That this belono's to the section of the genus Hibiscus 

 caWed Azanza by M.DeCandolle is evident, if its short toothed 

 involucre and shrubby habit are considered. But Azanza is 

 referred by both Endlicher and the authors of the Flora Sene- 

 gambia? to Paritium, a genus founded upon the Hibiscus tilia- 

 ceus of Linnaeus, and having for its principal character a spu- 

 rious vertical dissepiment in the middle of each cell of the 

 fruit. As I have not examined the species of Hibiscus in- 

 cluded under Azanza in DeCandolle's Prodromus, I am 

 unable to say how far they correspond in this important cir- 

 cumstance ; but it is quite clear from the shewing of the 

 authors of the Flora Senegambise that their new sorts of 

 Paritium are destitute of the essential character of that genus, 

 and consequently are merely species of Hibiscus ; and most 

 assuredly that now figured, although a genuine Azanza, is 

 equally destitute of the character of Paritium. So that 

 Azanza must still be retained as a section of Hibiscus, not- 

 withstanding the establishment of the genus Paritium. 



