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MALVACEAE. XIII. HIBISCUS. XIV. PARITIUM. 



digitatus, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 220. but not of Cav. Flowers yel- 

 low with a purple centre. 



Finger-shaped-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub 3 feet. 



124 H. FLABELLA V TUS (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 220.) shrub spiny ; 

 leaves fan-shaped, 5-parted, very smooth ; lobes lanceolate, ser- 

 rated. J? . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers yellow ? 



Fan-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub. 



125 H. SPICA'TUS (Cav, diss. 3. p. 163. t. 59. f. 1.) leaves 5- 

 lobed, obtuse, downy ; flowers sessile, disposed in a long ter- 

 minal spike. 1j . S. Native of? Perhaps a species of Althce"a. 



Spike- flowered Hibiscus. Shrub. 



126 H. FLAVE'SCENS (Cav. diss. 3. p. 164. t. 70. f. 3.) leaves 

 5-lobed, palmate, unequally toothed, hairy ; stems and petioles 

 unarmed, fj . S. Native of Pondicheri. Flowers yellowish. 



Yellomish-fiowered Hibiscus. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



127 H. FASCICULA' TUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon.ined. D.C. 

 prod. 1. p. 454,) leaves villous, palmately 5-cleft with toothed 

 lobes, ultimate one longest ; pedicels crowded in the axillae of 

 the leaves, one of which is longer than the others, fy . S. 

 Native of Mexico. 



Bundled-pedicelled Hibiscus. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



128 H. TRIPARTITUS (Forsk. descr. p. 126.) leaves 3-parted, 

 with lanceolate, serrated lobes ; peduncles axillary, 4-times 

 shorter than the fruit ; stem and calyx prickly ; capsules hairy. 

 Jj . G. Native of Arabia and Egypt. 



Three-parted-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub ? . 



129 H. ACETOS.EFOI.IUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 455.) hispid; leaves deeply 3-parted with 

 oblong, acute, toothed lobes, 2 lateral ones short, erect, middle 

 one very long ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered. Q. S. Native 

 of Mexico. 



Sorrel-leaved Hibiscus. Fl. June, July. PI. 2 feet. 



130 H. FRATE'RNUS (Lin. fil. suppl. 311.) shrub smooth; 

 leaves 3-lobed ; rays of involucel terete, mucronate- concave at 

 the apex ; capsules pubescent. O S. Native of Surinam. 

 Flowers yellow. Merian. Surin. t. 37. Perhaps the same as 

 H. sabdariffa. 



Brotherly Hibiscus. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



131 H. BORBO'NICUS (Link. enum. 2. p. 216.) leaves cordate- 

 roundish, somewhat lobed, unequally and sharply toothed, to- 

 mentose beneath ; involucel of 5 oblong, long-pointed leaflets, 

 which taper towards the base. Tj . S. Native of the Island of 

 Bourbon. Flowers large, yellow. 



Bourbon Hibiscus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 ft. 



132 H. TOMENTOsus(Mill. diet. no. 5.) leaves cordate, angled, 

 serrated, tomentose ; stem arboreous ; capsules hairy, 5-horned. 



tj . S. Native of the West Indies. Flowers yellow, but be- 

 coming purplish as they decay. Perhaps a species of Paritium. 

 Tomentose-leaved Hibiscus. Tree 80 feet. 



133 H. BRACTEO'SUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 

 prod. 1. p. 455.) leaves cordate, somewhat orbicular, mucronate, 

 entire ; stipulas large, ovate, upper ones in the form of brae- 

 teas ; involucel 5-leaved. TJ . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers 

 yellow. Resembles H. tiliaceus. Perhaps a species of Paritium. 



Large-bracted Hibiscus. Tree 30 feet. 



134 H. OXYPHY'LLUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 D.C. prod. 1. p. 455.) smooth; leaves cordate, toothed, acu- 

 minated ; involucel of 5 spreading, linear leaflets, which are 

 dilated at the apex, longer than the calyx. Jj? S. Native of 

 Mexico on the mountains of Xochipico. Flowers white, with a 

 flesh-coloured centre. 



Sharp-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub. 



135 H. CYANO'GYNUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 455.) hispid ; leaves cordate, acute, toothed ; 

 peduncles axillary, many-flowered, upper ones rather panicled ; 

 involucel many-leaved, spreading. fj ? S. Native of Mexico. 



Blue-stigmaed Hibiscus. Shrub. 



136 H. BAHAME'NSIS (Mill. diet. no. 14.) leaves smooth, hoary 

 beneath, oblong, cordate, toothed, on long petioles ; flowers 

 subterminal, very large, pale-purple. %. G. Native of the 

 Bahama islands. 



Bahama Hibiscus. PI. 2 feet. 



137 H. PURPUREUS (Forsk. descr. p. 126.) leaves cordate, 

 oblong, acute, serrated ; stigmas 5, long, capitate ; capsules 

 globose, 7-winged. Tj ? G. Native of Arabia. Flowers purple. 



Purple-fioweied Hibiscus. Shrub. 



138 H. PANDUR^FO'RMIS (Burm. ind. p. 151. t. 47. f. 2.) 

 leaves cordate, lanceolate, toothletted, tomentose ; stem herba- 

 ceous, hairy ; involucel 8-leaved. Tj , S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Flowers sulphur-coloured. Perhaps H. tubulosus. 



Fiddle-shaped-leaved Hibiscus. Shrub. 



139 H. PARVIFLO'RUS (Weinm. in flora. 1820. p. 610.) stem 

 shrubby, hispid ; leaves cordate, angular, crenated, tomen- 

 tose beneath ; involucel 9-leaved ; leaflets dilated at the apex. 



I? . S. Native of America. Petals small, hispid on the out- 

 side, of a dirty-yellowish colour with 5 reddish spots. Resem- 

 bles H. Senegalensis and H. tubulosus. 



Small-fiovtered Hibiscus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 4 feet. 



140 H. CHINE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 455.) smooth; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, toothed ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, longer 

 than the petioles ; involucel of 6-8 bristle-like leaves. Tj . G. 

 Native of China. Braam. icon. chin. 1821. t. 24. Flowers 

 white. Resembles H. phoeniceus. 



Chinese Hibiscus. Shrub 4 feet. 



141 H. CUCURBITI'NUS (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1481. voy. 1. 

 p. 278.) plant trailing, tomentose ; leaves roundish, repand, 

 less downy above ; flowers crowded, racemose, axillary. 0? G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope near Dwaal river. Corolla 

 brown, campanulate, hardly longer than the calyx. It is called 

 by the Hottentots Wilde Kalebas. 



Gourd-like Hibiscus. PI. trailing. 



There are several other species of Hibiscus which are only 

 known by name, viz. H. setbsus, Roxb; H. tortuosus, Roxb. 

 H. truncdtus, Roxb. H. Chinensis, Roxb. H. strictus, Roxb. 

 H. pentaphyllus, Roxb. H.fragrans, Roxb. H. tetralocularis, 

 Roxb. and H. pumilis, Roxb. 



Cult. The species are all showy-flowering plants. The 

 shrubby stove kinds thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat. 

 Cuttings will strike root readily in sand or mould under a hand- 

 glass, in heat. The green-house shrubby species require nearly 

 the same treatment as the stove kinds. The annual stove 

 species should be sown in pots and placed in a hot-bed frame, 

 and when the plants are of sufficient size they should be separ- 

 ated and planted singly in pots, in a mixture of loam and peat ; 

 and after they have recovered this shifting they should be removed 

 to the stove, where they may remain until they have ripened 

 their seed. The H. Syriacus or Althaea frutex is the only hardy 

 shrubby species. It will thrive well in any common garden- 

 soil, and may be either raised in abundance from seeds or layers. 

 The different varieties of this plant may be grafted on . each 

 other, and cuttings planted under a hand-glass will strike root 

 freely. The hardy herbaceous species, which are very showy, 

 chiefly belong to section Abelmoschus, thrive best in a moist 

 soil, but being rather tender most of them require protection 

 in severe winters ; they are only to be increased by dividing the 

 plants at the root in spring. 



XIV. PARITIUM (Pariti is the Malabar name of P. tilia- 

 ceum). St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 255. Pariti, Adans. Hibiscus, 

 sect. x. Azanza, D. C. prod. 1. p. 454. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx girded by a 10- 



