210 MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, Hibiscus, 
cannabinus, and this is one of the best marks to distinguish 
them by. 
It is an elegant plant when in blossom, the flowers being 
amongst the largest of the genus and the colours bright. 
34. H. longifolius, Willd, iii, 857. 
Annual, bristly. Leaves palmate, serrate; lobes lanceolate, 
Flowers axillary, solitary. Hxterior calyx of from eight to 
ten linear leaflets ; the interior one spathiform. Capsules sub- 
cylindric, Seeds numerous. 
Beng. Dharoos, 
Teling. Bendee. 
Hind, Ram toorai. 
I have not found this plant wild. It is much cultivated 
throughout India, in the gardens of both natives and Euro- 
peans, 
Root ramous, annual. Stem erect, ramous, from three to 
six feet high, round, towards the base somewhat ligneous,and 
in a good soil as thick as a man’s wrist, tender parts covered 
with sharp bristles and often spotted with purplish specks, 
Leaves alternate, petioles the inferior ones only angular, about 
the middle of the plant palmate, while the superior ones are 
sub-digitate, with the divisions lanceolate-oblong, all are ser- 
ate, and somewhat bristly ; the general size of the whole leaf 
is from eight to twelve inches each way. Petioles round, 
bristly, as long as the leaves, generally more coloured then | 
the stem, or branches. Stipules often paired. Flowers axil- _ 
lary, solitary, short-peduncled, very large, pale yellow, with 
a dark crimson bottom, Calyx; the exterior one from six to 
twelve-leaved ; leaflets linear, bristly, caducous; the inferior 
one spathiform, bursting on one side, of a remarkably soft 
texture. Corcl, stamens, and germ as in the genus, Stigmas 
as many as the cellsin the capsule. Capsule from six to twelve — 
inches long, and about one in diameter, somewhat Lristly, 
particularly the ridges, their number corresponding with that 
