84 MALVACEAE. 



calyx; capsule exserted, puberulous, 5 -keeled : keels acute, ciliate-hispid ; seeds minutely 

 puberulous. — Hibiscus, Better. — Petals 5"'-6'" loug ; capsule 5'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Dist., Pd., March, near the coast; [Mexico!, Guayaquil!]. 



IS. ABELMOSCHDS, Med. 



Calyx spatbaceous, surrounded by a 5-10-leaved, often caducous, involucel. Capsule 

 elongated, 5-locuIar, loculicidal : cells many-seeded. 



48*. A. moschatus, Mch. Suffruticosc, hispid; leaves hastate, irregularly toothed 

 (often with accessory lobes at the base) ; pedicels axillary, nearly equalling the petiole ; invo- 

 lucel-leaves 6-10, liuear, subpersistent, three times exceeded by the calyx ; petals yellow, with 

 crimson claws, three times exceeding the calyx; capsule oblong-lanceolate, hairy; seeds gla- 

 brous, striate. — Cav. Diss. t. 62. /. 2 ; Desc. Fl. 5. t. 361. — Hibiscus Abelmoschus, L. — 

 Petals 2V'-3" long; capsule l^"-2" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica (Mac/.), the 

 Caribbean Islands; [and in all tropical countries ; said to be spontaneous in Guiana!, and 

 Central America!]. 



49. A. esculentus, W. A. Herbaceous, hairy; leaves 5-lobed, irregularly serrate; 

 pedicels axillary, shorter than the petiole ; involucel-leaves 9-12, linear, caducous; petals 

 yellow, with reddish claws, twice exceeding the calyx ; capsule oblong-lanceolate, hairy, and 

 with bristles; seeds somewhat hairy, substriate. — Cav. Diss. t. 61. f. 2; Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 10; 

 Besc. FL 4. t. 269.— Hibiscus, L.— Petals H''-2" long; capsule usually 3" long.— Hab. 

 Caribbean Islands {Jacq.), e.g. Barbadoes [Hughes) ; [Guiana !, and naturalized in all tropical 

 countries] . 



14. HIBISCUS, L. 

 Calyx 5-lid or 5-toothed, surrounded by an involucel. Capsule 5-locular, loculicidal: 

 cells many-seeded. 



Sect. 1. Trionastrum. — Involucel-leaves distinct, enlarged at the top. Calyx 

 5-fd, ventricose. Seeds glabrous. 



50. H. sororius, L. Shrubby, puberulous with appressed down; leaves cordate, 

 bluntish, crenate; pedicels axillary, jointed, nearly equalliug the leaf; involucel-leaves 7-10, 

 distinct, cylindrical, enlarged at the top into a reniform limb, twice exceeded by the calyx ; 

 calyx 5-fid, ventricose, twice exceeded by the corolla: lobes ovate, bluntish, eglandulose; 

 petals rose-coloured, spreading ; capsule ovoid-globose, pilose, included within the excrescent 

 calyx ; seeds glabrous, obsoletely muricate. — Corolla 12'", capsule 10'" long. — Hab. Carib- 

 bean Islauds; [Guadeloupe!, Guiana!]. 



Sect. 2. Furcabia. — Involucel-leaves distinct, usually enlarged into a bifurcate limb. 

 Calyx t-fld, appressed to the capsule, with the lobes bearing a large gland on the outside 

 of the midrib. Seeds glabrous. 



51. H. bifurcatus, Cav. Shrubby, muricate, and scabrous ; leaves 3-5-lobed or has- 

 tate, irregularly serrate ; pedicels axillary, jointed, exceeded by or equalling the petiole ; in- 

 volucel-leaves 10-12, distinct, linear, bifurcate at the top, equalling or exceeding the calyx ; 

 calyx 5-fid, hispid, 4-6 times exceeded by the corolla : lobes ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved, 

 glanduliferous on the back ; petals purple, spreading-erect ; capsule ovoid, pilose, equalling 

 the calyx ; seeds glabrous, obsoletely muricate. — Cav. Diss. t. 51. f. 1. — H. bicornis, Mey.' 

 — Corolla 3", capsule 10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., in bogs near the seashore; 

 [Guadeloupe !, Panama !, Guiana!, Brazil !]. 



Sect. 3. Ketmia. — Involucel-leaves simple. Calyx appressed to the capsule. 

 Seeds glabrous or pubescent, but without cotton-hairs. 

 52. H. tulipiflorus, Hook. I Arboreous, pubescent with appressed down; leaves cor- 

 date-rounded, irregularly crenate ; pedicels axillary, equalling the petiole ; involucel-leaves 

 7-8, distinct, ovate-lanceolate, spreading, twice exceeded by the calyx ; calyx 5-fid or at 

 length deeply 5-fid, twice exceeded by the corolla: lobes ovate, pointed, 3-nerved; petals 

 yellow, velvety on the back, spreading, obovate-oblong ; capsule... — Hook. Ic. t. 7M-7~ 

 A high tree ; corolla 2"-2£" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., in mountaiu woods ; [Guade- 

 loupe!]. 



