl-obovoideaj coriacca, basi acuta, apice obtusa, dorso 

 convexo et lateribus planis rcticulalo-vcnosa, secundum angulum internum 

 dehiscentia. Scm Ina obovoidco-rcniformia, dorso convexa, lateribus plana, 

 apice obtusa, basi acuta, antice emarginala, laevia. 



Hcrbae fruticesve. Tola planta plerumquc pills basi tuberculosis 

 simplicibiis vel stellatis plus minus rigidis flavesccntibus vel albidis hispida 

 vel pnbe stellata minutissima velutina; caulis practerea linea dense villosa 

 longiludinali, a basi folii cujusque nascente, superiore latere petioli porri- 

 genle, a nodo ad nudum decurrcnto praeditus. Folia plus minus longe 

 petiolata, forma varia, plerumque 5 — 3-palmati-partita vel -lobata, rarius 

 angulata vel rolundata , scrrato-dentata. Stipulae ad basin petiolorum 

 utrinque simplices vel geminatac, subulato-sctaceae vel fdiformes. Ca pi- 

 tula terminalia vel in axillis foliorum plus minus longe pedunculala. 

 F lores sessiles vol breviter pedicellati, exteriores capituli cujusque in 

 bractearum axillis, interiores slipulis suflulti, bractcis deficientibus. Brac- 

 teae foliaceae , forma varia, plurimum ovatae vel lancoolatae, interdum 

 CAteriores in folia caulina transcuntes, 3 — 9-nerves, pcdunculo basi coalitac. 

 Petal a rubra, purpurasccntia, lulea vel alba. 



Genus cum 9 speciebus in America inter tropicos et paullo ultra in 

 utroque orbo dispcrsum, quarum 1 In Africa tropica rarissinia. 



Clavis specierum. 



Sectio I. Eumalachra Giirke, 



Involucrum deest. 



1. Tota planta pube stellatn minutissima velulina, interdum 

 pilis longioribus ulbidis intermixtis. Bracteac exteriores 



