Hibiscus. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, 209 
serrate ; the inferior cordate ; towards the middle of the plant 
palmate, with lanceolate, acute lobes; at the top simply 
linear-lanceolate, Stipules subulate. #lowers axillary ,short- 
peduncled. Exterior calyx of seven subulate leaves; the 
inner one bristly and glandular. 
Beng. Mesta pat. 
_ Hind. Puloo. 
Teling. Gung-kura, 
Native place uncertain, Cultivated during the rainy sea- 
son. The leaves are used as a pot herb,and the bark for hemp. 
_ 83. H. radiaius. Willd. iii. 824. : 
Perennial, prickly. Leaves palmate ; lobes lanceolate, ser- 
rate. Stipules ensiform. Flowers axillary. Calyx bristly, 
the exterior one oi eight or ten, linear, sub-bifurcated divi- - 
sions, 
Native place uncertain, but it is common in gardens about 
Calcutta, where it blossoms during the cold season. 
Stem short, scarcely ligneous, though existing two or three 
years, Branches numerous, inating, and ascending, armed 
with small prickles; generally the length of the plant, from 
five to six feet, Leaves alternate, palmate, rarely simple; 
lobes generally five in young plants, in old ones fewer, and 
broader-lanceolate, deeply and acutely serrate ; smooth on 
both sides, from four to five inches long, by one heise Pe- 
tioles armed, and nearly as long as the leaves. Stipules en- 
siform. lowers axillary, solitary, short-peduncled, very 
large ; the exterior two thirds of the petals yellow, and spread- 
ing horizontally ; the inner third deep crimson, and formed 
into a bell. Calyx ; the exterior one of from eight to ten nar- 
row-linear, bristly segments, which like H. furcatus, and bi- 
Sureatus, have each a small additional segment, growing from 
the disk a little within the apex; the inner calyx five-cleft, - 
longer than the exterior bristly segments, three-ribbed, and 
rather without the large gland in the middle of rachel as a 
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