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subsericeae. Calyx sub anthesin circiter 1 cm. longus, fere ad 

 medium lobatus, lobis late deltoideis acuminatis acutis 5 mm. latis 

 extra hirsutis intra superne adpresse pilosulis distincte nervatis ; 

 calyx infructescens parum major. Corolla 4 cm. longa, sulphurea 

 nisi basi atro-purpurea (ex Kerr). Stamina gynoeciumqiie generis. 

 Capsula calycem vix aequans, dense hirsuta. Semina 3'5 mm. 

 longa, glabra.— Craib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 146. 

 Sriracha, in scrub jungle near the sea, Kerr, 2105. 



Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Linn.— F.B.I., i. p. 342 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 26 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 434 ; 

 Hosseus, ii. p. 410. H. cancellatus, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 

 v. (1905) p. 28, non Roxb. 



Bangkok, Schomburgk, 310, Zimmermann, 148 ; Paknampo 

 (ex Hosseus). 



Distr. India ; generally cultivated in the tropics. 



Hibiscus cancellatus, Roxb. — F.B.I., i. p. 342, partim ; Fl. Indo- 

 Chine, i. p. 435 ; mm Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 28. 



Chiengmai, in mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 

 764. 



Distr. India, Yunnan, 



Hibiscus cancellatus, Roxb., var. fusiformis, Wall. — F.B.I., i. p. 

 343 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 410. 



Banks of Meh Kok, 100 m. (ex Hosseus). 

 Occurs with type. 



Hibiscus glanduliferus, Craib, Kew Bull. 1910, p. 275. 

 Chiengmai, Kerr, 778. 



Hibiscus. macrophyllus, Roxb.— F.B.I. , i. p. 337; For. Fl. Burma, 

 i. p. 126 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 426, 



Phre, Hooey Kong Muang, 240 m., Luang Vanpruk, 218. 



Distr. Indo-China, Malay Peninsula. 



Lao name, Tawng Toa (ex Luang Vanpruk). 



" The fibre is used for elephant rope " — Luang Vanpruk. 



Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis, Linn.— F.B.I. , i. p. 344 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 i. p. 125 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 429. 

 Bangkok, Zimmermann, 43, 79. 

 Distr. Tropics— often cultivated. 



Hibiscus sagittifolius, Kurz — ? Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 434 ; 

 Hosseus, ii. p. 410. 



Chiengmai, in open grassy spots on Doi Sootep, 450 m., Kerr, 

 638 ; Pitsanulok, Nakontai, 120 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Distr. Burma, Cambodia, Cochinchina. 



There is in Herb. Kew no authentically named material of 

 H. sagittifolius but specimens sent to Kew lately from Maymyo 

 which seem to fit Kurz's original description do not agree with 

 specimens received from Paris under that name. Kerr's plant 

 quoted above approaches var. septentrionale, Gagnep., Fl. Indo- 

 Chine, I.e. 



Hibiscus schizopetalus, Hook. f. — Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 432. 



Bangkok, Zimmermann, 33. 



Distr. Mozambique- often cultivated in the tropics. 



