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 Hibiscus Speciosus. Superb Hibiscus. 



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CTa/i and Order. 



Mo N A D E LP H I A Po L Y A N D R I A. 



Generic CharaFicr. 



GiU 2-plex: exterior .poly phyll us aut makifidus. Cap/. 5- 

 valvis, 5-locularis : loculis polyfpermis rasnis i-fperniis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



HIBISCUS fpeciofu s foliis glabris palmatis : lacrniis lanceo- 



latis Ferraris, caule pedunculis calicihufque laevibus. 

 Ait. Hart. Kezv. 2. p. 456. Linn. Syjh Nat. ed. 

 Gmel. p. 1063. 



Thofe who " admire Nature's clocks more than her watches," 

 will view, we prcfume, with Tome pleafnre our reprefentation 

 of this very fuperb fpecies of Hibifcus, a native of Carolina, 

 and cultivated here by Dr. John Fotheroii.l, in 1778. 



This fpecies is»akogether herbaceous, and from a perennial 

 root yearly throws up a item to the height of many feet, 

 clothed with foliage of a beautiful form and fmoothnefs, and 

 fupporting at its fummit feveral flowers, diftinguifhed for their 

 grandeur and richnefs of colour; thefe ufually blofTom in 

 Auguft, and if the plant be kept in the ftovc, as it molt, 

 commonly is, are followed by ripe feeds, by which it is molt 

 commonly propagated. 



In the Hort. Kew. it is marked as a greenhoufe plant ; it 

 may no doubt be prefcrved in the greenhoufe j there is even 

 no impediment to its growing in the open border, if placed 

 in a warm and fheltered fituation j and the only motive for 

 keeping it in the (love is its being found to flower there more 

 advaiiiageoully, and to ripen its feeds with more certainty. 



