Hibiscus:] XXI. malvace^. 209 



Glandular viscid and rigidly setose. Leaves broad-cordate 



or orbicular 17.^. settdosus. 



Leaves deeply divided. 



Glabrous or nearly so. Calyx f in. long. Capsule hispid . 18. H. pe}ifaphjUns. 

 Hirsute and deusely setose. Calyx not J in. Capsule gla- 



^i'ous 19. jt; geranioides, 



femall velvety-tomentose shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves shortly 

 lobcd. 



Bracteoles several, subulate ..,.*. 23. iT. Kr'iclmi'ffanus, 



(See also 8, R, Pinonianus, and 7, H. microchlanu^) 



Bracteoles 5, broaJly ovate 22. H. Normani. 



lall shrub, scabrous, tomentose or hirsute. Leaves deeply divided 25. H. Huegelii. 

 Tall coarse herbs or shrubs, densely tonieutose and often setose. 



Bracteoles small, subulate. Capsule very prominently angled . 20. H, vitifoUus. 



Bracteoles dilated above the middle. Capsule not angled . -. 21. E. panchtriformis, 



§ 6. Bracteoles united at leaaf at the base, Cahjx Vi-Iobed, 



Tomentose shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves crenate or broadly and 

 shortly lobed. 



Involucral teeth or lobes short or broad. Filaments long and 



few. Calyx lobes obsciirely nerved 24. iT. Sturliu 



Invohicral bracts united at the base only. Filaments short and 



numerous. Calyx lobes 1-nervcd, with thickened margins . 14. B. zonatus. 

 tall shrub, glabrous, scabrous or toracntose-hirsute. Leaves 



deeply divided 25. 77. nuegellL 



Wabrous tree. Leaves broad-cordate, entire 26. -ff. tiViacexis. 



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!• H. ficulneus, Linn.; DC. Frod. i. -±48. An erect annual of several 

 feet, glabrous except a few scattered liairs on the leaves, and a velvety pubes- 

 cence on the racemes and calyces. Leaves orbicular, 2 to 3 in. diameter, the 

 lower ones with 5 or 7 short broad lobes, the upper ones more deeply divided. 

 With obovate or oblong lobes, all usually crenate. Flowers white, turning nt 

 length reddish, on short pedicels, in a* terminal leafless raceme. Bracteoles 

 i^^v, small and so deciduous as only to be seen on the very young buds. 

 Calyx about ^ in. long, shortly 5-toothed, splitting laterally and deciduous. 

 ■Petals 1 in. or rather more, glabrous. Capsule ovoid-oblong, acute, 5-angIpd, 

 pubescent. Seeds haiiy. — Abelmosclmfcnlnem,^. et Arn, Prod, i, 53; 

 W^igtt, Ic, t. 154 ; A. alborubens, P. MueU. Fragm. i, 67. 



N. Australia. la basaltic tropical and subtropical plains, F. Mueller. 



Queensland. Fitzroy plains, F. Mueller ; Rockbampton, T/io:et. 



The species is common in some parts of the E. Indian peninsula, and includes H. strlctus, 

 Koxb. ri. Ind. iii. 206, and probably also H. prostrattis, Ro\b. I.e. 208. The plant figured 

 *^y l^eichenbach. Icon. Exot. t. 161, with persistent broad bracts, is a different species. 



2. H, rKodopetalus, F. Muell. Herb. An erect or decumbent coarse 

 ^^nual, of 1| to 3 ft., more or less hirsute with long bristly hairs. Leaves 

 (except the lowest) more or less deeply 5 -lobed, the lobes of the lower ones 

 snort and broad, of the upper ones oblong or lanceolate, often 2 to 3 in. long, 

 more or less toothed, the lowest leaves often entire and cordate, and the 

 uppermost lanceolate-hastate. Flowers large, red, on axillary pedicels longer 

 taaa the petioles. Bracteoles 8 to 12, linear, distinct, persistent, usually 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx pubescent, 6 to 7 Hues long, minutely 5- 

 toothed, splitting laterally and deciduous. Petals \\ io above 2 in. long. 



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