Hibiscus.'] XXV. malvace;e (masters). 203 



confluent with the base of the calyx and equal to or even exceeding it in 

 length. Segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate, 5-neivcd ; nerves sliL'litly 

 villose. Corolla yellow, with a purple centre, 2 in. diain. Capsule \^\ in. 

 long, shorter than the calyx, ovoid, pointed ; valves cartilaj^'inous, smooth, 

 nervose-reticulate. Seeds reniform, covered with short silky hairs. — / //. owa- 

 riensis, P. de Beauv. PI. Oware, ii. 88. t. 117. ? II. tr'iumf.-Urefolim, Schuin. 

 et Thonn. PI. Guin. 312. //. calycomis, Kich. Fl. Abyss, i. 62. t. 14. 1[. 

 subtrilobatiis, Hochst. PI. Schimp. Abyss. 11. yrandiJUius, ilochst. ex Rich. 

 Fl. Abyss, i. 61. 



Upper Guinea. Oware, Beauvois F 



Nile If and. White Nile, v. Hamier ; Sennar, Flgari ; kh)'%%\u\a, Schiwper ! Dil/nn 

 and Petit ! 



This species occurs also in S. Africa. The Abyssinian specimens are subgiabrous Id 

 every part, and the epicalyx is generally shorter than the calyx, 



20. H. Ludwigii, Eck. and Zeyh. 312; Ilarv. and Soud. Fl. Cap. \. 

 171. An undershrub, thickly covered with yellowish-brown tonieiiium. 

 Leaves stalked, cordate-roundish, palmately 3-5-lobed ; lobes acute, crcnate- 

 serrate. Stalks shorter than the blade. Stipules subulate. Peduncles very 

 short, solitary, axillary, 1-flowered, densely tomentose. Epicalyx of 5 oblong 

 acuminate segments, connate below, nearly as long as the cup-shaped calyx ; 

 the lobes of which are of the same form as the bractlets. Corolla yellow, 

 3-4 in. in length. Capsule exceeiling the persistent calyx, ovoid, pointed, 

 densely covered with rufous villi. Seeds slightly pilose. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Roth ! 

 Found also in S. Africa. 



21. H. panduriformis, J5/^rw. ; Z>C Pror/. i. 455. A tall perennial 

 or undershrub, densely clothed with fine down, intermingled with which are 

 a few rigid, often stelliforra bristles. Leaves stalked, cordate-roundish, an- 

 gular or lobed, irregularly cren ate ; the upper ones often narrow, whitis?h 

 underneath. Peduncles short, axillary. Epicalyx of 6-8 linear spathulate 

 segments, at first equal to, but ultimately shorter than the downy, cup-shaped 

 5-lobed calyx, whose segments are lanceolate, 1-3-nerved. Corolla yellow, 

 with a purple spot or all purple, 1-2 in. long, three times the size of the 

 calyx. Capsules shorter than the persistent calyx, ovoid or roundish, very 

 hispid. Seeds covered with fine down. — //. tubulosus, Cav. Diss. 161. t. 88. 

 f. 22. H. muUistipulatus, Garcke in Bot, Zeit. 1849, 849. //. sentgaltnti*, 

 GuiU. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 53. 



Upper Guinea. Senepainbia, Perrottet > 



Nile Iiand. Uuyoro, Speke and Grant I Sennar, Ileughlin ; Kotschy ! Schicrinfurth ! 

 Abyssinia, Dillon! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk I Peters. 



Widely distributed throughout the tropics, being found in the Mauritius, India, Aus- 

 tralia, etc 



22. H. Grantii, Ma-d. An erect, much-branched, villous undershnd). 



Leaves on very short stalks, roujidish or oblong, snbcordate, sometimes some- 

 what wedge-shaped at the base, and slightly 3-lobe(l at the apex ; lobes acute, 

 subacummate, coarsely and irregularly toothed, 3-nerved. Siipulcs linear, as 



