Hibiscus.] Malvacece. 151 



obtuse, glabrous, veined ; cal. | in., campanulate, with 4-5 

 very obtuse, shallow lobes ; pet. i in., erect, oblong, dilated 

 and rounded at the revolute ends, densely covered within with 

 snail glandular papillae ; stam. included, the basal tube very 

 short, forming a cone round ov., ov. globose, glandular, styles 

 f in., exserted, more or less hairy, stigmas large, globose, 

 densely pilose ; fr. over -\ in., globose, 8-ribbed, stellate-hispid, 

 enclosed in persistent cal. and bracteoles. 



Low country ; very rare. Bank of the Uma-oya near Kindegoda, 

 14 miles from Badulla, at about 2000 ft. First collected in April 1854, in 

 fruit. 



Fl. Feb. June, July, Oct.; yellow, red inside. 



Endemic. 



The erect overlapping pet. present the appearance of a campanulate 

 corolla. The young leaves are a brilliant lake-pink. 



The description is from trees flowering in the Botanic Garden, raised 

 .from seed of the wild plant. 



8. HIBISCUS, L. 



Herbs, shrubs or rarely trees ; fl. axillary and solitary, or 

 in an erect terminal raceme; bracteoles 4-12, rarely o, dis- 

 tinct or rarely connate ; sep. 5, more or less connate into a 

 5-lobed cal., or quite combined and spathaceous ; pet. 5, 

 staminal tube antheriferous for whole length ; ov. 5-celled, 

 with several ovules in each cell, styles 5, more or less connate, 

 stigmas spreading ; fruit a capsule, 5-celled or (spuriously) 

 lo-celled, loculicidally dehiscent ; seeds numerous. — Sp. 150; 

 33 in FL B. Ind. 



Capsule 5-celled. 



Sep. connate for % length or less. 

 Bracteoles distinct. 



Bract. 10-12, with leafy appendages. 



Stip. semi-cordate, auricled . . i, H. surattensiS. 

 Stip. linear-lanceolate . . . 2. H. furcatus. 

 Bract. 5-8, without appendages. 



Tree ; bract, foliaceous . . , 3. H. COLLINUS. 

 Herbs ; bract, setaceous or linear. 

 Stem densely stellate-hairy ; bract. 

 Stem finely scabrid ; bract. 8 



Stem slightly pubescent ; bract. 5-8 6. H. VITIFOLIUS 



5 4. H. LUNARIIFOLIUS. 

 5. H. MICRANTHUS. 



H. PANDUR^FORMIS. 

 8. H. SOLANDRA. 



Bracteoles connate at base 

 Bracteoles o {Lagunea) . 

 Sep. combined for whole length into a 

 spathaceous calyx {AbebnoscJms). 

 Bracteoles setaceous, distinct. 



Bract. 5-6, very fugacious . . . 9. H. FICULNEUS. 



Bract. 8 10. H. Abelmoschus. 



Bracteolesovate, connate for whole length 11. H. angulosus. 

 Capsule lo-celled {Paritium) . . .12. H. tiliaceus. 



