194 MONADELPHIA DODECANDR1A. HihisCltS. 



be split into ten, the partitions an; all doiiMe; five of them 

 stronger, and rising from the middle of the five valves. 

 Seeds, generally two, three, or four ripen, obovate-reniform, 

 attached as in the germ. Integmnents two in the fresh seed. 

 Pensperm thin, of a dull white. Embri/o curved, green. 

 Cotyledons folded. Radicle curved, pointing directly to 

 the umbilicus. The fibres of the bark may be employed as 

 a very tolerable substitute for hemp. 



5. H. setosus. R. 



Leaves deeply cordate, crenulate, acute, downy under- 

 neath. Tender parts thickly clothed with very long, stellate 

 bristles. Flowers axillary. Exterior cahjx ten-cleft. Cap- 

 sule ovate, acute. Seeds very hairy. 



A native of Prince of Wales' Island, Chittagong, &c. 



6. H. Rosa-sinensis. Willd. iii. 812. 



Shrubby. Leaves ovate-cordate, grossly-sorrate, lucid. 

 Stipules ensiform. Flotvers axillary. Exterior calyx of 

 from six to eight linear leaflets. 



Ju\a, the Sanscrit name. 



Beng. Joba, Juva, Oroo. 



Shoe-flower of the English, because the flowers are fre- 

 quently used for blacking shoes. 



Schem pariti. Rheed. Mai. ii. t, 17. 



Flos festalis. Riimph. Amh. iv. t. 8. 



Of ihis beautiful shrub there are several varieties, viz. 

 sinole and double red, single and double yellow, and white. 

 I have only found it in a cultivated state, however the single 

 sort is found wild in the interior parts of Hindoostan. 



It continues in flower the greatest part of the year in our 

 oardens. 



7. H. plidcnicens. Willd. iii. p. 813. 



Shrubby. Leaves cordate-serrate, acute, villou«. Sti- 

 pules subulate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. 



