J98 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. HlbisCUS. 



clotlird niib niucli stellate down. Leaves alternate, petioled, 

 froui sub-rotund, with the anterior mavoin, three-lobed on the 

 young- plants, to cordate and entire on the old ; above pretty 

 smooth, but hairy with stellate down underneath ; from three 

 to seven-nerved, with a gland on the base of the middle one 

 only ; length and breadth from two to six inches each way. 

 Petioles round, ferruginous. Stipules subulate, caducous. 

 Flowers campanulate, very large, of a bright yellow, with a 

 very deep crimson bottom, short-pedicelled, and disposed 

 tw o, three, or four alternately, on small entire, leaf-bearing 

 branchlets, which issue from the exterior axills of the larger 

 branches, forming- a large leafy panicle. Bractes caducous, 

 small, and rarely to be seen. Calyx ; exterior of an uncer- 

 tain number of small subulate, caducous leaflets; hmer five- 

 parted ; divisions with subulate points. Capsule ovate, vil- 

 lous, of the size of a nutmeg'. Seeds wwiwevowH. The young 

 trees are now plentiful in the Botanic garden at Calcutta and 

 very ornamental ; the flowers being large, and the colour 

 (yellow and crimson) particularly bright. 



15. H. ietralocularis. R. 



Sub-arboreous. Leaven cordate, three-lobed on the ante- 

 rior margin, mealy. Peduncles axillary, bearing from one 

 to four or more alternate flowers. Exterior calyx of three or 

 four minute, caducous leaflets ; the inner one truncated, with 

 five remote, subulate segments. Capsules four-celled. 



Telinff. Condapatti. 



Found on the hills of Coromandel, and is allied to H. Lam- 

 pas, which grows on the hills of Rajemahl and on the banks 

 of the Ganges; but differs from it in having a four-celled 

 capsule. Flowering time, the rainy and cold seasons. 



16. H. CO I Unas. R. '« 



Arboreous. Leaves cordate, three-lobed, repand, smooth. 

 Exterior calyx of from eight to ten lanceolate, waved, per- 



