Hibiscus.'] MalvacecT. i^j 



A small, slender, much-branched tree, with smooth bark, 

 young parts tomentose with stellate and simple hairs ; 1. large, 

 4-6 in., roundish, cordate at base, more or less deeply 

 palmately 3-lobed (on young shoots 5-lobed), lobes acute, 

 coarsely dentate, more or less stellate-hairy on both sides, 

 paler beneath, petioles 1-3 in., stellate-hairy, stip, setaceous; 

 fl. large, 4 in. or more, ped. larger than petiole, stellate-hispid, 

 bracteoles 8, foliaceous, linear-lanceolate, undulate, attenuate, 

 hairy ; sep. as long as bracteoles, connate half way, broadly 

 lanceolate, attenuate, hairy on both sides ; capsule i| in. 

 globose, depressed or pointed, very densely and coarsely 

 hairy; seeds smooth. 



Forests of the dry country ; common. Fl. Jan., Feb.; pale pink or 

 white, with deep red-purple centre. 

 Also in Peninsular India. 

 A beautiful flowering shrub or small tree well worthy of cultivation. 



4. K. lunariifolius, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 811 (1800). 

 Thw. Enum. 401. C. P. 3634. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 338. Wight, Ic. t. 6. 



A large perennial erect herb, stem 6 ft. or more, branched,, 

 densely felted with rigid stellate hairs ; 1. 2-3 in., rounded- 

 ovate, subcordate at base, more or less 3-5 lobed, coarsely 

 serrate-dentate, slightly stellate-hairy on both sides, petiole 

 very long, 2-4 in., stip. very small, subulate; fl. large, 4 in., 

 on very short, stout, densely hispid ped., thickened at the top 

 and closely placed at end of branch forming a racemose inflor., 

 bracteoles 5, linear, attenuate, as long as sep. ; sep. triangular, 

 with long attenuate apex, stellate-hairy ; capsule | in., globose, 

 pointed, densely stellate-hispid ; seeds reniform, rough v.ath 

 distant stellate scales. 



Low country ; rare. Near Kandy, in Dumbara Dist. (Thwaites). 

 Between Kandy and Peradeniya. Fl. Jan.; yellow, with very dark purple 

 centre. 



Also in Southern India, Burma, and Trop. Africa. 



5. H. micranthus, L.f. Stippl. Plant. 30S (1781). Perumaddi, T. 



H. 7'igidus,'L. f. Suppl. PL 310; Moon Cat. 50. Thw. Enum. 26. 

 C. P. 1 1 26. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 336. 



A rigid, erect, much - branched perennial herb or small 

 shrub, 3-5 ft., stems scabrid with harsh, stellate, appressed 

 hairs ; 1. small, |-i in., ovate or oblong, obtuse or acute at 

 base, acute at apex, coarsely dentate-serrate, stellate-hairy on 

 both sides, petiole slender, \~l in., hairy, stip. setaceous; fl.. 

 numerous, f in., ped. ^-i in., jointed near top, bracteoles about 

 8, very small, setaceous ; sep. small, connate at base, linear- 



