120 MALVACEA. 
| 17, KOSTELETZKEYA. 
Kosteletzkeya, Pres}, Reliq. Heenk. ii. p. 180, t. 70; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 206. 
Herbs or shrubs, about ten species, restricted to America. | 
1. Kosteletzkeya cordata, Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 132. 
MEXIco. 
2. Kosteletzkeya coulteri, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. . p. 23. 
Norra Mexico, Sonora Alta (Coulter, 804). Hb. Kew. 
3. Kosteletzkeya hastata, Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 130. 
SourH Mexico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 4061). Hb. Kew. 
4. Kosteletzkeya hispida, Presl, Relig. Henk. ii. p. 182. 
MEXxioo. 
5. Kosteletzkeya paniculata, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 285. 
Nortu Mexico, mountain-pass near Cocospera river, Sonora (Schott), Bolafios (Hart- 
weg). Hb. Kew. 
6. Kosteletzkeya pentasperma, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 79. 
Mexico (Grisebach, loc. cit.).—Jamatca, EcuapDor. 
7. Kosteletzkeya sagittata, Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 131, t. 70. 
Kosteletzkeya asterocarpa, Turcz. 
- Nicaragua, Gulf of Fonseca (Sinclair).—West InpiEes, CoLtompia, &c. Hb. Kew. 
This probably should include KX. pentasperma and K. hastata. 
18. ARCYNOSPERMUM. 
Arcynospermum, Turez. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1858, 1. P. 191. 
«* Genus dubium Urenarum,” Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 199. 
1. Arcynospermum nodifiorum, Turcz. loc. cit. 
Mexico, Sierra San Pedro Nolasco (Jurgensen). 
Tribe HIBISCEA. 
19. HIBISCUS. 
Hibiscus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 846; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 207. 
A very large genus, comprising nearly 150 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees, dis- 
persed in nearly all tropical and subtropical countries of the world. 
1. Hibiscus abelmoschus, Linn., Sp. Pl. p. 980; DC. Prodr. i. p. 452. 
This species is commonly cultivated and naturalized in most tropical countries; and, 
according to Grisebach, it is said to be spontaneous in Gurlana and CanTraL AMERICA. 
