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exceeding the leaves, 3 to 5 em. long; bractlets about 7, linear, obtuse, 

 about the length of the calyx, united at base; carpels 5, glabrous, separ- 

 ating from the axis, dehiscent at apex, 2-winged above, dorsal suture 

 prominent, wings rounded at apex, no teeth or awns. 



Near P. spicata, Cav., but differs in being nearly glabrous, the smaller 

 and obtuse leaves, axillary inflorescence and having the carpels rounded 

 at the apex. 



P. spicata, Cav. Diss. iii. 1787. P. racemosa, Sw. FI. 



Ind. Occ. ii. 1800. Althcea racemosa, Sw. Prod. 1788. 

 Port Antonio. 

 P. Spinifex, (L.) Cav. Diss. iii. 1787. Hibiscus, L. 



Syst. x. 1759. Porus. 

 P. Typhalea, (L.) Cav. Diss. ii. 1786. Urena, L. Mant. 



ii. 1771. 



Blue Mts.; Bog Walk; Porus; Port Morant; Port 

 Antonio. 



Malvaviscus, Adans. Fam. 1763; Dill. Hort. Elth. 1732. 



M. arboreus, Cav. Diss. iii. 1787. Hibiscus Malvaviscus, 

 L. Spec. 1753. 



Port Antonio ; Grand Cayman. 

 Var. pilosus, (Macf.). Malvaviscus pilosus, Macf . El. 

 Jam. 1837. 

 Blue Mt. Peak. 



Hibiscus, L. Gen. 1737. 

 H. esculentus, L. Spec. 1753. 



Cat Is. ; Lucea. 

 H. tiliaceus, L. Spec. 1753. 



Port Antonio. 

 H. vitifolius, L. Spec. 1753. 



Kingston. 



II. Bosa- Sinensis, L. Spec. 1753, Port Antonio, &udH. Sabdariffa, L. (1. c), 

 Lucea, cultivated and apparently escaped. 



Thespesia, " Soland." in Correa, Ann. Mus. ix. 1807. 

 T. populnea, (L.) Corr. 1. c. 1807. Hibiscus, L. Spec. 

 1753. 



Nassau; Kingston; Grand Cayman. 



