B'ibiscus. monadf.lPhia polyanDria. 203 



and arc very ornamental ; the seed ripens early in the hot 



seat on. 



24. H. hi It us. Buck. 



Annual, erect, very hairy. Leaves from cordate-lobate to 

 hastate- palmate, and finally simple and linear. Racemes 

 terminal. Exterior calyx ten-leaved ; the inner one spathi- 

 form. Capsule ovate, hairy. 



Alcea moschata villosissima. Pluk. Aim. t. 127./*. I. 



A native of Mysore, from thence the seeds were sent by Dr. 

 Buchanan to the Botanic garden Avhere it blossoms about the 

 close of the rains. 



Jioot animal, ramous. Stem erect, with several spreading 

 branches near ihe ground, all are round and very hairy, height 

 of the whole plant about two feet. Leaves alternate, petiol- 

 ed ; shape very various; the lower ones being from simple to 

 from five to seven-li»bed, about the middle of the plant has- 

 tate, or deeply three lobed, while those near the top amongst 

 the flowers are small, linear, and nearly entire ; all but those 

 among the flowers deeply serrate, and very hairy. Petioles 

 nearly as long as the leaves. Stipules subulate, incurved, 

 and like the rest of the plant hairy. Racemes terminal, soli- 

 tary. Flowers large, yellow, with a red bottom. Bractes 

 like stipules. Culijx ; the exterior one about ten-leaved, per- 

 manent ; the inner one spathiform, dropping with the corol. 

 Capsule ovate, five-angled, very hairy. Seeds numerouSi 



This species comes nearer H. Abelmoschus, particularly in 

 the pubescence, flower and pericarp, than any other I know. 



25. H. pumiius. Roxb. 



Annual, erect, downy. Leaves serrate; the inferior ones 

 cordate, the middle ones three lo!)ed ; the superior ones lan- 

 ceolate. Exterior calijx minute. Stifjinas hairy. Capsule 

 shorter than the inner calyx. 



Solandra lobata. JSTu. Syst. Ve(jel. 623. 



This is rather a rare plant on the Coromandel coUst, a ua- 

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