Thespesia.] MALVACEAE. 49 
Oahu, Nuuanu (Remy); Molokai! Halawa (Hbd.); Kauai sie: and Waimea? 
(Mrs. Sinclair). Very rare, and ater is the Hibiscus with red flowers from «Byron’s 
bay» referred ook. & Arn. ry 
in cultivation for many y sag xt c pe osa sinensis, from which it 
differs in the habit, the teaser flowers with: ieee petals, shorter involucre, and the 
horizontal siyhetinces hes, 
6. PARITIUM, St. Hil. 
Bracts of involucre united into an 8—10-lobed cup. Cells of capsule 
incompletely partitioned by a protrusion of the endocarp. Otherwise as 
in a 
/iltapouns: St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. I, 295. — A small freely 
apie tree. ions on long ‘eae poiidalan cordate, about 5‘ each 
way, shortly acuminate, entire, hoary unde with a ort close 
tomentum, nearly glabrous shows; palmately 7—9- iapean: the $ idd 
nerves with a gland near the base. Stipules large ovate, caducous. Pe- 
duncles short, in the upper axils or at the ends of the branches, with 1 
to several flowers. Involucre campanulate, about half the length of the 
calyx, divided to the middle into 10—12 acute lobes. Calyx tomentose, 
nearly 1‘ long, with aie ie Petals large, yellow, often with 
brown center. Capsule about 1‘ in diameter, opening into 5 valves; 3 
naked seeds to a cell. — Hibiscus tiliaceus, L. — Some trees bear yellow 
flowers with yellow stigmas, others have them spotted in the center and 
with dark brown or reddish stigmas. Double flowers are occasionally seen 
near the sea shore. — Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 1. 
Very common along the coast, penne up ot creo of 1500 ft. and more, where 
it becomes bushy, with smaller lea Occurs y all ry ser countries and is 
abundant in acifiec islands. : oe » in Tah iti and Viti. This 
useful tree is generally planted near native habitations on acco t f its dense shade, 
% ined 1 Ts. serves for outrig canoes, 
bark furnishes a tough and pliable bast sate gas a decoction of the flowers is a 
In n cultivation: P. elatum, a tree with a tough “fete wood valuable to cart makers. 
7. THESPESIA, Correa. 
Involucral bracts 3—5, free. Calyx truncate, 5-toothed ng neath 
Staminal column ending in a 5-toothed apex, an ; ’ 
b-celled , each cell with several ovules. Style club-shaped, ered, se 
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enclosing the short erect radicle, generally dotted with black specks. — 
Trees or tall a with entire or lobed leaves and large showy, generally 
spre flowe 
ut 6 species, ranging from Madagascar to the Hawaiian Islands. 
. populnea, Correa, in Ann. Mus. Paris, IX, 290, tab. 8. — A tree, 
25—40 ft. high. Leaves roundish, a acuminate, entire, << in 
Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islan 
