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344 XXVI. MALVACEiE. (Maxwcll T. Masters.) [Hibiscus. 



H. TRicusPis, Banks in Cm. Diss. iii. t. 55, f. 2 ; arboreous, leaves 

 3-lobed glandular beneath. DC. Prodr. i. 453; Roxb. FL Ind. m. 202; 

 Widl. Cat. 1914 B. Paritium- tricuspe, G. Don, Gen. Syst i 485 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. i. 52. , . -. ^ 



CultivateJ in Noeth-West India and Bengal (introduced from the Society isles, 



Boxburgh) . k v. ^ 'n ' 



Tree, herbaceous portions covered with stellate white down. Leaves 4-5 by ^ in-i 

 glabvescent aboTe, hoary -pubescent beneath, base cuneate or cordate, lobes lanceoia , 

 slightly lobed; petiole 24-3 in. Stipxih^ ovate. Peduncles terminal, racemose. 

 Bracteoles deciduous, ovate, leafv, half the length of the linear-lanceolate sepals, u^ 

 ro//a yellow with a purple base". Capsule spuriously 10-celled.— Roxburgh descnoes 

 calyx and epicalyx as ten-parted, but this is probably an error. 



H. EOSA SINENSIS, L. ; DC. Prodr. L 448 ; shrubby, leaves ovate acu- 

 minate nearly glabrous, peduncles axillary, as long or ^?^??.^ *^Q^f o. 

 adjoining leaf, staminal tube exceeding the corolla. Cav.Diss. m. ^'^^}\^[ 

 Roxh. Fl. Lid. iii. 194; Wall Cat. 1890 B to F. ; r. ^ A. Prodr \. ^^ , 

 miq. Fl Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, Ib&.—Rheede, Hort. Mai ii. t. 17, and vi. t. 4^. 



Cultivated in gardens throughout India. . . ,i j ^t 



Stem woody, branched, not prickly. Leaves entire at the base, coarsely ^oo^"^^ j 

 the apex. SiMes ensiform. Bracteoles 6, 7, Hneai-, half the length of the ^?^^-**^*P^^ 

 calyx. Sejpals % in., lanceolate, connate below the middle. C^^^Wa 3 in. dmm., .^ 

 Capsule roundish, many-seeded (Loureiro).— There are numerous varieties dinen u 

 cohmr, duplication, &c. -The flowers are used to black shoes. J^^^^^^^^^'.^i.^^^pst 

 wild in HindoHtan, but I have seen no wild specimens. Wight and Arnott B^hh 

 that the plant should be placed in section Bombicella, but the seeds are not kuu » 

 and the habit is more that of the section Ketmia. . . names 



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juumiuiii HiLii vvanicn'8 loyu JJ, aescriDca in wau. »^ai.. i.e. ua n. ".;^'- ^ 

 duced to the Calcutta garden from Mauritius and said to be a form of n. rosa 



R MT7TABILIS, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 452; arborescent, l^^^^^.^t^r 

 5-angled, peduncles axillary nearly as long as the leaf, bracteoles lu ^ 

 nearly distinct. Cav. Diss. iii. t. 62, f. 1 ; Roxb. FL Ind in. 201; "•*,.; 

 Prodr, I 51 ; Wall Cat. 1907, 1, 2, 3, D to G ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat i. pt. ^ 

 H. sestuans, Bottler in Herb.— R/ieede Hort Mai vi. 38-42. . 



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Cultivated in gardens, native of China (Roxhurgh). , ptiole 3i^' 



' A small tree without prickles. Leaves 4 m. diam., cordate, **^^*^^^ ' X ,Lr« 3-4 

 Peduncle 4-5 in., jointed near the top. Bracts shorter than the calyx. ^!f ^^ -^ 

 in. diam. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, connate below the middle. ^^roUa mnie ^^r.^^^ 

 on first opening in the morning, deep red by night. Capsule globose, ".^ f r'-taban. 

 Seeds reniform, hispid.— In Dr. Brandis' herbarium there is a specimen l^om j ^j 



Inbtdlfd //. venustu^, Blume (Bijdr. 71), which differs from the I"*^^^", 'Pf^|,t mc 

 H. midallUs in its more tomentose pubescence and hirsute seeds ; Blnrae s p ' ' ^g^ 

 over, is said to have 5 bracteoles, but there are more than 5 in the MartaOan p 



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H. SYRiAcrs, L. ; DC. Prodr. i, 448 ; shrubby, leaves cuneiform ^.^^^^ 

 3-l(d)ed dentate, peduncle axillary as long as the petiole, bractejnc ^ 

 half the length of the calyx. Cav. Diss. iii. t. 69, f. 1 J ^f ^vV' bk)iiu9, 



insr Wall Cat iMQi • Min wi T..r7 7?.w 4 r.f. 9. 1.57, H. rhomouuu ;, 



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195; Wall Cat. 1891 ; Miq. Fl Ind. Bal i. pt. 2, 157. 

 Vav. Diss. t. 69, ex Roxb. 



Cultivated throughout India and in China. , ^uQit, ^"- 



Branches destitute of prickles. Leaves 2 in., neariy or quite glabrous ' ^i^j^^eolate, 

 Peduncle shorter than the petiole. Bracteoles 6-7, linear. ^P^ f^jl^s in ^^^^^ 

 longer than the bracteoles. Petals obovate, longer than the ^^^7^:,%'^. pilose, 

 all the way up the column. Capsule oblong, obtuse, slightly hispid. ^^ ^ 



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