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53. H. clypeatus, L. Shrubby, velvety; leaves cordate, angular-subtrilobed, minutely 

 toothed; pedicels axillary, infraterminal ; involucel 9-11-partite : segments linear-lanceolate, 

 exceeded by the calyx ; calyx 5 -fid, nearly twice exceeded by the corolla : lobes large, folia- 

 ceous, ovate, pointed, 5-nerved ; petals reddish-yellow, velvety on the back, spreading-erect, 

 partly reflexed, somewhat unequal, oblong; capsule "roundish-truncate, hirsute;" seeds 

 "glabrous."— £/. t. 135./. 1 ; Cav. Diss. t. 58./. 1 ; Desc. Ft. 7- t. 517.— A shrub, 6'-12' 

 high ; corolla 2V'-2" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, March, among seashore shrubs. 



54. H. trilobus, Cav. Shrubby; branches aculeate; leaves 3(-5)-lobed or hastate, 

 serrate, pubescent orglabrate; pedicels axillary and infraterminal; involucel-l eaves 9-11, 

 distinct, linear, exceeded by the calyx ; calyx 5-toothed or 5-fid, four times exceeded by the 

 corolla : lobes broadly ovate, pointed, 5-nerved and striate j petals red, glabrous, spreading 

 or reflexed, obovate ; capsule "ovoid, hispid, included within the lenlarged calvx ;" seeds . . . 

 —Plum. t. 159./. 1; Cav. Diss. t. 53./. 2; Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 550; Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 31; 

 Desc, Fl. 6. t. 381, 7. t. 528.— H. domingensis, Jacq. : a form with violet petals and 3-5- 

 lobed leaves. H. aquaticus, Tuss. : a form with crimson petals.— Corolla 3", capsule 2" 

 long. — The Trinidad form, by its hastate leaves, the 5-fid striate calyx, and narrower petals, 

 approaches H. striatus, Cav. (1. c. t. 54. f. 1), which however by "Willdenow was reduced to 

 the Haiti species. — Hab. Jamaica!, Dist., in bogs; Trinidad !, Cr., in savannahs; [Haiti]. 



°5*. H. vitifolius, L. Herbaceous, velvety; leaves cordate-rounded, angular, with 

 3-5 short lobes, toothed ; pedicels axillary and infraterminal, jointed ; iavolucel-leaves 10-12, 

 distinct, filiform, exceeded by the calyx ; calyx 5-fid, 3-4 times exceeded by the corolla : lobes 

 ovate, pointed, 5-nerved ; petals yellow, with a large purple spot at the base, glabrous, spread- 

 ing, obovate ; capsule globose, 5-winged, pilose, exceeded by the enlarged calyx ; seeds obso- 

 letely tubercled with scattered minute down. — Cav. Diss. t. 58./ 2. — Petals 2J" long; cap- 

 sule 6'" diam. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, March; Dominica!, Imr. ; S. Vincent!, 

 Anders.; [introduced from the East Indies !]. 



Other species of Ketmia, cultivated in Jamaica and the Caribbean Islands, are H. lunari- 

 folius, W. ; H. mutabilis, L. (Desc. Fl. 4. t. 270) ; H. cannabinus, L. : two forms, one witli 

 the petals yellow and reddish at the base, the other purple-flowered ; H. Uosa-sinensis, L. ; 

 H. Sabdarifa, L. (Desc. Fl. 1. t. 31); and H.fragilis, DC. 



Sect. 4. Bombicella. — Involucel-leaves distinct, simple. Calyx appressed to 

 the capsule. Seeds covered with cotton-like wool. 



56. H. phoeniceus, Jacq. (non Cav.) Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves deltoid, acuminate, 

 coarsely crenate-serrate (sometimes slightly lobed) ; pedicels axillary, exceeding the leaf, 

 jointed about the middle; involucel-leaves 9-10, distinct, linear, equalling or exceeding the 

 calyx ; calyx 5-fid, twice exceeded by the corolla : lobes ovate, pointed ; petals violet-crim- 

 son, spreading, obovate ; capsule ovoid-globose, hairv, equalling the calyx ; seeds bearing 

 whitish cotton-wool.—Jacq. H. Vind. 7. 1. 14 ; Cav. Diss. t. 67./ 3 ; Desc. Fl. 6. t. 382 — 

 H. hirtus, Cav. {non L.). H. uuilateralis, Cav. H. Bancroftianus, Ham. ! {non Macf.) — A 

 shrub, about 5' high ; petals 6"'-8'", capsule 4'" long. The unilateral anthers afford no con- 

 stant character of this species. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; S. Kitts!, Antigua!, Nichols.; 

 S. Vincent I, Guild.; [Haiti!, Venezuela]. 



57. H. Bancroftianus, Macf.! Shrubby, pubescent; leaves deltoid or cordate, 

 pointed or bluntish, coarsely crenate-serrate (or slightly 3-lobed) ; pedicels axillary, nearly 

 equalling the leaf, cernuous, jointed above the middle ; involucel-leaves 9-10, distinct, linear- 

 spathulate, pointed, somewhat exceeded by or equalling the calyx ; calyx 5-fid, 2i times ex- 

 ceeded by the corolla : lobes ovate, pointed ; petals crimson, convolute at the base, erect 

 and spreading above, obovate-oblong, exceeded by the column ; capsule ovoid, hairy, a little 

 exceeded by or equalling the calyx; seeds bearing white cotton-wool. — liich. Cub. t. 16. — 

 Achania pilosa, Sw. ! (Malvaviscus, DC). Hibisc. Macleyanns, Bancr. ! H. truncattis, Bich. ■! 

 Cub. — A shrub, like the preceding ; corolla 14'", capsule 5'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, 

 Bancr., Al., March, among shrubs, in the district of S. Ann's, e.g. near Moneague ; [Cuba !]. 



15. GOSSYPIUM, L. 

 Calyx shortly 5-toothed, exceeded by a tripartite involucel. Capmle 3-5-locular, locnli- 



