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cus ivith vjedge-papcd cvd leaves^ ivhcfe tipper pr.rts 

 are cut^ indented^ r.nd a tree-like fialk. Kecmia Syroruni 



• quibvifdarn. C. B. P. 316. T'hc Syrian Keimia, commonly 

 called Ahhcm frutex, 



2. H121SCUS {Sincjifs) foliis cordato-quinquangukris ob- 

 fokte fcrratis, caule al'boreo. Hort. Upfal. 205. Hi- 

 bifcus with heart-Jhaped leaves^ having five angles which 

 arejlightlyfa'vccd^ end a tree-like ftalL Ketmia finen- 

 fis, fruftu fubrotundo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 100. 

 China Ketmia VL'ith a rcundijh fruity commonly called China 



Rofe. 



Hibiscus (ylbelmofchus) foliis fubpcltato-cordatis fep- 



teman^ularibus, ferratis hifpidis. Hort. Cliff. 349, 



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13. Hibiscus [CordlfcUus) foliis cordaris IiirfLuis crcna- 





Hibifius 



zv 



^ith hcart'Jhaped target leaves^ having feven 

 angles which are fawcd^ and fet with prickly hairs, 

 Ketmia Americana hirfuta. Acre flavo, & femine mof- 

 chato. Tonrn. Inft. R. H. 100. Hairy American Ket- 

 nna with a yellow flower and mujky feed^ commonly called 



. Mujk. ■ - ■ ^ . 



4. Hibiscus (Manihot) foliis palmato-digitatis feptem- 



partitis. Hort. Cliff. 350. Hibijcus with fingered leaves^ 

 which are divided into feven parts. Ketmia America- 

 na,' folio Papayje, flore magno flavefcente, fundo 

 purpureo, fru6buere6lopyramidali hexagono, femine 

 rotundulo fapore farjo. Bocrh. Ind. alt. i. 272. Ame- 

 rican Ketma with a Papaw leaf and a large yellow 

 flower^ having a purple bottom^ a pyramidal, fix- cornered, 

 ere5l fruity and round feeds of a fiat tajle, 



5. Hibiscus (T'i?;>7i?«/i?/?^j) foliis cordatis angulatis ferra- 

 tis tonicntofis, caule arboreo. Hibifcus with angular, 



I . " heart'fhaped, fawed, wcclly leaves, and a tree-like fialk. 



. Malva arboreo, folio cblcno-o acuminato veluio den- 

 tato & leviter finuato, flore ex rubro flavefcente. Sloan. 

 Cat. gS' ^^^^ Mallow with oblong, acute-pointed, in- 

 dented leaves, flightly Jinuated, and a reddifh yellow 

 flower. ' , . -- • - ,- t 



6. Hibiscus Vfiliaceus), foliis cordatis fubrotundis in- 

 divifis acummatis crenatis^ caule arboreo. Prod. Leyd. 



.532. Hibifcus with entire heari-fhaped leaves, and a tree- 

 ' :^ ,like ftalk. Ketrfiia Indies tilias folio. Tourn. Inft. R. 



I .a.' 100.' Indian Ketmia with a Lime-tree leaf ^J. S-'^-'i- 



^; Hibiscus {Javanica) folus ovatis acuminatis ferratis 

 glabris, caule arboreo. Flor. Zeyl. 260,' Hibifcus with 



\ , Gvat-pointed, fawid^ fmootb leaves, and a tree-like fialk, 



.'■Alcea Javanica arborefcens, flore pleno rubicundo. 

 Bryen. Cent. 121. tab. c^^, 'Tree Vervain Mallow of 



; Java, with d'aouble redfiower, called in India Shoe flower, 



8. Hibiscus {Fitifolis) foliis ferratis inferioribus bvacis 

 indivifis, fuperioribus quinquepartitis, caule aculeato. 

 Prod. Leyd. 358. Hibifcus with flawed leaves, the lower 

 oval and undivided, the upper divided into five parts, 

 and a prickly fialk. Ketmia Indica vitis folio, mag- 

 no flore. Tourn. Inft, R. H. 100. btdian Ketmia 



^ with a Vine leaf and large flower. 



cj. Hibiscus (Sabdarifl^a) folns ferratis, inferioribus cor- 

 ; datis, fhcdiis tripartitis, fummis quinquepartitis, caule 

 aculeato. Hibifcus with flawed leaves, the lower ones 

 being heart-fhaped, the middle divided into three parts, 

 the upper into five, and a prickly fialk! Ketmia -^gyp- 

 tiaca vitis folio, parvo flore. Tourn. Inft. R, H. loo. 

 Egyptian Ketmia with a Vine leaf and a fmall flower. ^ 



10. Hibiscus {Goffypifolius) foYm quinquelobatis fer- 



. tVatis, caule glabro. Hibifctis with flawed leaves divided 

 into flve lobes, and 'V fmooth fialk. ^ Ketmia Indica, 



■ Goffyppii folio,"acetofe fapore. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 



'100. Indian Ketmia with a Cotton leaf, and the talie of 



: Sorrel. ■ ' - v';. 



ns, tloribu:. lateralibus, caule arboreo ramofo. Hr^'f, 

 cus with heart fljap:d, hairy, crenjtcd L'iives^ flov^er% 

 growing from the fides of the branches, and a tree- It re 

 branchi7ig fialk, Ketmia Americana frutcfccns foliJ^ 

 fubrotundis crcnatis hirfutis, flore lutco. 



/' 



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Koulc. 



14. Hibiscus {Bahamcvfls) foliis oblongo-cordatis rrJi. 

 bris, denticulatis, fubcus incanis, floribu^ 



bifi 



amplifTunis. 



hoary on their under flJe^ and very large flowers, * 



15, Hibiscus {flicif alius) foliis quinquepartito pedatis 



(A 



into J 

 Ketm 



idei 



five parts, and the lower, cmpalement torn fldc-zvay^ 

 nia Brafilienfis, folio hcus, frudu pyramidato ful- 

 cato. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 100. Ketmia of the Braflls 

 with a Fig leaf, and a pyra?nidal fur rozved fruit. 

 16. Hibiscus {Pentacarpos) foliis inferioribus cordatis 



uiatis, fuperioribus fubhaftatis, floribus fub 



^iiigjUji^Li^, Awj^v-iiv^iiu/wj *..^i_»iitiiLaLio, iiUllUUii lUDnU- 



tantibus, piftilla cernuo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 6^y. Hibifcus 



I, 



? lower leaves heart fl 

 fomewhat fpearfliapcd. 



curved piftiL Ketmia pai'_iftris minor, folio ano-uRo 

 flore parvo purpurafccnte, fruclu dcpreffo pentacro- 



efl-edf 



leaf, a f nail pur plifb fl^ 



Ml 



17. Hibiscus (Pcpulneus) foliis ovatis acuminatis ferra- 

 tis, caule fimpliciffimo, petiolis fioriferis; Horr. Up- 

 fal. ■ 205. Hibifcus with cval-pointcd fawed leaves, a 

 fltngle fialk, and foot-fialks having fiowers. Ketmia Afri- 

 "' cana Populi folio. Toiirn. Inft. 100. Jfncan Ketmia 



with a Poplar leaf . '''. * 



i8.;^.HiKiscus (Paluflris) caule herbacco fim.pliciffimo, 



r foliis ovatis fubtrilobis, fubtus tomcntoiis, floribus 



' 'axiITaribus, Lin. Sp. Plant. 693. Hibiflcus with a fin^k 



: herbaceous fialk, oval leaves having three lobes, woolly 



. on their under fltde. "' Ketrnia paluftris flore purpureo. 





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II. 



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S '; 



Hibiscus {Ficulneus) foliis quinquefido-palmatis, 



' caule aculeato. Hort. Cliff. 498. Hibifcus with hand- 



, jhaped five-pointed leaves, and a prickly fialk. •• Ketmia 



\ Zeylanica, fici folio, perianthio oblongo integro. 



, .- Hort. Ekh. 190. tab. 157. Ketmia of Ceylon with a Fig 



-\leaf, and an oblong entire perianthium. 



ij^^HiBiscus {Surattenflts) foliis quinquepartitis, lobis 



] ovato-Ianceolatis hirfutis crenatis, caule fpinoflimo. 



Hibifcus with leaves divided into five lobes, which are 



oval, fpear-fhaped, hairy, and crenated, and a very prickly 



flalk.^ Ketmia Indica aculeata, foliis digitatis. Tourn. 



Inft. jQi. Prickly Indian Ketmia with handfljaped 

 leaves, ■ - -. 



Tourn. Inft. 100. Marflj Ketmia with a purple fi. 



19. Hibiscus {Trionmn) foliis tripartitis incifis, calyci- 

 bus inflatis. Hort. Upfal. 206. Hibifcus with tripartite 



■cut leaves, md afwollcn empalerneiit, Ketmia veficaria 

 vulgaris. Tourn. Inft. Common Bladder Ketmia, caM • 

 Venice Mallow, or Flower of an hour. ■ :'*• 



20. Hibiscus {Africana) foliis tripartitis dentatis, lobis 

 ' anguftioribus caule hirfuto calycibus inflatis. Hibif 



cus with tripartite indented leaves having 7:arrcwer loks, 

 a hairy fialk, and fwollen cmpalcments. Ketmia vefi- 

 caria Africana. Tourn. Inft. 

 Ketmia. 

 2 1. Hibiscus [Hifpidus) foliis inferioribus trilobis, fum- 

 mis quinque partitis obtufis crenatis calycibus infla- 

 tis, caule hiipido. Hibifcus with under leaves having 

 three lobes, the upper being cut into five obtufe fegmenti, 

 1 are crenated, fwollen empalements, mid a prickly 



101. Jf 



fialk 



' - 



\ 





^..i 



if: 



gulis lateralibus extimis parvis, caule arboreo. Hort. 

 Cliff, 349. Hibifcus with heart-fhaped crenated lea^jes, 

 ' whofe outward lateral angles' are fmall, and a tree-hh 

 fialk. Malvavifcus arborefcens, flore miniato claufo. 

 Hort. Elth. 210. tab. lyo. Tree-like, vifcous,fieded 

 Mallow, 'with a clofed fcarlet fiower. '' :' ^-f'*'^ '"' 

 -'The firft fort is commonly called Altha::a frutex by 

 "the nurfery gardeners^ who propagate the fli rubs for 

 fale; of this there are four or five varieties, which 

 differ in the colour of their flowers ; the moft common 

 . hath pale purple flowers with dark bottoms i another 

 hath bright purple fiowers with black botrom-s a third 

 hath white flowers with purple bottoms ; a fourth va- 

 riegated flowers with dark bottoms ; and a hfth pale 

 yellow flowers with dark bottoms; but the lift is" very' 

 rare at pfefent in the Englifh gardens ; there are alio 

 two with variegated leaves, which arc by fome nutca 

 efteemed. . ■ . , 



This grows naturally in Syria, from whence it has 

 been introduced to the gardens, and is one of the great 



ornaments of the autumn feafon: it rifes with a flii"^]^^-^ 



ftalk 



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