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Page 176, next Hibiscus cannabinus, L., introduce, 
20* H. Natalitius (Harv.) ; annual, thinly sprinkled with simple 
or stellate hairs ; stem and petioles prickly ; leaves on long petioles, 
deeply 5—7-lobed, the lobes acute or acuminate, crenate-toothed, gland- 
less ; flowers axillary (small), subsessile ; involucel of g-10 subulate, 
hispid leaflets, shorter than the ovate, acute, glandless, sparsely pilose 
calyx-lobes ; capsule veiny, ciliate ; seeds glabrous, granulated, 
Has. Palmiet R., near the Umgena, Natal, Gerrard and McKen! (Herb. D.) 
A tall, leafy species, 4-5-feet high, allied in several respects to H. cannabinus, but 
with different foliage and calyx, and much smaller flowers. Petioles 3-4-inches 
long. Leaves as long as broad ; lobes 2 inches long, inch wide, lower surface 
rather paler. Corolla yellow, witha dark centre, about 1} inch in diameter. More 
perfect specimens are needed to establish the species. 
Page 177, after Hibiscus Surattensis, introduce : 
23. H. Gibsoni (Stocks) ; annual, glaucous, sparsely setulose ; leaves 
petiolate, digitate, 3-5-phyllous ; leaflets ovato-lanceolate, acute, or 
acuminate, coarsely serrate, glabrous or sprinkled with a few trifid 
bristles ; stipules subulate ; peduncles longer than the leaves, spread- 
ing, jointed just beneath the flower ; involucel of 8-10 rigid, stellately 
patent, setulose and pungent leaflets ; calyx deeply parted, its segments 
ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-ribbed, ciliate ; seeds glabrous. 
Has. Damara land, Miss Elliott! (Herb. D., Hk.) es ive 
A tall, sparingly branched plant, 2-4 feet high? Stems purplish. Foliage re- 
markably pale. Flowers yellow with adark purple eye. Stamens few, in interrupt- 
ed whorls. Stigmas clavate. Remarkable for its star-like involucel. It is a native 
of the Deccan and of Afghanistan, and was also found by Dr. Kirk in 8. E. Africa. 
*aet® Tnvolucel wanting. 
24, H. Elliottie (Harv.); suffruticose, finely stellato-pulverulent and 
canescent ; branches virgate ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenulate; stipules 
setaceo-subulate; peduncles axillary, equalling the leaves; involucel 
none; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate ; petals stellate along the 
dorsal ridge ; ovules 3 ; seeds (young) quite glabrous. 
Has, Damara land, Miss Eliott / (Herb. T.C.D.) : 
A slender undershrub, clothed with very minute, yellowish stellulate pubescence. 
Leaves 1-1} inches apart. Petioles 3-4 lines long. Lamina j-1 inch long, 3-3 
inch wide. Flowers an inch across, bright scarlet or crimson. Staminal column 
antheriferous in the middle. Very unlike any Cape Hibiscus ; but closely related 
to H. denudatus (Benth! Sulp. p. 7. t- 3.), a native of Lower California and New 
Mexico, from which it scarcely differs save in the more minute pubescence, the 
smaller flowers, and the glabrous seeds. It is also allied to H. micranthus, L., a 
native of North Africa and tropical Asia ; but differs in pubescence, want of invo- 
lucel, and in the glabrous seeds. 
Page 17%, after Paritium, introduce : 
XJ. FUGOSIA, Juss. 
Involucel 3 or several leaved, often small or deciduoi 8. Corolla and 
Stamens as in Hibiscus. Ovary 3-4 celled ; cells 3 or several ovuled ; 
style club-shaped, either 3-4 furrowed at the point, or shortly cleft into 
