Tai!. 7816. 

 HIBISCUS ScoTTi. 



Native of Socdtra. 



Nut. Ord. MalvacevE. — Tribe Hibisce.e. 

 fiennH Hibiscus, Linn. ; (Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 207.) 



Hibiscus (Ketraia) Scoiti; frutex v. arbuscula, ramia erectis riinniliH(|iio 

 stellatim tomentojtis, foliia petiolatis ellipticis ovatis Biibrliombeisve 

 obtusis integns v. subtrilobia dentais crenatisve basi cordatis cnneatis 

 V. rotundatis palmatim 3-5-nervii8 supra saturate viridibus stellato- 

 pubescentibus subtus pallidis pilis stellatis S-furcatis immixtis hispidis, 

 petiolo g— 1 poll, longo. stipulis subulatis, floribus axillaribua, pedanculis 

 validis erectia 2-3-pollicaribas 1-3-iloris, bracteis cadacis, involucelli 

 bracteis 10-12 ^g^-pollicaribus lineari-lanceolatis stellatim hispidulis 

 calyce cynthiforrai involucello jequilongo irregulariter fisso, corollaj 2|-3| 

 poll. diam. saturate auresQ fundo sauguineo, lobia rotnndatis, columna 

 staminea tota antherifera apice truncata, antheris orbicularibus, stylo 

 stigmatibaaque globoais atro-sanguineis, capaula globosa v. late ovoidea, 

 ^ poll. diam. glabra, valvis 5 laevibus, semimbas renifortnibus piloais. 



H. Scotti, Balfour fil. in Proc. Hoy. Soc. Edinh. vol.xi. (1882) p. 603; in Trans. 

 vol. xxxi. p, 32, tab. v. A. 



The very beautiful plant here figured was discovered 

 by Mr. Scott, who accompanied Dr. J. B. Balfour, F.R.S., 

 during his exploration of the Island of Socotra, under llio 

 auspices of the Royal Society of London and the British 

 Association in 1879. Dr. Balfour describes it as a sinall 

 tree, growing on the slope of Haghier, near Adho Dunckd, 

 and elsewhere, at considerable elevations. 



Seeds of H. Scotti were received by the Eoyal Botanical 

 G-ardens, Edinburgh, in 1899, from Dr. H. 0. Forbes, 

 Curator of the Free Public Museum of Liverpool, who 

 visited Socotra in 1898-9. From these plants were raised 

 that flowered in those gardens June, 1901, which 

 furnished the specimen here represented. 



Judging from native herbarium specimens, the plant 

 has greatly benefited' by its. transport from the arid 

 rocks of Socotra to a hot-house in Scotland. Its nearest 

 aUies are if. KirJcii, Mart., of Mozambique, and the widely 

 spread Indian and African H. pandurasformis, Burm. 



Descr. — A large bush or small tree more or less 

 Jancary 1st, 1902. 



