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Class and Order. 
Monavetpnra Poryanpria. 
ees Generic Character. 
Cal. duplex : exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 5. Caps. 
5-locularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hisiscus cannabinus ; foliis serratis : superioribus palmatis 
quinquepartitis subtus uniglandulosis, caule aculeato, 
floribus sessilibus. Sp. Pl.979. Willd. 3. p. 822. Reich. 
3. p. 362. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 256. n. 44. Martyn Mill. 
~ Dict. n.26. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 228. Roxb. Corom, 
2. p. 48. t.190. Burm. Ind. p. 152. : 
Higiscus cannabinus : caule herbaceo glabro, foliis superi- 
oribus palmatis serratis uniglandulosis, floribus sessilibus, 
calycibus glandulosis. Cav. Diss. 3. p. 148. t. 52. | a 
Hisiscus vitifolius. Mill. Dict. ed.8.n.18. | 
Atcea benghalensis spinosissima, acetose sapore, flore luteo 
pallido: umbone purpurascente. Commel. Hort. 1. p. 35. 
t. 18. a 
Kerra indica, foliis digitatis, flore magno sulphureo: umbone 
atro-purpureo, petiolis spinosis. Khret. t. 6. f. 1. 
Kermta indica vitis folio, magno flore. Tournef. Inst. 100. ? 
Kermra indica cannabinis foliis, Bangue dicta. Burm. Zeyl. 
135. Rejectis synonymis pluribus ; non est quidem 
planta, ex qua Bangue Indorum paratur. 
Gone-Kura of the Talingas. 
This plant is cultivated in the East-Indies, both as a pot~ 
herb and for the manufacture of a coarse kind of hemp ; the 
leaves having a pleasant acid taste, not unlike sorrel, and the 
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