Hibiseus. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, 213 
less divided, even three-lobed ; divisions linear, near their 
apices dentate, pretty smooth on both sides; length and 
breadth of the whole leaves, from six to eight inches, Peti- 
_ oles shorter than the leaves, Stipules ensiform. Flowers ter- 
minal, and solitary from the terminal axills, peduncled, large, 
drooping, yellow. Calyx, the interior one constantly of five, 
large, ovate, permanent leaflets ;. the inner one spathiform, 
a little hairy, deciduous. Capsule linear-oblong, when ripe 
five-seeded, hairy. 
38. H. pungens, R. . 
Perennial, erect, ramous, every part armed with acute 
bristles. Leaves palmate ; division linear-lanceolate, some- 
what lobate, and deeply dentate-serrate. Stipules ensiform. 
Racemes terminal, Exterior calyx four-leaved, permanent. 
Capsule slender, acuminate, hairy, longer than the calyx. 
From Nepal Dr. Buchanan sent the seeds to the Botanic 
garden, where the plants blossom about the close of the rains 
and in the cold season. — 
Siem erect, as thick as a walking cane, and often continu- 
ing for two or more years, Branches ascending, all are 
round, green, and densely clothed, as is every other part of 
the plant, with innumerable, diverging, strong, acute bristles; 
which enter the skin like spines: Leaves long-petioled, al- 
ternate, palmate ; lobes linear-lanceolate, often lobate, and al- 
ways deeply serrate-dentate ; length and breadth of the whole 
leaf, from six to eight inches. Stipules broad-ensiform, or 
- Sub-lanceolate. Racemes terminal, Flowers drooping, ra- 
ther short-pedicelled, large, deep yellow. Bractes like the 
‘Stipules, Calyx ; the exterior one of four, large, broad-ovate, 
_ permanent leaflets ; the inner one five-toothed, Capsule of a 
long, thin, tapering, conical form, and much Jonger than the 
calyces, 
_ 39. H. heterophyllus. Vent. Mah, p.103.t.103. 
__ Arboreous. Trunk straight, armed. Leaves from palmate 
