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8. Hibiscus micranthus, Linn., f. Suj)j)l. (1781) p. 308, Shrubby, 

 erect ; brauches slender, terete, stellately hairy. Leaves 1-2 in. long 

 (in Sind specimens often smaller), more or less scabrid and hairy, ovate, 

 acute or obtuse, serrate, sometimes cordate ; petioles i-1 in. long, often 

 very short towards the top of the plant ; stipules -^ in- long? subulate, 

 hairy. Pedicels longer than the petioles, reaching 1^ in. long, slender, 

 jointed above the middle. Involucral bracts 6, filiform, hairy, longer or 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx short, deeply divided ; lobes lanceolate, 

 hairy. Corolla small, pink or pink and white, stellately hairy outside. 

 Stamens in tufts on tiie staminal-tube. Capsules ^^-fV ^>^' ^'^ diam., 

 globose. Seeds reniform, cottony. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 335 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 20 : Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 1, p. 153 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 127.— Flowers : Oct. 



Common. Konkan: SfocAs] Deccan : Ahineclnagar, Tulligauin, Cooke I; Poona, 

 Woodrow ! Gujarat : Kathiawar, Dahell £,• Gibson ; Broach and Kaira, Woodrow ! S. M. 

 Country: Bifchie,'2l0\ 8ind: widely, Woodrow. — Distrib. Tropical Africa, Ceylon. 



7. Hibiscus sindicus, StocLs, in Hook, Ic. Plant. (1852) t. 802. A 

 subspinous much-branched shrub, scarcely 1 ft. high ; branches terete, 

 light-colored, stellately tomeutose. Leaves jy-1 iu. long, cuneate, 

 obovate, retuse or truncate, toothed at the top, subsessile, more or less 

 stellately hairy ; stipules subulate. Pedicels short, axillary, solitary. 

 Livolueral bracts 6-8, linear-acute, connate at the base, much shorter 

 than the calyx. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, longer than the capsule. Flowers 

 very pale yellow ; petals longer than the calyx, twisted into a tube below. 

 Anthers in a globose head. Capsules globose, smooth. Seeds clothed 

 with long white wool. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 33(J ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Xat. V. 11 (1897) p. 127. 



SiND : rare, BaLell, 7 ! ; Jemadar ka Landa, near Karachi, Stocks, 450 !— Distrib. 

 Beluchistan. 



S. Hibiscus intermedius, A. Bich. Tent. Fl. Abi/ss. v. 1 (1847) 

 p. 58. A weak-stemmed annual ; stem slender, hispid with deflexed 

 aculeiform simple or stellate white hairs. Leaves 1-2 in. long, pellu- 

 cido-punctate, deeply 3-7-lobed (lobes again more or less irregularly 

 lobed or toothed), cordate or truncate at the base, upper surface sub- 

 glabrous, lower slightly stellately-hairy ; petioles 1-2| in. long. Pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, shorter than the petioles. Involucral bracts strap- 

 shaped, hairy, shorter than, or equalling the calyx. Calyx-lobes lanceo- 

 late, hispid on the nerves beneath. Corolla 1 in. long, pale yellow with 

 purple centre, exceeding the calyx. Capsules hispid, beaked. Seeds 

 numerous, black, clothed with minute rigid uiiicelhilar shining, more 

 or less tufted hairs. Fl. B, I. v. 1, p. 336 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 127. H. scandens, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 20. 



SiND : Stocks, 480!, Dalzell, f) ! Gujarat: Kathiawar, Balzell, 5!— Distrib. 

 Arabia, tropical Africa. 



9. Hibiscus Solandra, VUh\ Stirp. v. 1 (1784) p. 103, t. 49. 

 Herbaceous, erect. Leaves orbicular-ovate, obtuse or acute, with a few 

 simple and stellate hairs, crenate (upper leaves often palmately lobed) ; 

 petioles |-1^ in. long, slender. Flowers arranged in a terminal lax 

 raceme ; pedicels 1-1^- in. long, jointed near the top. Calyx divided to 

 about the middle, pubescent ; lobes lanceolate, prominently 3-nerved. 

 Involucral bracts 0. Corolla ^ in. long, white ; petals obovate. Capsules 



