228 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Don; Valley of St. Domingo, St. Yago, Cape de Verds, 
J. D. Hooker.* 
3. Hibiscus asper, Hook. fil.; caule erecto superne angulato 
suffruticoso tuberculis minimis sub-aculeato, foliis patentibus 
longe petiolatis petiolo scabrido palmatim 7-partitis utrinque 
asperulis, lobis linearibus acutis obtusisve integris v. sinuato- 
dentatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis, 
involucelli laciniis subulatis calycem pilosum zequantibus.— 
Sierra Leone, Miss Turner, (in Herb. Hook.) : 
Statura, habitusque H. cannabine, sed major, caule inermi, 
foliisque 7-lobis. Flores 14 unc. diam. 
A very fine species. The petioles and laciniz of the leaf are 
3-5 inches long. i 
4. Hibiscus Guineensis, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1s p. 481, non DC. ; 
caule herbaceo inermi piloso (pilis furcatis), foliis sublonge 
petiolatis late rotundato-cordatis superioribus 3 cæteris 5-lobis 
obtuse serratis utrinque sed subter præcipue pilosis lobis 
acutis acuminatisve, pedunculis brevibus clavatis axillaribus ; 
v. in racemum dispositis hispido-pilosis, involucelli foliolis 
lineari-subulatis calycem capsulamque zequantibus, calycis 
segmentis appresse pilosis ovato-subulatis sinu obtuso, corolla 
ampla, capsula ovato-globosa acuminata hispido-strigosa, 5€- 
minibus angulatis vix tuberculatis.—St. Thomas, Don. 
The above description closely accords with Wight and Ar- 
nott's (Prodr. Flor. Pen. Ind. Or. p. 49) character of Wallich's 
H. lunarifolius; and indeed the only distinction I can trace 
between this and original specimens of the E. Indian plant 15, 
that in the latter, the calyx and involucellum are considerably 
longer than the fruit, in H. Guineensis shorter than that 
organ. 
The Hibiscus cannabinus of the E. Indies is also a native 
of Senegal, and a fifth species, from the same country, H. verru- 
cosus, Guill. et Perr., is described in the Flora Senegambiz. 
5. Hibiscus Surattensis, Linn.—Accra and St. Thomas, Don. ; 
Senegal. Also an E. Indian species. 
* Omitted above, p. 107. 
