eo - -mentose and hispid avi 
172 MALVACER (Harv.) _——[Hitbiscus. 
Has. In the Great Karroo, between Graaf Reynet and Uitenhage, BE. & Z.! 
(Herb. Sond.) aS. Sth ee 
Apparently a branching shrub, nearly glabrous except on the oles, pedunctes 
and calyx, which latter are thinly covered with prominent, glandular-bristly-tuber- _ 
cles, like miniature hedgehogs. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 4 inch broad, Flowers 
said to be purplish. I have only seen a single, imperfect specimen. 
6. H. mutabilis (Linn.) ; stellato-tomentose, without prickles ; leaves 
on long petioles, subcordate at base, acutely 5-7-angled or somewhat 
lobed, unequally toothed ; peduncles fromthe. axils of the upper 
leaves elongate, jointed below the flower ; invol. of 8—10 linear-leaflets, __ 
half as long as the ovate-acuminate, 5-nerved calyx-lobes ; corolla ex- 
panded. DC. Prod. 1. p. 452. Bot. Reg. t. 589. 
Has. South Africa, (probably Natal,) Drege/ (Herb. T.C.D., Hook.) 
A large shrub or small tree, more or less tomentose. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 
and broad. Flowers crowded round the ends of the branches, large and hand- 
some ; white when they first open in the morning, reddish at noon, and bright- 
crimson towards evening. It is a native of India and China, and has long been 
_ cultivated in English hot-houses. Its South African habitat is questionable. 
7. H. physaloides (Guill, & Per. Fl. Sen. p. 52.) ; herbaceous, tall ; 
stem, petioles and peduncles tomentose, and hispid with long, patent, 
Sub-simple hairs ; leaves on long petioles, cordate at base, 5-angled or _ 
5-lobed, the lobes deltoid-acuminate or cuspidate, crenate, velvetty 0D 
the upper, tomentose and somewhat hispid on the lower surface ; pe- 
duncles elongate, axillary or in a terminal pseudo-raceme ; invol. of 10 
eee patent or reflexed, curved leaflets half as long as the 
above the middle ; invol. of 10-12 mi- 
much shorter than the semi-quinquefid, 
ules acuminate, hispid ; seeds glabrous. 
Macallisberg, Burke & Zeyher | (Herb. Hook. 
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