484 
digitàtus, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 220. but not of Cav. 
low with a purple centre. 
Finger-shaped-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub 3 feet. 
124 H. rLABELLA`rUs (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 220.) shrub spiny ; 
leaves fan-shaped, 5-parted, very smooth ; lobes lanceolate, ser- 
rated. h.G. Native of New Holland. Flowers yellow ? 
-~ Fan-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub. 
125 H. spica‘tus (Cav. diss. 3. p. 163. t. 59. f. 1.) leaves 5- 
lobed, obtuse, downy ; flowers sessile, disposed in a long ter- 
minal spike. h.S. Native of? Perhaps a species of Althe‘a. 
Spike- flowered Hibiscus. Shrub. 
126 H. riave'scens (Cav. diss. 3. p. 164. t. 70. f. 3.) leaves 
5-lobed, palmate, unequally toothed, hairy ; stems and petioles 
unarmed. kh.S. Native of Pondicheri. Flowers yellowish. 
Yellowish-flowered Hibiscus. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 
127 H. rascicura‘ tus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 454,) leaves villous, palmately 5-cleft with toothed 
lobes, ultimate one longest; pedicels crowded in the axille of 
the leaves, one of which is longer than the others. h. S. 
Native of Mexico. 
Bundled-pedicelled Hibiscus. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
128 H. tripartitus (Forsk. descr. p. 126.) leaves 3-parted, 
with lanceolate, serrated lobes; peduncles axillary, 4-times 
shorter than the fruit; stem and calyx prickly; capsules hairy. 
h.G. Native of Arabia and Egypt. 
Three-parted-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub? 
129 H. acetos#roxius (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
Flowers yel- 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 455.) hispid; leaves deeply 3-parted with — 
oblong, acute, toothed lobes, 2 lateral ones short, erect, middle 
one very long; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered. ©. S. Native 
of Mexico. 
Sorrel-leaved Hibiscus. Fl. June, July. PI. 2 feet. 
130 H. rrate’rnus (Lin. fil. suppl. 311.) shrub smooth ; 
leaves 3-lobed ; rays of involucel terete, mucronate-concave at 
the apex; capsules pubescent. ©. S. Native of Surinam. 
Flowers yellow. Merian. Surin. t. 37. Perhaps the same as 
H. sabdariffa. 
Brotherly Hibiscus. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
131 H. Borso'nicus (Link. enum. 2. p. 216.) leaves cordate- 
roundish, somewhat lobed, unequally and sharply toothed, to- 
mentose beneath; involucel of 5 oblong, long-pointed leaflets, 
which taper towards the base. h.S. Native of the Island of 
Bourbon. Flowers large, yellow. 
Bourbon Hibiscus. l. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 ft. 
132 H. romenrosus (Mill. dict. no. 5.) leaves cordate, angled, 
serrated, tomentose ; stem arboreous; capsules hairy, 5-horned. 
h.S. Native of the West Indies. Flowers yellow, but be- 
coming purplish as they decay. Perhaps a species of Paritium. 
Tomentose-\eaved Hibiscus. Tree 80 feet. 
133 H. pracreo'sus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 455.) leaves cordate, somewhat orbicular, mucronate, 
entire; stipulas large, ovate, upper ones in the form of brac- 
teas; involucel 5-leaved. h.S. Native of Mexico. Flowers 
yellow. Resembles H. tiliaceus. Perhaps a species of Paritium. 
Large-bracted Hibiscus. Tree 30 feet. 
134 H. oxypny’itius (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 455.) smooth; leaves cordate, toothed, acu- 
minated; involucel of 5 spreading, linear leaflets, which are 
dilated at the apex, longer than the calyx. h? S. Native of 
Mexico on the mountains of Xochipico. Flowers white, with a 
flesh-coloured centre. 
Sharp-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub. 
135 H. cyaxo’eynus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 455.) hispid ; leaves cordate, acute, toothed ; 
peduncles axillary, many-flowered, upper ones rather panicled ; 
involucel] many-leaved, spreading. h? S. Native of Mexico. 
MALVACE®. XIII. Hustscvus. 
XIV.. Paririum. 
Blue-stigmaed Hibiscus. Shrub. 
136 H. Baname’nsis (Mill. dict. no. 14.) leaves smooth, hoary 
beneath, oblong, cordate, toothed, on long petioles ; flowers 
subterminal, very large, pale-purple. 2%. G. Native of the 
Bahama islands. 
Bahama Hibiscus. Pl. 2 feet. 
137 H. purru reus (Forsk. descr. p. 126.) leaves cordate, 
oblong, acute, serrated ; stigmas 5, long, capitate; capsules 
globose, 7-winged. h? G. Native of Arabia. Flowers purple. 
Purple-flowered Hibiscus. Shrub. 
138 H. panpur#¥oRmis (Burm. ind. p. 151. t. 47. f. 2.) 
leaves cordate, lanceolate, toothletted, tomentose ; stem herba- 
ceous, hairy; involucel 8-leaved. h. S. Native of the East 
Indies. Flowers sulphur-coloured. Perhaps H. tubulosus. 
Fiddle-shaped-\eaved Hibiscus. Shrub. 
- 139 H. parvirto‘rus (Weinm. in flora. 1820. p. 610.) stem 
shrubby, hispid; leaves cordate, angular, crenated, tomen- 
tose beneath ; involucel 9-leaved; leaflets dilated at the apex. 
h. S. Native of America. Petals small, hispid on the out- 
side, of a dirty-yellowish colour with 5 reddish spots. Resem- 
bles H. Senegalénsis and H. tubulosus. 
Small-flowered Hibiscus. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 
4 feet. 
140 H. Cutne’nsis (D.C. prod. 1. p. 455.) smooth ; leaves 
ovate, acuminated, toothed ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, longer 
than the petioles ; involucel of 6-8 bristle-like leaves. R. G. 
Native of China. Braam. icon. chin. 1821. t. 24. Flowers 
white. Resembles H. pheeniceus. 
Chinese Hibiscus. Shrub 4 feet. 
141 H. cucursiti'nus (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1481. voy. 1. 
p. 278.) plant trailing, tomentose ; leaves roundish, repand, 
less downy above; flowers crowded, racemose, axillary. ©? G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope near Dwaal river. Corolla 
brown, campanulate, hardly longer than the calyx. It is called 
by the Hottentots Wilde Kalebas. | . 
Gourd-like Hibiscus. Pl. trailing. 
There are several other species of Hibiscus which are only 
known by name, viz. H. setosus, Roxb. H. tortudsus, Roxb. 
H. truncatus, Roxb. H. Chinénsis, Roxb. H. strictus, Roxb. 
H. pentaphýllus, Roxb. H. fragrans, Roxb, H. tetralocularis, 
Roxb. and H. pùmilis, Roxb. 
Cult. The species are all showy-flowering plants. The 
shrubby stove kinds thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat. 
Cuttings will strike root readily in sand or mould under a hand- 
glass, in heat. The green-house shrubby species require nearly 
the same treatment as the stove kinds. The annual stove 
species should be sown in pots and placed in a hot-bed frame, 
and when the plants are of sufficient size they should be separ- 
ated and planted singly in pots, in a mixture of loam and peat; 
and after they have recovered this shifting they should be removed 
to the stove, where they may remain until they have ripened 
their seed. The H. Syriacus or Althe’a frutex is the only hardy 
shrubby species. It will thrive well in any common garden- 
soil, and may be either raised in abundance from seeds or layers- 
The different varieties of this plant may be grafted on each 
other, and cuttings planted under a hand-glass will strike root 
freely. The hardy herbaceous species, which are very showy, 
chiefly belong to section Abelméschus, thrive best in a moist 
soil, but being rather tender most of them require protection 
in severe winters; they are only to be increased by dividing the 
plants at the root in spring. 
Shrub 
XIV. PARI’'TIUM (Pariti is the Malabar name of P. tilià- 
ceum). St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p- 255. Pariti, Adans. Hibiscus, 
sect. x. Azadnza, D. C. prod. 1. p. 454. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydéndria, Calyx girded by a 10- 
