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6. ABUTILON, Tourn. 



Ovules 3 or several in each carpel. Fruit of numerous 

 membranous, 3- or more-seeded carpels, opening by tbe A^en- 

 tral suture and subpersisteut. Other characters as in 8ida. — 

 Fl. Cap. i.p. 168. 



2 (or more) species in tlie Eastern districts of Natal. Herbs or shrubs, 

 often with very soft, velvety, cordate, subentire leaves. 



Tkibe 2. Urene^e. (Gren. 7.) 



7. PAVONIA, Cav. 



Involucel 5-15-leaved, persistent. Staminal column naked 

 and 5-toothed at the apex, bearing stamens on its outer sur- 

 face. Ovary of 5 carpels, united round a central axis ; styles 

 confluent below, lO-cleft above ; stigmas 10, capitate. Fruit 

 of 5 indehiscent, 1-seeded carpels. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 169. 



Shrubs or herbs, chiefly tropical or svibtropical, variable in habit. — 2 spe- 

 cies fronj the Eastern district and 4 from Natal. 



Tribe 3. Hibisce^. (Glen. 8-10.) 



8. FUGOSIA, Juss. 



Involucels 3 or several, often small or deciduous, sometimes 

 tooth-like. Calyx 5-fid. Staminal column naked and 5- 

 toothed at the apex, bearing stamens on its outer surface. 

 Ovary 3-4-celled, cells 3- or many-ovuled ; style club-shaped 

 at the summit, 3-4-furrovved, or divided in 3-4 short erect 

 lobes. Capsule 3-1-valved. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 587. 



Shrubs or half-shrubs, chiefly subtropical, with the habit of Hibiscus. 

 Leaves entire or lobed, rarely parted. Flowers mostly yellow. Calyx and 

 petals often black-dotted. — 2 South African species : F. Gerrardi, found 

 by Mr. Grcrrard near Ladismith, Natal ; F. triphylla^ in Damaraland, by 

 Mrs, Kolbe. 



9. HIBISCUS, Linn. 



Involucel 5-20-leaved. Petals expanded. Staminal column 

 5-toothed at the apex, bearing stamens on its outer surface. 

 Ovary 5-celled ; style 5-cleft ; stigmas 5, capitate ; ovules nu- 

 merous. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, loculicidal, enclosed in 

 the persistent calyx. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 170. 



A large and varied tropical and subtropical genus, usually witli large, 

 handsome, bright-coloured flowers. Leaves entire or lobed, sometimes 

 multipartite, often stellate-pubescent. — 25 species, many of them endemic, 

 mostly natives of the Eastern district and Natal. //. uFthiopicus, Linn., is 

 found throughout tlie colony ; and H. Trionum, Linn., an equally dispersed 

 (annual) weed of cultivation. 



