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axi adfixis ^.vs brevis. columnari. ^ioma p^m, planiusculum. Foluculi 4 vel 5, nunc pauciores 2-pollicares, obliqu^ ovall, 

 " t 'oX ped^^^^ do;so convexi, apice tenninati ala lata, planf, cultnfonni, sesquipollican, obtus.s.n.a^ ventre plamusculo deh^ 

 centes .nl-nLanacei, .oticulato-venosi, glabri ; loculum ma^un., tomento copioso, steUato, molh obs.tum Peduncu.us co_. .es- 

 quipoliicaris ; partiales paul6 lon^ores, teretes, gmciles. Skm.n. subrotunda, grisea, loevia, nitida, ba.. lata sutura. ventrah mserta. 



This handsome and curious species of S/ermdia differs from M. DecandoUe's S. popuiifoiia, in having acuminate 

 leaves and in the foUicles being villous Avithin. Tlie claims of priority entitle it to the name given to it by Dr. Rox- 

 burgh'; and I would therefore suggest for the other the specific name of S. Ccmdo/lii It is also allied to 6. macro- 

 Dhylla of Ventenat. 



Plate III. Fig. 1.2. Flower. 3. The same opened. 4. Ovarium. 5. The same dissected. 6. Follicles. 7- A follicle burst open. 



HIBISCUS LiNDLEI. Tab. 4. 



Caule suffruticoso, petiolis pedunculisque scabris et aculeatis ; foliis subrotundo-cordatis, palmatim 3 — 7-partitis, 

 lobis lanceolatis, acuminatis, serratis ; floribus axillaribus, solitariis ; involucelli foliolis linearibus, hispidis, apice 

 bilobis ; corolla patentissima ; capsula adpresse pilosa, sericei^ demum glabra. 



Scctio generis Furcdria Decand. 



Habitat in regno Burmanico versus Segain, et in monte Avae Taong Dong dicta, florens et fructiger Novembri. 

 Ad Tavoy orae Tenasserim legit plantarum mens collector Gul. Gomez. 



SuFFRUTEX erecta, 3 — 4-pedalis, parcJ; ramosa. Rami cylindrici, supernJi, uti petioli pedunculique asperi propter pimcta minuta elcvata 

 et aculeos sparsos, breves, incurvos, conicos, subdiaphanos ; ad apiceni pariiin pilosi. Folia alterna, patentia, rotundato-cordata, 

 4-polllcaria, pliYs minusvfe profundi 3 — 7-partita, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, grossfe et insequaliter serratis, purpureo-margi- 

 nulatis, inferioi-a aliquot nunc apice tantiini triloba ; suprii, glabra, nitida ; subtus 5 — 7-nervia, venosa, nervis tactu scabris. Petioli 

 teretes, pariW aculeati, pilosiusculi, longitudine foliorum. SriPULiE lineari-lanceolatse, unguiculares, sericeo-pilosse, deciduse. Flores 

 magnl, speciosi, axillares, solitarii, brevissiine pedunculati. Pedunculus crassus, clavatus, aculeatus, semipoUicaris, suffultus bractea 

 lineari, recurvd, hispidula, ipsuin longitudine aequante, decidua. Involucellum 8 — 10-phyllum, patentissimum, ciliatum pilis longis, 

 hyalinis, rigidis, copiosis, basi dilatatis : foliola linearia, acuta, unguicularia, dorso nudiuscula, apice intus aucta lobo conformi, vix bre- 

 viore, parallelo, leviter divergente. Calyx ovatus, 5-fidus, involucello dimidi^ longior, patens, fructus clausus, costis 10, prominentibus 

 pilisque longis munitus, reticulato-venosus, intfis sericeo-villosus ; lacini^ triangulares, valdfe acuminatae, ciliata?. Corolla paten- 

 tissima, diametro ferfe 4-pollicari, violacea, fundo parilm concavo saturatiore, basi extus pilis adpressis, sericeis, solubilibus obsita ; 

 LACiNi^ obovatae, obtusissimaj, parallel^ yenosa;, basi contracta inappendiculatae. Columna filamentorum purpurascens, gracilis, corolla 

 diinidi5 fer^ brevior, basi laxiusculci ampliatus, indeque gerens antheras luteo-aureas, fasciculatim filis brevissimis sufFultas. Ovarium 

 subrotunduin, dens^ pilosum. Stigmata 5, cuneata, villosula, purpurea, vix exserta. Capsula ovata, magnitudine fructus grossularise 

 minoris, calycis lobis conniventibus oinnin6 inclusa, pilis sericeis dens^ vestita, matura glabrior. Semina 2 vel 3 in singulo loculo, 

 triangularia, grisea, lineata, punctis elevatis, callosis, fuscis conspersa. 



This very handsome species I took at first to be only a purple variety of Roxburgh's H. furcatus, which I have 

 likewise found on the banks of the Irawaddi. But having had an opportunity, since my return from Ava, to 

 compare both plants in their growing state in the Honourable Company's botanic garden at Calcutta, I am able 

 to ju-opose the following marks as suflftcient to distinguish them specifically. 'Die leaves in our plant are not 

 hairy as in Roxburgh's, but nearly smooth ; the involucres do not enlarge at the bifid apex, but are of a uniformly 

 linear figure ; and lastly the flowers, instead of being yellow, as in that species, are constantly of a deep purple 

 colour. H. btfurcatus Cavan. differs, according to a note in Dr. Roxburgh's manuscript Flora Indica, made from 

 the living plant introduced Into the garden from Trinidad, in being smoother and void of the small tubercles, which 

 render the other shrubs peculiarly rough to the touch ; in having setaceous stipules and rose-coloured flowers. 



Like most of the members of the extensive genus to which it belongs, it abounds in strong and woody fibres. All 

 its green parts have an agreeably acid taste. 



Plate III. Fig. I. Calyx and involucre opened, showing the pistil. 2. Corolla opened, showing the stamens. 3. Calyx closed 

 over the capsule. 



