12 MR. B. D. JACKSON ON HIBISCUS PALUSTRIS. 
This is a practical exemplification of the way in which the 
Linnean Herbarium is sometimes apt to disappoint those whose 
ideas of types are founded on modern practice. 
(Since the foregoing was written, I have referred the matter 
to Dr. Asa Gray, who has given it as his opinion that our plant 
was probably an early introduction from America and not indi- 
genous to Europe. This may be so; but it is very difficult, in 
the absence of evidence, to ascertain any thing certain about it; 
if it were intentionally brought over we might fairly expect to 
find it more widely dispersed and cultivated in gardens; if, on 
the other hand, it was accidentally introduced, it is curious not to 
find it near the ports of arrival at which the adventurers landed.] 
I append references to those early authors who have noticed ` 
these plants. 
HIBISCUS PALUSTRIS, Linn., Species Plantarum, p. 693 (1753), 
ed. 2, p. 976 (1762). 
Althea palustris Cytini flore, Lobel, Adversaria, p. 294 (1570); 
id. Historia, p. 374 (1576); id. Icones, p. 654 (1581); Dalechamps, 
Historia generalis Plantarum, vol. i. p. 1012 (1587); Johann 
Bauhin, Historia, vol. ii. p. 957 (1651); Parkinson, Theatrum, 
p. 305 (1640). 
Althea palustris, Zabernemontanus, Eicones, p. 771 (1590); 
Neuw Kreuterbuch, vol. ii. p. 445 (1591), ed. 3, p. 1153 (1666); 
Gerard, Herball, p. 787 (1597), ed. Johnson, p. 933 (numbered 
erroneously “ 936”) (1633); id. Catalogus, ed. 2, p. 3 (1599); 
Caspar Bauhin, Pinar, p. 316 (1623); Mentzel, Pinax, p. 17 
(1682), exeluding all synonyms except the first. 
Althea palustris ulmifolia, Ammann, Suppellex, p. 8 (1675). 
Althza hortensis sive peregrina, Dodoens, Pemptades, p. 643 
(1583), ed. 2, p. 655 (1616). 
H. Moscuevtos, Linn. loc. cit. 
Alcea rosea peregrina, forte rosa moscheutos Plinii, Coravti, 
Canadensium Plantarum Historia, p. 144, tab. 145 (1635) ; Mori- 
son, Historia, vol. ii. p. 532, sect. 5, tab. 19. fig. 6. 
