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HIBISCUS Wrayae. 



Mrs. Wrai/s Hibiscus. 



MONADELPHIA POLTANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Malvaceae, 



HIBISCUS. Botanical Register, vol. l.fol. 29. 



§ Azanza, DC. Capsules loculi polyspermi. Semina glabra. Involucellum 

 monophyllum multidentatwn. Caules fruticosi, arbor escentes. 



H. iVrayee ; caule fruticoso tomentoso, foliis palmatis cordatis tomentosis : 

 lobis obovatis pinnatifidis laciniis rotundatis subcrenatis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus bifloris foliis longioribus, involucello 15-dentato, stigmatis 

 laciniis linearibus revolutis. Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 149. 



Staminum tubus edentulus. Ovarium 5-loculare ; loculis polyspermis, 

 phragmate verticali nullo ; ovulis angulo centrah affixis. Petala lilacina, aci- 

 naciformia, valde obliqua, apiculata ; latere altero rectiusculo, altera dilatato 

 rotundato. 



The first knowledge I had of this plant in a living state 

 was from specimens obligingly sent from Cheltenham by Mrs. 

 Wray, of Oakfield, a lady who has been singularly successful 

 in raising rare and beautiful plants, and after whom this 

 species has been named. It subsequently flowered abun- 

 dantly in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, having 

 been obtained from Swan River seeds, collected by Mr. 

 Drummond. 



It is a greenhouse shrub of very easy cultivation, grows 

 luxuriantly in any common soil, and attains the height of 

 8 or 10 feet in one season, if planted in the border of the 

 conservatory. 



The plant in the Garden of the Horticultural Society has 

 been in flower for two months, and will continue to produce 

 a succession of bloom throughout the winter and spring. 



It is easily propagated by either cuttings or layers. 



