Tab. 5702. 



hibiscus marmoratus. 



Marbled-flowered Hibiscus. 



Nat. Ord. Malyace^. — Mosadklphia Polyaxdbia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5406.) 



Hibiscus (Ketmia) marmoratus ; fruticosus, hirsutulus. foliis ovatis v. 

 ovato-cordatis integris v. obtuse 3-5-lobis subacutis creuato-dentatis 

 basi 3-5-nerviis, stipulis parvis subulatis, pedunculis 1-floris axillari- 

 bus petiolo multo longioribus supra medium articulatis, involucelli 

 foliolis 8-10 oblongo- v. hmceolato-spathulatis acutis patentibus calyce 

 brevioribus, calyce campanulato eglanduloso 5-fido lobis acutis, petalis 

 iuferne in tubum convolutis superne patentibus calyce multo longiori- 

 bus, lamina obovato-cuneata retusa roseo-maculata, columna staminea 

 gracili, stigmatibus capitellatis, ovulis numerosis. 



Hibiscus marmoratus. O. Lemaire in TIL Sortie, r. 3, February, 1856. /. 

 82. Planchon in Fl. det Serves, t. 1159. 



Abutilon marmoratum. Sort. 



This fine plant is a native of Mexico, whence it was im- 

 ported, in 1854, by M. Auguste Tonel, and flowered in the 

 following year in M. Verschaffelt's establishment at Ghent. 

 Tt has since been widely distributed ; and the specimen from 

 which the accompanying figure was made was raised from 

 seed sent by Dr. Anderson from the Calcutta Botanical Gar- 

 den in 1866, which flowered in February of the present year. 

 It is described as a greenhouse plant by Lemaire and 

 Planchon, but our specimen flowered in a stove. 



Descr. A pubescent or subhirsute branching shrub. Leaves 

 on rather short petioles, variable in shape, ovate, ovate-cor- 

 date or oblong-cordate, acute, entire or obscurely three- to 

 five-lobed, bluntly toothed, dark green and rugose on the 

 upper surface, paler below, three to four inches long, two to 

 four inches broad. Stipules small, subulate, persistent Pe- 

 duncles solitary, axillary, stiff, much longer than the petioles, 

 articulate above the middle. Flowers two inches and a half 

 long, and as wide across the petals. Involucel of eight to 

 ten spreading, obovate-oblong, or subspathulate acute green 

 leaflets, with subrecurved tips. Calyce tubular-campanulate, 

 APi:iL 1st, 1868. 



