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ABELMOSCHUS. 



• Calyx 5-dentatus, spathaceus, deciduus, cinctus hwolucru) (calyce exteriore) 5 — 10-partito. Stigmata 5. Capsula 

 5-locularis, valvis medio septiferls, polysperma. Semina calva. — Brown MSS. 



Abelmoschus, Medic. Malvac. p. 45. — Mosnch. Method, p. 616. 



Hibisci species, Lii^n. — Sectio Hibisci III, Manihot ; et VI, Abelmoschi aliquot species, Decand. 



Classis Linnaeana, Monadelphia polyandria. 



Ordo naturalis, Malvaceae, Brown. 



Habitus Hibisci. Nomen Bamice olim in Herbario Banksiano a celeb. R. Brown adhibitum, a nomine arabico 

 plantis bujus generis, nempe Hibisco esculento, prcecoci, et ficulneo Linn. dato. Conf. Forsk. Flor. /Egypt, p. 125. 



ABELMOSCHUS crinitus. Tab. 44.* 



SETOso-bispidus ; foliis subrotundo-cordatis, acuminatis, dentatis, obtuse 5-angularibus ; summis sagittatis ; raceme 

 paucifloro ; involucro 12-partito, lacinils stipulisque lineari-filiformibus. 

 Habitat in montibus ad Prome, florens Septembre et Octobre. 



Planta erecta, herbacea, parcfe ramosa, 3-pedalis, omnibus partibus obtecta setis longis, fulgentibus, patulis, solubilibus, pungentibus, 

 pilis brevibus mollibus intermixtis. Caulis cylindricus, basi digitum minimum crassus, supern^ rawJque parilm flexuosi. Folia subrotundo- 

 cordata, acuminata, latfe et obtus^ dentata, 5-angulata, angulis obtusis, infimis nunc obsoletis ; sinu basis profundissimo, lobis rotundato- 

 ovatis, conniventibus ; 5— 7-nervia, utrinque pilosa ; inferiora distantia, longissime petiolata, palmaria ; superiora aliquand6 ovato- 

 cordata et obsoletissim^ angulata, petiolo duplb longiora : summa sagittato-oblonga, attenuato-acuminata, versus basin sinuata. Petioli 

 cylindrici hirsutissimi ; inferiores pedales, folio dupl6 longiores ; superiores eodem dupl5 tripl6ve breviores. Stipitl* angusto- 

 lineares subsetacese, pollicares, hirsute, decidu^. Flores magni, speciosi, flavi, pauci, dispositi in racemum terminalem brevem, sufiulti 

 peduncuUs crassiusculis, poUicaribus, involucro calyceque bispidissimis. BRACTEiE 2 ad basin pedunculi, longitudine eum eequantes, 

 stipulis simiUimEe, tardi^s deciduse. Involucbum usque ad basin ferfe partitum in lacinias 12, setaceo-lineares, sesquipolhcares, mcurvas, 

 apice conniventes, ciliato-hispidissimas. Calyx membranaceus, ovatus, spathaceus, apice acutiuscula obsolete 5-dentatus, hinc 

 •longitudinaliter fissus, involucro parJim brevior, deciduus. Corolla levissimHnfundibuliformis, limbo plano-patentiss.mo, diametrum- 

 4-pollicarem ferfe emetiente, diviso in lobos 5 obovatos, obtusissimos, venosos; fundo atro-sanguineo. Anthers albidae, numerosae, per 

 totam longitudinem fer^ cylindri filamentorum salv^ ejus basi sparsae. Stigmata clavata, velutina, purpurea. 



This species approaches to Hibiscus racemosus, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. ml. 9. n. 917, which is H. cancellatus, Rowb. 

 MSS (not of Linn«;us, that being a species of Pawnia), but differs in being less hairy, in the lobes of the 

 leaves being obtuse, and the racemes shorter and with fewer flowers. In stature it is sonjewhat smaller than that 

 plant, but the flowers of both are exceedingly alike, and very beautiful. 



CENTRANTHERA hispida. Tab. 45. 



Erecta cano-hispida ; foliis linearibus, subintegerrimis, calycibus ovatis, acutis, ventricosis. 

 Centranthera hispida. Brown Prodr. Flor. Nov. Holl. 1. p. 438. 

 Digitalis stricta, Roa^b. Hort. Beng. p. 45. 

 Q2.m^v\^ri^iA2.,Hamilt. MSS. et Herb. 

 Centranthera nepalensis, Don. Prodr. Flor. Nepal, p 88 



Carosinam, Rkeed. ^f ^f^^f^^f ./'^^^^^^^ ,a loca inundata, depressa, florens mensibus Junio- 



Frequens per '-'-^''^^^';''^^^^^^^ ad ripam Irawaddi ilter Prome et Avam. In Coro- 



:iref=ia::S:::DrK WS^ .hLa Nov. Hollandi.illustr.K. Brow. ' 



PLA.TArigida,erecta,decussatimramosa,s.tu..mod^ 

 2-pedalis, stricta, omnibus part.bus aspera p,hs can.s, patahs, <^»P'°^«' »'=" ,,e, ^brecuna, linearia, interstitia suba>q»antia, pollicaria, 



s-Iplices, hUpidi, obtuse 4-a„g„lares. Fo.u oppos.ta, '«-•-' =^«7"'™;';;;i^';*^^ , ,eabn., ,ub.^s subargen.ca, c„s,a elevatS, 



2-pomcaria,obtusa,raarginibuss„brevol„.,s obsolete et remote de,.cub^^^^^^^ ^ ^.i^^i, 



nervis incoaspicuis ; jhralia mult6 breviora, altema ; mmma bmctea.form,a, flonbus brey. 



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