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shape, brown, rough, finely striated. Collected December 4, 1862. Flowers pink or flesh-colour, very 
pretty. In flower and fruit November and December.—J. А. С.) 
Plate ХП. fig. 1. Involucel and calyx; fig. 2. Fruit; fig. 3. Seed; fig. 4. The same, 
enlarged. 
15. Нївївс08 ЗАВОАВТЕГА, L.; DC. Prod. i. 453; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 204. 
Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! Much cultivated in the tropics. 
[Native name *tocos-was." Bushy woody plant, 3 feet high, cultivated in Unyoro, where its seeds 
are roasted, ground into meal, and eaten mixed with water. Leaves generally insect-eaten, with hairs 
upon both sides. Outer calyx of 9 or 10 equal fleshy green segments; inner calyx of 5 equal pale 
yellow segments, with 2 ribs. Petals yellow. At 2° S. lat. the natives eat it as spinach. The bark is 
made into beautiful rope, but the fibre is short.—J. А. G.] 
16. HIBISCUS CANNABINUS, L. ; DC. Prod. i. 450; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 204. 
Hab. Mininga, Col. Grant! Cultivated extensively in warmer regions of the Old 
World. 
[Common about corn-fields at Mininga, 4? 18' lat. In seed and flower in April.—J. A. G.] 
17. Нївївс08 cossYPINUS, Thunb.; DC. Prod. i. 453; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 205. 
Var. Suffrutex, stellatim setoso-hirtus ; ramis subvirgatis ; foliis ovatis, obtusis, serrulato- 
dentatis, utrinque pilis brevibus stellatis tomentoso-hirtis; stipulis subulatis, petiolo 
æquilongis; floribus axillaribus, solitariis v. in racemos foliosos terminales subcongestis ; 
involucri bracteolis 8-12 subulatis hirtis, calyce hirsuto acute 5-fido brevioribus; corolla 
calyce 2-plo longiore ; capsula ellipsoideo-globosa, obtusa, calycem 2-plo superante, valvulis 
hirtellis ; seminibus gossypinis. 
Rami elongati, teretes, pilis stellatis brevibus scabride hirti. Folia ovata, obtusa, serrulato-denticulata, 
utrinque stellatim hirta, 3-1 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata; petiolus $ poll. longus. Stipule subulatæ, petiolo 
subæquilongæ v. breviores. Pedunculi 3-1 poll. longi, hirti. Jnvolucrum bracteolis lineari-subulatis 
rigidiusculis hirtis, calyce brevius. Calyx hirsutus, profunde 5-fidus, lobis lanceolatis, acutis. Corolla 
rosea, calyce 2-plo longior; petala obovato-elliptica. Capsula obovoideo- v. ellipsoideo-globosa, obtusa, 
5-valvis, valvis ellipticis hirtiusculis glabratisve, 4-4 poll. longis. 
Hab. Karagué, Dec. 1862 (No. 215 of App. Speke's Journ. p. 627, as H. crassinervis, 
Hochst.), Col. Grant ! | 
_ [A woody plant, 1 to 4 feet high, with a bare stalk, growing in the valleys and, sometimes, on the hills 
of Karagué. Stem round, all covered with white rough stellate pubescence; lower stem bare, grey, 
and rough. Corolla pink ; seeds black, irregular in shape, and covered with long down.—J. А. б.) 
This plant, although regarded by Dr. Masters as A. gossypinus (and, in technical characters, no doubt 
correctly so), yet approaches H. crassinervis very nearly, and differs in several minor characters from the 
true H. gossypinus, which was also collected by Col. Grant on grassy slopes in Karagué (No. 162 of 
App. to Speke’s Journ. 627), and to which the following note applies. 
[A woody plant, stems round, covered with brown straight hairs. Leaves numerous upon the stem and | 
n tufts; corolla and staminal column white. Seed-vessel less than a nutmeg, and same shape. In 
flower November. On the grassy hill-slopes of Karagué.—J. А. G.] 
Plate XIV. fig. 1. Flower after the removal of the petals and stamens ; fig. 2. Fruit ; 
fig. 3. Seed; fig. 4. The same, enlarged. 
18. HIBISCUS ESCULENTUS, L.; DC. Prod. i. 450; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 207.— 
Abelmoschus esculentus, Wight et Arn. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. i. 93. 4. Bammia, 
Webb, Fragm. Fl. Æthiop. 48. | | 
