54 



Shoa (dedit FranqiievUle anno 1862) ; Ankober, Roth, 53 ; Alio 

 Amba near Ankober, Roth, 150 ; Kambata, about 7° 30' N., 38° B., 

 nearly 1,800 m., Wellby ; without precise locality, Plowden. 



The sinde flower of Plowden's specimen examined had only 

 30 stamens, the lowermost whorl being absent. 



One of the best characters of H. crassinervius is the shape of 

 the bracteoles, which are distinctly broadened towards the apex. 

 The bracteoles and calyx are much more densely clothed with 

 stellate hairs than in H. aponeurus. 



Hibiscus crassinervius, yar. minor, Sprague ; calycis lobi* 

 triangularibus staminibusque paucioribus a typo recedit. 



Bracteolae 9-10, 3-5-5 mm. longae, supeme parum dilatatae. 

 Cafym- tubus 2*5 mm. longus ; lobi triangulares, acuminati, 

 £5-3 mm. longi, basi 2-2*5 mm. lati. Petala 2 mm. adnata. 

 Mamma 25, in verticillos tres disposita, quorum duo superiores 

 uecandn, inhmus pentandrus. Ovarii loculi 5-ovulati. 



Eritrea Northern slope of Mi Bizen, 1,700-1,800 m., 

 Schwem/urth <fc Biva, 2053. 



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dXeuce: ,t iff t0 ^ *™ ***«". If the above-mentioned 



mfno would h™ /T* • ° w c ? nStantl >' ^^ated, then var. 

 minor *,onld have to be raised to the rank of a subspecies. 



HibiLaew\\ a ZT 8 ' S ^ m ^ .^ mchinson [Malvaceae- 



piliB stellatis supra pnLS; ifk^* 010, lata ' semilata ' a8 P*™ 

 petioli 2-10 mm P wf r; ^ US tomente1 ^ vel pube^entia 



denique ex iisHem axilM^.,,. i ^f imum solir ' arii ^ axillis, 



acutae, 3'5-6'5 mm lon^e ^1 oT, e8 V6 \ linea ^-s«bulatae, sub- 

 extra pilis 2-4-rad at^intn • • ° * m ' Iatae ' basi vix connatae, 



antrorsis simplicibus ve bLdS 'SKS ?*" "P*™ P ilis 

 ,nf — - 1 - 1 - - uirauidtls minute apptesse pubescens 



inco^picm 8 additis. Petala obW« k nerV18 subr nargmalibus 

 M mm. lata, basi 3-4 SK!^ ^ CI ^ ^^ 

 » ve r ticill 0s qualuor g^™*- J*™ 1 ""? «J forma typica 35 



00-1-5 mm. supra petala iC t ' ^ , ,nfimn8 P e "tandrus 

 prnmaus ; filamentelia 1-2 m n j'^? " , deCandri «lamentellis 

 Wga, 1-0-2 mm. ultra verliciXm *? 5 columua tota 12-15 mm 



toment.lhun, loculis 5-7-ovulati 2S ^ Um ' ™nute aibo- 



' 8t>l1 ^ lab " Pars communis 



