82 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD. 
acuminatiSj pctalis (albis) obloiigis obtusis sub-8-ncrviis margine ciliolatisj carpellis inennibus 
glabrlusculis. ^ . Cerro dc Ancon, Panama. 
A shrub about G feet high ; leaves from 2^ to 3 inches long, and from 1 to 1^ inches broad ; flowers 
white, and about 4 lines across. The species appears to be allied to Pavonia corymlosa, Willd., and 
P. diuretica, St. Hil. 
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47. Hibiscus Phceniceus, Willd., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 453. — H. betulcBfoHus, Benth. iu 
Bot. Sulph. p. 68, fide spec, in Herb. Hook. ! Taboga (Barclay) ; Panama, but apparently not wild. 
48. Malvaviscus mollis, De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 445.— i^f. popuHfoHus, Presl, Reliq. H^nk. 
vol. ii. p. 135 ? Volcano of Cbii'ic^ui. 
49. Malvaviscus ^i/o5M5, De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 445. Panama. 
50. Malvaviscus Acapulcensis, H. B. K., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 445. Panama. 
This genua will doubtless have to be reduced to a few species, the whole being very variable ; the 
pellucid dots, which have been considered as characteristic of some species only, are common to all, though 
in some cases they are but small. 
51. Abelmoschus esculentus, Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. vol. i. p. ^Z.— Hibiscus 
esculentus, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol, i. p. 450. Nomen vernacul. ":Saju.'' Cultivated. 
The unripe capsules of this plant are used for thickening soup. 
52. Paritium Hliaceum, Adr. Juss., Wiprs. Rep. vol. i. p. 311.— Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn., De 
Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 454.— Nomen vernacul. ^'Majagua." Common on the sea-beach of both the 
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans ; Chagres (Fendler) . 
The fibre is used for making ropes, which however arc not very diu-able. The plant is diffused over 
the tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres ; the most northern station is Oahu, Sandwich 
Islands (Sccmann), the most southern the Capo of Good Hope. In America it has been found in the fol- 
lowing places:— Cuba (Prazer), Jamaica (Purdie, M'Fadyen), Demerara (Parker), Surinam (Hoatmann), 
Vera Cruz (Galeotti), Ecuador (Sinclair), Peru (Hartweg), Galapagos Islands (Edmonston), llha do Gover- 
nador (Gardner), and Bahia (Salzmann). 
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53. Gossy-piv-siBarhadense, Linn., De Cand. Prodr, vol. i. p. 456.— Nomen vernacul. " Algodon 
de Castilla, seu Algodon de rinon." Cultivated in gardens, and naturalized in various parts, but 
always in the vicinity of dwellings. 
The cultivation of Cotton on a large scale has not yet been attempted in the Isthmus ; the produce of 
the plants which are hero and there raised is merely used by the difierent families for making wicka for 
lamps, etc., and does not form an article of export. 
54. SiDA linifolia, Cav., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 459. In sunny places near Panama. 
55. SiDA acvta, Burm., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 460.— S^. stipulata, Cav., De Cand. 1. c. 
p. 460 ! On the road-sides ; Agua Dulee ; Nata ; Panama. 
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56. SiDA rkombifoHa, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 462.— .S. Canariensis, Willd. Sp. vol. iii. 
p. 755 \—S, Hondensis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. vol. v, p. 260 !— Nomen vernacul. " Escobilla.*' 
Common throughout the country up to an elevation of 3000 feet; Chagres (Fendl. no. 13). 
This Httle shrub is used for making brooms, hence its popidar name Escobilla, and is common on the 
