182G 



* HIBISCUS Rosa sinensis. 

 Sln(jle-f Dice red C/nnesc liose Malloni. 



j\io>;adelpmia voja'akdiua. 



Nat. ord. Malvace.*:. 

 HIBISCUS—Siqrra, vol. X.fol. 29. 



§ IV. KETMIA. Carpella seu capsuloB loculamenta polyspernia. Semliia 



glabra. Coroll'ce expansse. Involucella 5-7-pliylla. Calvx 5-lobus non 



longitudinaliter ruptus D. C. prodr. 1. 448. 

 H. Rosa-shioisis ; caule inermi arboreo, foliis ovatis acuminatis glabris basi 



iiitegerrimis apice grosse dentatis subincisis, pedicelUs folii longitudine, in- 



volucello 7-phyllo. D. C. I. c. 

 H. Rosa Sinensis. Linn.sp.pl. 917. Lonr.fi. cochinch. 2. 419. Cac. diss. 3. 



1.69./. 2. 

 Flos Festalis. Rumph. Amh. book 6. chap. 11. t. 8. 



The double varieties of this species, crimson, yellow, 

 buff, and even white, are not uncommon in collections, but 

 the single state which is now represented, although muclt 

 handsomer, is comparatively rare. 



Instead of a crowd of ragged, unequal, ill-arranged petals, 

 destitute of all symmetry, occupying the centre of the flower, 

 we have a long graceful curved crimson tube, terminated by 

 a brush of bright yellow anthers, which surround five little 

 crimson velvet cushions of stigmas. 



It is easily propagated by cuttings, but requires a good 

 stove to flower in perfection. Our drawing was made in 

 that of the Horticultural Society in September 1834. 



According to Loureiro this species is spontaneous both 

 in China and Cochinchina ; where it is employed for many 



* See folio 1163. 



