Hibiscus, MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. 195 



Exterior calyx iVoni five to six-leaved. Jlnthers in vcrti- 

 cels. Capsules globular. JSeeds woolly. There is a variety 

 Avitli pure white flowers. 



Beng. Lall Soorywniwni, the red-flowered variety. Shwet 

 Soory«ui«, the white-flowered one. 



Teiinij. Yerra-«alla-burta, tlie red variety ; and Telia the 

 white. 



Sjasmin. Rheed. Mai. x. p.X. t. \. 



Found in most parts of India. Flowers chiefly during the 

 rainy season, though more or less the whole year. 



8. ^.fragrans. R. 



Arlioreous, tender parts hairy. Leaves cordate, serrate. 

 Flowers axillary and terminal. Calyces equal, and both 

 equally five- cleft. 



Kniurh^r the vernacular name in the Silhet district, where it 

 is indigenous, growing to be a small tree, producing, during 

 the cool months of December and January, a profusion of 

 large, while, fragrant flowers ; the seeds ripen in two or three 

 months after. 



9. H. syriacfis. Willd. iii. 818. 



Shrubby, straight. Leaves rhombiforra, with the anterior 

 margins grossly crenate, often sub-lobate, tolerably smooth. 

 Stipules filiform. Flowers axillary, short-peduncled. Ex- 

 terior calyx of from six to eight subulate leaflets. 



H. rhomhifolius. Cavan and Willd. iii. 818. 



Like H. Rosa- sinensis, there are many varieties of the plant 

 cultivated in India. 1 have not yet found it in its wild state. 

 The leaves vary from rhomboidal to three-lobed. I have 

 therefore little doubt of H. rhomhifolius of Willdenow and 

 Cavanilles being the same. 



10. rigidus. Willd. iii. 815, 



Shrubby, rigid, straight, scabrous, thin of branches. Leaves 

 from round to ovate-lanceolate, serrate, scabrous. Stipules 



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