Tas. 7752. 
HIBISCUS Maninor. 
Native of China and Japan. 
Nat. Ord. Matvacex.—Tribe Hrstsce2. 
Genus Hisiscus, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 207). 
Hisiscus (Abelmoschus) Manihot; herba annua vy. 2-3-ennis, erecta, robusta, 
sparse pilosa, caule simplici v. ramoso, ramis erectis, foliis amplis palmatim 
5-7-lobatis lobis lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve grosse dentatis serratis v. 
lobulatis, petiolo robusto, stipulis lanceolatis, bracteis parvis pinnatifidis 
deciduis stipulis persistentibus instructis, pedicellis robustis florentibus 
deflexis, involucelli bracteolis 4-6 ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis hirsutis 
persistentibus, calyce spathaceo 5-dentato basi circumscisso hispido, 
corolla 2-53 poll. diam. sulphurea fundo purpurea, tubo staminifero 
undique laxe v. confertim antherifero, stigmatibus clavatis decurvis 
a ig apice dilatatis retusis, capsula oblonga acuminata pentagona. 
hispida. 
H. Manihot, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 696. Cav. Diss. vol. iti. p. 172. Thunb. Fl. Jap. 
p. 272. Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. ii. vol. iv. p. 229. Bot. Mag. t. 1702, et t. 
3152 (var. 8). DC. Prodr. vol.i. p. 448. Franch, et Sav. Enum. Pl. 
Jap. p. 64, Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. vol. iii. p. 19. Masters in 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. i. p. 341; in Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. ii. p. 249, fig. 74. 
W. Wats. in The Garden vol. liii. (1898) p. 127, cum ic. 
H. palmatus, Cav. Diff. p. 168, t. 63, fig. 1. 
H. papyriferas, Salis. Prodr. p. 38+. 
H. pentaphyllus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 52; Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 212. 
H. pungens, Hort. 
H. fol. palmato-digitat., &c., Linn. Hort. Upsal. p. 206. Hort. Cliff. p. 300. 
Bamia Manihot, Wall. Cat. n. 1926. 
Abelmoschus Manihot, Medic. Malvenfam. p. 46. 
Ketmia, fol. Manibot., &c., Dill, Hort. Eltham. p. 189, t. 156, fig. 189. 
Alcea, fol. Manihot., &c., Pluk. Amalth. p. 7, t. 155, p. 2. 
The specimens of II. Manihot, from which the figures 
published on Plates 1702 and 3152 of this work were 
taken, give no idea of the size and beauty of the flowers 
as here represented. It is a native of China and Japan. 
Linneus and, following him, Cavanilles and De Candolle, 
ive India as its native country, overlooking the testimony 
of the * Flora Japonica” and other works. It is, indeed, 
commonly cultivated in Indian gardens, having been intro- 
duced, according to Roxburgh, from China. The roots, 
which are large and soft, yield a mucilage used for stiffening 
Janvany Ist, 1901. 
