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Hipiscus SPLENDENS. SpLenNDID Hisiscus. 
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Class and Order. 
MonapeELPuHiA PoLyAnpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—MaAtvacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. cinctus involucello sepius polyphyllo, rarius foliolis 
paucis aut inter se coalitis. Petala hinc non auriculata. 
Stigmata 5. Carpella in capsulam 5-locularem coalita, 
valvis intus medio septiferis, loculis polyspermis aut rarius 
monospermis. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hisiscus * splendens ; “ frutex, aculeis rectis basi tuber- 
culatis, corolla expansa extrorsum costis pluribus 
flexuosis tomentosis, calyce 5-fido laciniis acutis 3- 
nervibus carinatis, involucro multipartito laciniis line- 
ari-subulatis interdum ramosis calyce paulo brevio- 
ribus, pedunculo supra medio oblique articulato, foliis 
palmatis 3—5-lobatis lobis lanceolatis.” Graham. : 
Himiscus splendens. Frazer MSS. Graham in Edin. Phil. 
Journ. p. 175. 
Descr. Stem woody, in our specimen ten feet high, 
erect, round. Bark every where green, covered with short, 
stellated pubescence, interspersed with short, spreading, 
nearly straight, tubular acule?, arising from large, callous, 
glandular bases, which are red on the young parts of the 
plant. Branches axillary, woody, scattered, ascending, 
round. Leaves six or seven inches long, six inches broad, 
spreading, palmated, three to five-lobed, light green, re- 
ticulated, thickly covered with rather harsh, stellated, 
unbranched pubescence on both sides; lobes lanceolate, 
unequally serrated, ribs and veins prominent and aculeate 
below. ‘Petioles three to five inches long, nearly as long as 
the leaves, slightly flattened above, filled with pith, which 
is 
* For derivation, see t. 2891. (H. liliiflorus.) 
