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Hisiscus CAmeronr. Mr. Cameron’s 
Hisiscus. 
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Class,and Order. 
MonapetruiA PonyaAnpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matvacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx cinctus involucello sepius polyphyllo, rarius foli- 
olis paucis aut inter se coalitis. Petala hinc non auriculata. 
Stigmata 5. Carpella in capsulam 5-locularem coalita, val- 
vis intus medio septiferis, loculis polyspermis aut rarius 
Il-spermis. DC, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hisiscus Cameroni; frutescens inermis, foliis cordatis 5- 
lobis grosse serratis, lobis acutis basi contractis, invo- 
lucelli foliolis sub-9 minutis subulatis, calyce maximo 
inflato quinquefido 10-costato, petalis oblique cuneatis 
truncatis, columna staminea petala superante. 
Hieiscus Cameroni. Knowles et West, Fl. Cab. n. 82. 
Mr. Cameron, the able Curator of the Birmingham Bo- 
tanic Garden, whose name this beautiful plant deservedly 
bears, had the good fortune to rear it from seeds sent from 
Madagascar by the Missionaries, I possess a very fine 
native specimen, gathered many years ago by the late Dr. 
Lyaut in the same island, and marked “ Hzbiscus, n. sp.” 
It is indeed a remarkably well-defined species, whether we 
consider the leaves, the involucre, the calyx, or the corolla. 
It flowers readily, and for a long period during the summer 
months, and in that season flourishes in the greenhouse ; but, 
in the winter, it is best kept in the stove. Hitherto it has 
not produced seed, but is increased by cuttings, and a young 
pliant 
