Tab. 5406. 



HIBISCUS Huegelii; var. quinquevulnera. 



Baron HuegeVs Hibiscus ; quinquevulnerous var. 



Nat. Ord. Malvaceae. — Monacelphia Polyandria. 



Gen. Char. Bracteola oo, rarissirae 3-5, ssepius angustse, libera? v. coalita?. 

 Calyx 5-fidus vel 5-dentatus. Columna staminea infra apicem truncatum vel 

 5-dentatum (rarius antheriferum), filamenta plurima exserens. Ovarium 5-lo- 

 culare, loculis 3-oo-ovulatis (sepalis oppositis) ; styli rami 5, patentes vel rarius 

 erecto-subconnati, superne ssepe incrassati, nunc brevissimi, apice in stigmata 

 capitata v. spathulata dilatati. Capsula loculicide 5-valvis, endocarpio rarius 

 membranaceo-solubili, v. in dissepimenta spuria per dehiscentiam fissa produeto. 

 Semina reniformia, subglobosa (v. rarius subovoidea ?), glabra tomentosa vel la- 

 nata. — Herbae frutices vel arbores, nunc elata, Mspidce v. tomentosce, nunc humi- 

 liores vel glabra. Folia varia, sape partita. Flores colore vario, plerumque spe- 

 ciosi, petalis saepe macula discolori notatis. Bracteolse persistentes v. caducce. 

 Benth. et Hook. 



Hibiscus Huegelii; fruticosus erectus pilis stellatis patentibus pubescens, foliis 

 petiolatis cordatis 3-5-lobis, lobis obovatis obtusis profunde sinuato-lobu- 

 latis lobulis obtusis integris v. iteruia lobulatis, pedunculis axillaribus soli- 

 tariis unifloris, supra medium articulatis bracteatis, involucri rnonophylli 

 10-12-partiti laciniis lineari-subulatis, calycis laciniis 5 lanceolato-acumi- 

 natis, stylo exserto, stigmate 5-fido lobis erectis v. patentibus. 



Hibiscus Huegelii. Endl. in Hueg. Ennm. v. 10. Miq. in Plant. Preiss. v. l.t. 239. 

 Benth. PI. Australas. v. 1. p. 217. 



Hibiscus Wrayas. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840. t. 69. 



Paritium Wraya?. Walp. Rep. v. I. p. 311. 



Hibiscus grossulariajfolius. Miq. in Plant. Preiss. v. 1. p. 240. Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4329. 



Hibiscus geraniifolius. lures, in Bull. Mosc. v. I. p. 195. 



Hibiscus Meisneri. Miq. I.e. 



Hibiscus Pinonianus. Miq. I.e. 



Var. qxinquevnlnera ; floribus roseis basimaculis 5 atro-sanguiueis (Tab. Nostr. 

 5406). 



It is impossible to compare this very handsome Hibiscus with 

 our figure of H. grossulariafolius (Bot. Mag. t. 4329) without 

 considering it, save in the colour of the flowers, specifically the 



OCTOBER 1st, 1863. 



