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Hibiseus trionum. 
L. sp. 981 ; H. trionoides, Don Gen. Syst. i. 483 ; H. tridactylites, Lindl. in 
Mitch. "Three Exped.; H. Richardsoni, Sweet in Bot. Regist. 875. 
Herbaceus, erectus, stellari-subhirsutus, caule terete cum petiolis 
semiteretibus tuberculato-aspero, foliis glabriusculis ambitu subcor- 
datis tri-quinquepartitis passim trifidis, inferioribus nunc indivisis, 
lobis trifidis vel pinnatifidis crenato-dentatis obtusis vel acutius- 
culis, stipulis lineari-subulatis petiolo multo brevioribus, pedunculis 
axillaribus solitariis unifloris apicem versus articulatis, involucri 
7—ll-secti segmentis linearibus acutis appressis fere calycem di- 
midium zquantibus, calyce membranaceo diaphano inflato strato 
demum clauso ad medium 5-fido, laciniis deltoideis subacuminatis 
basi plieatis, petalis obtusis glabratis basi ciliatis, filamentis in 
apice columns fasciculatis anthera pluries longioribus, capsula 
globoso-ovata hirsuta, loculis 6—10 spermis, seminibus glabris 
nitenti-nigris minutim tubereulatis. equi 
In planitiebus fertilibus presertim basalticis, e. g., Brisbane 
River, inter flumina Burnett et Dawson, Nepean, Peak Downs, 
Darling, Hastings River, Cooper's Creek, Victoria River, Sturt's 
Creek, aliisque locis juxta- v. intratropicis. 
. Herba i-3' erecta, interdum tuberculis destituta, sepe annua. 
Radix pluripollicaris, flexuosa, livida, fibrillas tenues copiose ex- 
serens.  Petioli 1-12" longi. Folia 1—3" longa, ima interdum or- 
bicularia vel ovata, sinu baseos obtuso vel imperfecto, lobo termi- 
nali longiore, lateralibus postice profundius incisis. Stipule diu 
persistentes, 2-3" long:. Pedunculi petiolos vix superantes. Calyx 
florifer semuncialis, decolor, margine eum striis 20 szpe tubereu- 
latis virens, post anthesin fere uncialis, laciniis tune conniventibus. 
Petala uncialia, albida eremorea v. flavida, fundo lete v. saturate 
rubra. Columna ad basin papillis albis cylindraeeis conspersa, 
inferne filamenta plura diminuta ananthera gerens, ochroleuca. 
Filamenta fertilia apicem versus sigillatim conferta, rosea. An- 
therz cum polline aures. Styli breves. Stigmata rubella, depresso- 
globosa, subtilissime puberula. Capsula 6-8" longa, obtuse apicu- 
lata. Semina lineam paulo excedentia. nj 
Speciei vulgivage notas hie traditas e plantis Australasicis 
- Solum evolvi. 
Hibiscus panduriformis. 
; Burm. Flor. Ind. p. 151, t. 47, f. 2. zt 
Erectus, fruticosus, ramis teretibus tomentoso-velutinis passim 
simul hispidis, foliis rotundo-cordatis angulatis vel obscure 3—5 
lobatis irregulariter denticulatis repandisve petiolo teretiusculo 
paulo vel duplo longioribus supra virentibus et tenuiter tomentellis 
subtus dense cano-velutinis, stipulis lineari-subulatis caducis, pedun- 
culis axillaribus et terminalibus solitariis unifloris supra rarius 
