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l. Paritium filiacewn, Linn. Hibiscus Guineensis, DC., Prod. 
5, p. 454, non Don.—Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Nun River, 
Vogel. 
2. Paritium quinquelobum, Hook. fil.; ramis puberulis, petiolis 
elongatis pubescentibus peduneulis foliisque super punctis 
minimis asperis, foliis late cordato-rotundatis coriaceis 3-cus- 
pidatis v. dense 8-lobis suberoso-dentatis super. puberulis 
subter ad nervos stellatim pilosis, floribus in racemum sub- 
spicatum axillarem folio squilongum dispositis, involucelli 
foliolis ealyce brevioribus, calyce capsulam vix superante.— 
Hibiscus quinquelobus, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1. p. 482.— ^ 
Sierra Leone, Don. 
Ramuli ultimi herbacei, teretes, crassitie penne anserine, striati, 
pube sparsa siniplici v. stellata. Folia 5 unc. longa, 7 lata, 
basi profunde cordata, sinu lato v. contracto. Pedunculus 
axillaris, strictus, 9 unc. longus, basi nudus, superne ramosus, 
ramis abbreviatis. Pedicelli brevissimi, 2 lin. longi, basi 
bracteolati, bracteolis nune foliaceis. Calyx 5 lin. longus, 
Cano-pubescens ; involucelli foliolis subulatis. Corolla (pur- 
purea?) 13 unc. longa. 
There are three other W. African Paritia: P. virgatum, 
Guill. et Perr., P. sterculiefolium, G. et P., and a third unde- 
scribed species—all from Senegal. 
l. Abelmoschus esculentus, Wight et Arn.—Hibiseus esculentus, 
Linn.—W. Africa, (cult.) 
2. Abelmoschus moschatus, Mcench.—Hibiseus Abelmoschus, 
Linn.—Grand Bassa, Vogel; Senegal. 
l. Hibiscus vitifolius, Linn. ; B. caule patentim piloso, foliis ca- 
lyceque pilis fulvis stellatis, —H. strigosus, Schum. et Thonn. 
Beskr. p. 314—Cape Coast, Vogel. 
This differs from the usual East Indian state of the plant, in 
the greater villosity and many stellate sete, or hairs, which, 
together with*the toothing of the leaves, are very variable 
characters, In some varieties, the whole plant is merely hoary. 
2. Hibiscus physaloides, Guill. et Perr., Fl. Seneg. p. 59—H. ad- 
scendens, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1. p. -— Thomas, 
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