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6. ABUTILON, Tourn. 
Ovules 3 or several in each carpel. Fruit of numerous 
membranous, 3- or more-seeded carpels, opening by the ven- 
tral suture and subpersistent. Other characters as in Sida.— 
Fl. Cap. i. p. 168. 
2 (or more) species in the Eastern districts of Natal. Herbs or shrubs, 
often with very soft, velvety, cordate, subentire leaves. 
Tribe 2. Urenem. (Gen. 7.) 
7. PAVONTA, Cav. 
Involucel 5-15-leaved, persistent. Staminal column naked 
and 5-toothed at the apex, bearing stamens on its outer sur- 
face. Ovary of 5 carpels, united round a central axis; styles 
confluent below, 10-cleft above; stigmas 10, capitate. Fruit 
of 5 indehiscent, 1-seeded carpels. — Fi. Cap. 1. p. 169. 
Shrubs or herbs, chiefly tropical or subtropical, variable in habit.—2 spe- 
cies from the Eastern district and 4 from Natal. 
Tre 3. Hrpiscem. (Gen. 8-10.) 
8. FUGOSIA, Juss. 
Involucels 3 or several, often small or deciduous, sometimes 
tooth-hke. Calyx 5-fid. Staminal column naked and 5- 
toothed at the apex, bearing stamens on its outer surface. 
Ovary 3-4-celled, cells 3- or many-ovuled ; style club-shaped 
at the summit, 3-4-furrowed, or divided in 38-4 short erect 
lobes. Capsule 3-4-valved.— #7. Cap. i. p. 587. 
Shrubs or half-shrubs, chiefly subtropical, with the habit of Hibiscus. 
Leaves entire or lobed, rarely parted. Flowers mostly yellow. Calyx and 
petals often black- dotted. 2 South African species: F. Gerrardi, found 
by Mr. Gerrard near Ladismith, Natal; F. triphylla, in Damaraland, by 
Mrs. Kolbe. 
9. HIBISCUS, Linn. 
Involucel 5—20-leaved. Petals expanded. Staminal column 
5-toothed at the apex, bearing stamens on its outer surface. 
Ovary 5-celled; style 5-cleft ; stigmas 5, capitate; ovules nu- 
merous. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, loculicidal, enclosed in 
the persistent calyx.— #7. Cap. i. p. 170. 
A large and varied tropical and subtropical genus, usually with large, 
handsome, bright-coloured flowers. Leaves entire or lobed, sometimes 
multipartite, often stellate-pubescent.—25 species, many of them endemic, 
mostly natives of the Kastern district and Natal. AH. Athiopicus, Linn., is 
found throughout the colony; and H. Trionwm, Linn., an equally dispersed 
(annual) weed of cultivation. 
