48 



urn. llA ^ n VUl\jHl 



is probably spiral. 



staminai column and 

 to determine, but it 



Hibiscus 



--. wm m xz^ (flW 6 yvssypinus, inuno., appears to be white, 



1/7 6V ^ ntS in the Tro P ical African specimens : see the labels of 

 Meter, Manganja Hills, and Johnston, 93, Kilimanjaro, both in 

 the Kew Herbarium ; also the note by Grant in Trans. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. xxix., p. 37, referring to Grant, 162. 



The pink-flowered "variety" of H. gossypinus, de 



H. Hilde 



of the corolla of H. 



H. shirenai* fmrl r>tl 



anv i n Hir.of; nn i xT ""*«"* ojjwiiueus 01 a. gossypinus nave 



Harvey if H?rv i° ^T^ the flowers on the labels, but 

 flow a ™%Z' an T d h So*.*- F1 ; <»P.. vol. i., p. 1 75 describe's the 

 tionof H f.lrZ' n f «**** M probably taken from the descrip- 

 tion of H. fuscus, Garcke, which Harvey reduces to H. gossypinus. 



and Sous in Oav y • u b " an ? 6S are shown *» much exserW 

 quitet^tent wnT^ JSE*""* * 6 °> f ' *>' ch " S 



The 



other hand, agrees well will rwl ft T u aga8car ' at Kew > on the 

 be little doubtlhli / ^LSSfii? 8 fi S ur \ V *■* *here can 



endemic in Madagascar -tl.T^* *" * welUlenn ed species 



^t^^^S^ S T gUe [^alvaceae-Hibisceae] ; 

 dift'ert. 8 P ecieblls detenus descriptis cymis e rhizomate ortis 



inSf^ ^1 ■*«•*. Hgnoso apice 



coetanei vel U-S7,l^? a P h y llas gerente! Owfe, 2 

 costatis, pallidi, glandul « °i * anfractnos b pentagon!, angulis 

 glabri. Stipidae lfneari -subXf ^^P 11 ™ 8 P«™tati, ceterum 

 valde nnicoitatae, gSSil^o tt? 1 8ub ? latae > M mm. longae, 

 obovatae vel ang^ffe obovlS ^^ ^'^mplicia; laminae 



tatae, unica bidLtata dentfb^ If ^T 46 ' aliae a P ioe triden " 

 dentibus acute breviter Z5I terminali et lateral!, apice vel 



9-13 cm. longae, 4-6 5 cm Z ^ - 6l a P iculata e, bas'i cuneatae, 

 glanduloso-punctatae ceternm ~ik ,>veniae > tenuiter coriaceae, 



reticulatae, venis primarHs Zrfl ' l \ tHnf l ue manifeste crebre 

 Petioli 2-6 mm. on?? ^^^ a P r0minuli88ubtu8 P ro ^inentibus; 



faulis vel ex apice ?fiu 1^? ° Vmae P lure8 e ba8i 

 longa, costata, Vllida mf rn " °" tae ' £**>"» 1 rhachis 1-2 cm. 

 bracteoae calycesque glaS oT mCt ?' Ut bracteae l^licelli 

 pediceUi 1-3 cm. l^ ng i. g & llt^T^ : blactea * Bnbulatae ; 

 anceoiatae, apice pferunfoue tn™ ' S i nae( * uale8 > ovatae usque 

 mtegrae acuminatae, 3 Tmm wIFtt 8 vel trifHae rarius 



»nnl^!,. H '4 ^y, 2-3-5 mm. latae. Galyx 



abqui eorum 1-5-nerves. jK2?\. "f^"^ 3 -nerves vel 



«*Wa 3-.J.5 cm. longa, purpurea, 



