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HIBISCUS Wraye. 
Mrs. Wray’s Hibiscus. 
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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. MALVACERX. 
HIBISCUS. Botanical Register, vol. 1. fol. 29. 
$ Azanza, DC. Capsule loculi polyspermi. Semina glabra. Involucellum 
monophyllum multidentatum. Caules fruticosi, arborescentes. 
H. Wraye; caule fruticoso tomentoso, foliis palmatis cordatis tomentosis : 
lobis obovatis pinnatifidis laciniis rotundatis subcrenatis, pedunculis 
axillaribus bifloris foliis longioribus, involucello 15-dentato, stigmatis 
laciniis linearibus revolutis. Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 149. 
Staminum tubus edentulus. Ovarium 5-loculare; loculis polyspermis, 
phragmate verticali nullo ; ovulis angulo centrali afixis. Petala lilacina, aci- 
naciformia, valdé obliqua, apiculata ; latere altero rectiusculo, altero dilatato 
rotundato. 
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The first knowledge I had of this plant in a living state 
was from specimens obligingly sent from Cheltenham by Mrs. 
Wray, of Oakfield, a lady who has been singularly successfu 
in raising rare and beautiful plants, and after whom this 
species has been named. It subsequently flowered abun- 
dantly in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, having 
been obtained from Swan River seeds, collected by Mr. 
Drummond. 
It is a greenhouse shrub of very easy cultivation, grows 
luxuriantly in any common soil, and attains the height of 
8 or 10 feet in one season, if planted in the border of the 
conservatory. 
The plant in the Garden of the Horticultural Society has 
been in flower for two months, and will continue to produce 
a succession of bloom throughout the winter and spring. 
It is easily propagated by either cuttings or layers. 
