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HIBISCUS* sp!6ndens 





Splendid Hibiscus. 









MONADELPHIA POLY ANURIA 



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Nat. ord. Malvaceae Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 33.) 



HIBISCUS.— Supra, vol. l.fol. 29. 







Sect. 2. Carpella polysperma. Semina glabra aut in dorso linea sub- 

 villosa. Corollae expansse. Involucella foliolis 8-15 integris constantia. 

 (Abelmoschus.) De Cand. prodr. 1. 449. X 



H. splendens; caule aculeato ramoso arborescente incano, foliis palmatis 

 3-5-lobis velutinis petiole- costaque aculeatis, involucello 15-fido, laciniis 



lineari-subulatis hispidis. \ 



H. splendens. Graham in Edinb. phil. journal et hot. mag. t. 3025. 



A native of New Holland, whence seeds were sent by 

 the late Mr. Frazer in 1828. In this country it is a stove 

 plant, requiring plenty of light and atmospheric moisture 

 during its season of growth. It flowers in August, and is 

 readily propagated by cuttings. 



Dr. Graham first described the species from a plant that 

 flowered in the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh ; and, speaking 

 of its great beautv, quotes the following passage from one 

 of Mr. Frazer's letters: " This I consider the king of all 

 the known Australian plants. I have seen it twenty-two 

 feet and a half high ; the flowers this year measured nine 

 inches across; they were of the most delicate pink and 





d literally covered the entire plant.' 







See fol. 1463. 







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