Taw. 4261. 
FUGOSIA HAKEFOLIA. 
Hakeua-leaved Fugosia. 
Nat. Ord. Matvace®.— MoNAaDELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (vide supra, TaB. 4218.) 
Fucosra hakeefolia ; fruticosa erecta, foliis bipinnatis trifidis (summisque) in- 
tegris, laciniis linearibus acuminatis integerrimis canaliculatis subcarnosis, 
pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio breviore superne paululum 
incrassatis inferne bi-bracteolatis, calycibus eglandulosis, corolla (purpurea) 
basi maculis 5 sanguineis. 
Hisiscvus hakeefolius. ‘ Giordano, Mem. Nuov. Ibise. eum icone.” (Linnea, 
v.. 11. Lieterb. p.9.). Walp. Repert. v.1. p. 306. Lehmann, Plant. Preiss, 
p. 239. 
A lovely hibiscoid plant, flowering at an early period of growth, 
bearing copious large blossoms of a rich lilac-purple, with a deep 
red-purple eye, surrounding the long staminal column, and these 
flowers, contrary to what is usual in the Hidiscus family, re- 
maining many days expanded. This most desirable shrub was 
introduced by Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, being raised by them 
from Swan River seeds in the spring of 1846. In the summer 
the plants flowered profusely. An allied species (if it be really 
distinct) is the Hidiseus lilacinus, of Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 2009, 
from the same region of Australia; but the leaves of the latter 
are broader, and the corolla is destitute of the deep purple eye 
which gives such a brightness to the blossoms of the present 
Species. Strangely enough, Walpers retains H. hakeefolius in 
Hibiscus, and refers H. lilacinus to Lagunaria of Don; whereas 
a very slight inspection will show that both are naturally placed 
In the genus Fugosia, of which the character is given at Tab. 
4218, of the present volume. I possess native specimens 
gathered by Mr. Fraser at Swan River and King George's Sound, 
by Mr. Drummond in the same localities in 1843 (a. 57), and 
by Mr. Collie at Flinders Bay. Flowers in August. 
Descr. A shrud, four to five feet high, erect, sparingly branched, 
the branches twiggy, rounded, dark green, glabrous, as is every 
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OCTOBER Ist, 1846. ~K 
