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Hisiscus Genevi. Larce Purpeie-cyep 
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Class and Order. 
MonapeELPHiA PoLyANpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matvacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx cinctus involucello sepius polyphyllo, rarius folio- 
lis 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 
l-spermis, D. C. | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hisiscus Genevii; arborescens, inermis, foliis subrotundo- 
ovatis basi integris versus apicem grosse serratis 5- 
nerviis glabris, calyce 5-fido, involucellis 8-phyllis, 
(floribus speciosis albis fundo purpureis), petalis cune- 
id glabris patentibus, seminibus appresso -pilosis. 
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Sisisctis Genevii. Bojer, in Mém. sur une nouv.esp. d’ Hi- 
biscus, lu ala Soc. d’ Hist. Nat.de Maurice, 
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Descr. Stem fourteen to fifteen feet high, clothed 
a smooth, grey bark. Branches lax, erecto-patent, 
ed, the younger ones tinged with red, or dotted with ; 
Leaves alternate, petioled, roundish, or approaching to 
petiole, the lateral ones less distinct. Petioles rounded, 
scarcely longer than the leaf, thickened upwards, sometimes 
coloured, at the base having a pair of setaceous, deciduous 
stipules. Peduncles axillary, solitary, single - flowered, 
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