ABELMOSCHUS. MALVACEA. à 59 ' 
nifolius, Wall.! L.n.1901.—H.? coriaceus, Heyne mst —H. pterospermoides, 
Wight mss. Mysore and Madura, on high hills. 
IX. ABELMOSCHUS. Med. 
Calyx 5-toothed, spathaceous, deciduous, surrounded by a 5-10-leaved 
often very caducous involucel. Ovarium 5-celled ; cells with many ovules. 
Style 1, 5-cleft atthe apex. Stigmas 5. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, loculi- 
cidal, polyspermous. Seeds naked. 
- 192. (1) Ab. esculentus.(W.& A.:) stem herbaceous, hairy, without prickles: 
leaves on longish’ petioles, cordate, with 3-5 obtuse lobes, strongly toothed, 
scabrous on both sides, with short appressed rigid hairs ; pedicels very short : 
involucel-leaves 10, deciduous: capsule pyramidal, elongated, acuminated.— 
Wight! cat. n. 206.—Hibiscus esculentus, Linn.; DC. prod. 1. p. 450; Spr. 
syst. 3. p. 102 ; Cav. diss. 3. t. 61. f. 2. 
- 193. (2) A. angulosus (Wall.:) stems herbaceous, not prickly: leaves on 
long petioles, cordate, 5-lobed, unequally toothed ; lobes ovate acuminated ; 
upper side pubescent with short softish hairs, under slightly tomentose: pe- 
dicels rigidly and horizontally hairy, about as long as the petioles: involucel 
falling off long before the flower-buds open: calyx conical from a broad base, 
sepals only slightly cohering: capsule ovoid, acute, very hispid.— Wall. ! L. 
n. 1927 ; Wight ! cat. n. 202.——Neelgherries. : 
So fugacious is the involucel that we have not been able to see it on our 
specimens. : 
194. (3) A. rugosus (Wall. :) all over hispid with bristly hairs, except the 
pedicels: stems herbaceous, not prickly: leaves on long petioles, tomentose, 
toothed, 5-lobed ; the two lower lobes usually oblong, slightly obtuse, point- 
ing downwards, and scarcely diverging ; upper ones lanceolate, acuminated : 
pedicels shortish, arranged in a longish terminal raceme without leaves: in- 
volucel-leaves 10, setaceous, persistent: capsule ovoid, very hairy.— Wall. ! 
L. n. 1923 ; Wight ! cat. n. 203.—Madura hills. 
195. (4) A. moschatus (Moench:) stem herbaceous, hispid with spreading 
hairs, not prickly : leaves, and long petioles, hispid with rigid hairs but other- 
wise ponie unequally and coarsely toothed, deeply 5-7 lobed; lobes all 
Spreading, oblong or lanceolate, acuminated : pedicels harshly pubescent, axil- 
» about as long as the petioles: involucel-leaves 6-10, linear, hairy, some- 
what persistent: capsule oblong, acuminated, hairy.—Wall. L. p. 87.n. 1915; 
Wight ! cat. n. 203.—Hibiscus moschatus, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. t. 1503.— 
H. Abelmoschus, Linn. ; DC. prod. 1. p. 452 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 104.—H. longi- 
folius, Willd. ; DC. prod. 1. p. 450; Spr. syst. 3. p. 102; Wight! in Wall. L. 
^. 2699.—H. pseudo-abelmoschus, Blume (not Roxb.)—H. flavescens, Cav. 
diss, 3. p. 174. t. 70. f. 3. (according to Poiret in Encycl. Meth. 3. p. 364) ; 
DC. prod. 1. p. 454. —Rheed. Mal. 2. t. 38.——Madura and Courtallum. —— 
196. (5) A. ficulneus (W. & A.:) stem herbaceous, prickly with small 
Sharp tubercles: leaves on long petioles, hispid with short hairs, palmately 
lobed, upper ones 3-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse, narrowed towards the 
; unequally toothed: pedicels about half the length of the petioles, 
per ones arranged in a leafless raceme : involucel-leaves 5, lanceolate, usually 
_ yery caducous: calyx oblong, acuminated, 5-toothed, hispidly tomentose : 
ut ovoid, harshly tomentose.—Wight! cat. n. 205.—Hibiscus ficulneus, 
Linn. ; DC. prod. 1. p. 448 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 102 ; Wall. ! L. n. 2697.—H. si- 
nuatus, Cav. diss. 3. t. 52. Ff. 2. (bad).—Lagunea aculeata, Cav. diss. 3. p. 173. 
t. Tl. f. 1. (pretty good) ; DC. prod. 1. p. 474; Spr. syst. 3. p. 123; Lam. ill. 
t. 9T1.— Dill. hort. Elth. t. 157. f. 190.——Naturalized at Trevalore near Nc- 
Sapatam, but a native of the southern provinces of the Peninsula. 
