194 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. Hibiscus. 
be split into ten, the partitions are all double; five of them 
stronger, and rising from the middle of the five valves. 
Seeds, generally two, three, or four ripen, obovate-reniform, 
attached as in the germ. Jnteguments two in the fresh seed, 
Perisperm thin, of a dull white. Embryo curved, green. 
Cotyledons folded. Radicle curved, pointing directly to 
the umbilicus. The fibres of the bark may be employed as 
a very tolerable substitute for hemp. 
5. H. setosus. R. 
Leaves deeply cordate, crenulate, acute, downy under- 
neath, Tender parts thickly clothed with very long, stellate 
bristles. Flowers axillary. Exterior calyx ten-cleft, Cap- 
sule ovate, acute. Seeds very hairy. 
A native of Pein of Wales’ land, js i &e. > 
regi H. Sstiastineetsi Willd. iii, 812. aa 
Shrabby. Leaves ovate-cordate, rina phverintoy lucid. 
Stipules ensiform. Flowers axillary. Exterior calyx of 
from six to eight linear leaflets. eH 
Juva, the Sanscrit name. 
Beng. Joba, Juva, Oroo, 
- Shoe-flower of the English, because the or are fre- 
quently used for blacking shoes, as 
_ Schem pariti. Rheed. Mal. ii, t. 17. 
Flos festalis. Rumph. Amb. iv. t. 8. 
Of this beautiful shrub there are several varieties, viz- 
ingle’ and double red, single and double yellow, and white. 
Ihave only found it in a cultivated state, however the single 
sort is found wild in the interior parts of Hindoostan. 
It continues in flower te — ome of — vt hens in _ 
gardens kA 5 albey! acts ‘iu ole 
7. H. pheeniceus. Willd. iii. p. 813. bg Are 
Shrubby. Leaves scslielianiadear a dentey veal Sti- 
putes subulate, Peduneles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. 
