Tas. 8547. 
HIBISCUS Warmear. 
Hawaiian Islands. 
Matvacear. Tribe Hretscear. 
Hrstscus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 207; Hochreutiner 
in Ann. Conserv. et Jard. Bot. Genéve, vol. iv. p. 23. 
Hibiscus Waimeae, A. A. Heller in Minnes. Bot. Studies, vol. i. p. 8513 
Hochreutiner in Ann. Conserv. et Jard. Bot. Genéve, vol. iv. p. 182; affinis 
H. Kokio, Hillebr., a quo bracteis parvis reflexis, corolla alba, tubo 
staminali longissimo distinguitur. 
Arbor parva, usque ad 7°5 m. alta. Ramuli annotini circiter 4 mm. diametro, 
cortice saepius cinereo, cicatricibus folioram delapsorum prominentibus, - 
hornotini ut petioli pedicellique sordide purpurei, patule pilosi. Folia 
late elliptico-ovata vel suborbicularia, basi rotundata vel plus minusve 
cordata, apice obtusa vel subapiculata, 9-20 em. longa, 7-17 cm. lata, 
crenata vel crenato-serrata, supra glabriuscula, subtus puberula, nervis 
purpureis subtus prominentibus; petioli 4-10°5 em. longi; stipulae 
subulatae, caducae. Flores in axillis superioribus solitarii; pedicelli 
3-5 cm. longi, superne in basin calycis incrassati. Bracteae involucri 
6-8, reflexae, lineari-subulatae, circiter 1 cm. longae. Calyx tubulosus, 
sursum leviter ampliatus, ultra medium unilateraliter fissus, in toto 
3-3°7 cm. longus, extra breviter pubescens; lobi triangulares, acuminati, 
circiter 1 cm. longi. Corolla alba, limbo patulo; segmenta 11-12 cm, 
longa. Tubus staminalis usque ad 16 cm. longus, superne ut filamentella 
papillatus, ruber; filamentella irregulariter verticillatim disposita, 2-2°5 
em. longa. Ovariwm oblongum, breviter pubescens. Styli rami 5, 
leviter divergentes, stigmatibus capitatis—H. Arnottianus, H. Mann in 
Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. vii. p. 157; Sinclair, Fl. Hawaiian Isl. t. 8.— 
T. A. Spracug, 
The beautiful Hibiscus which forms the subject of our 
illustration is a native of the Hawaiian Archipelago, 
where it has been collected on the islands of Kauai, Oahu 
and Hawaii. It belongs to a small group of species 
which includes 4. Losa-sinensis, Linn. and its allies, 
for which Hochreutiner has proposed the sectional 
name Lilihiscus. All of these are shrubs or trees with 
large and showy flowers, and are natives of Africa, the 
-Mascarene Islands and Polynesia. The plant from which 
the material for our figure has been obtained was 
purchased as H. Arnottianus for the Kew collection from 
_ a Californian nursery company in 191]. In a sunny 
Apri, 1914, 
