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Hisiscus MANIHOT. PALMATED-LEAVED | 
HIpziscus. 
Clafs and Order. — 
MonapvELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 
Generic Charatter. 
Cal. duplex : exterior polyphyllus, Stigmata 5. Caps. 5- 
locularis poly{perma,. = 
HIBISCUS Mambot ; foliis palmato-digitatis feptempartitis, 
caule petiolifque inermibus. Sp. Pl. 980. Willd. 3. p. 825. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p.229. Mart, Mill. Difl.n.29. Sabbat. 
Hort. 1. t. 56. Knipb. Cent... 47. Cav. Diff. 3. p. 172. 
t. 63. f. 2. Thunb. Fap. 272, 
KETMIA folio manihot ferrato, flore amplo fulphureo. Dill. 
Elth. 189. t. 156. f. 189. 
ALCEA finica manihot ftellato folio, capfula longa pilofa pyra- 
- midata quinquefariam divifa, Pluk. Amalth. 7. t. 355. f. 2. 
This beautiful flower is a native of China and Japan, and has 
at times been cultivated in this country fince the year 1712, at 
which period it was fent to the Royal Society as one of the fifty 
fpecimens annually delivered from the Apothecaries Garden at 
Chelfea. : : 
The genus H1isiscus contains many plants fo differently 
organized, that they might be advantageoufly divided into feverak 
genera. Our friend Mr. Brown has feparated this fpecies with 
fome related ones, having an internal deciduous calyx burfting 
on one fide, and a long pyramidal capfule, and formed them 
into a diftinét genus, under the name of Bamia; but has not, 
as yet, publifhed on the fubjeét. 
Communicated by Mr. Sweet, of the Stockwell N urfery. 
Flowers in Auguft and September. _Is treated as a ftove fhrub ; 
but is probably more hardy than is fuppofed, as has been found 
to be the cafe with moft Japan plants, <a 
