( 1911 ) 
Hisiscus rapiatus. Rayep Hraiscus. 
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Class and Order. 
_Monapetpaia a 
Generic Character. 
Cal. duplex: exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 5. Caps. 1- 
locularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hisiscus radiatus; aculeatus, foliis palmato-digitatis quinque- 
partitis serratis, stipulis lanceolatis, calycibus ciliatis 
eglandulosis: externo decem-radiato, caule fruticoso. 
Hisiscus radiatus; caule frutescente viridi aculeato, foliis 
3 palmatis digitationibus lanceolatis dentatis, floribus bre- 
viter pedunculatis. Cavan. Diss. 3. p. 150. t. 54. f. 2. 
Hisiscus radiatus ; foliis serratis septem-s. quinque-partitis 
paimatis, laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis, caule petiolis 
pedunculis calycibusque aculeatis, calycibus exterioribus — 
decaphyllis aristato-ciliatis. Willd. Sp, Pl. 3. 824. 
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Hireiscus radiatus was raised in the garden, at Madrid, — 
by Professor Cavaniiues, from seeds sent him by Sir Josepa 
Banxs. It differs trom cannabinus, with which it has been 
confounded, in being shrubby, not an annual ; in its leaves 
being more deeply divided into five segments, and wanting 
the gland at the base of the midrib ; in having the outer calyx 
the length of the inner, ten-rayed, more spreading, and the 
inner calyx without glands. It has the same acid taste as 
cannabinus. Like surattensis (1356) each segment of the 
Outer calyx is furnished with a little appendix near the tip, 
but not nearly so remarkable as in that, and indeed some- 
times scarcely yisible, and often not at all in the dried plant 
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