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No. 8. Somewhat similar. 



No. 4. Trilobate, crenate- serrate. 



Older plants of this species have trifid leaves, but an undivided 

 one at the base of each shoot, and .one, two, or more cordate 

 below the trifid ones. 



Hibiscus vitifolius, L. 



Hypocotyl as in H. pedunculatus. 



Cotyledons rotund, obtuse, trinerved ; lamina glabrous, I'l cm. 

 long, 1 cm. broad, truncate or subcordate at the base ; petiole sub- 

 terete, slightly channelled above, pubescent, 8 mm. long. 



Stem succulent, erect, terete, pubescent ; 1st internode 8-12 

 mm. long. 



Leaves. No. 1. Eotund or rotund-oblong, irregularly crenate, 

 obtuse, with mucronate crenatures, subcordate at the base, glabrous, 

 ciliate ; petiole terete, pubescent, pale green, succulent, about 1-5 

 cm. long. 



No. 2. Rotund-palmate, cordate at the base, shallowly trilobed, 

 irregularly crenate, obtuse, otherwise like No. 1. 



No. 3. Eotund, cordate at the base, five-nerved, shallowly trifid, 

 crenate-dentate. 



No. 4. Larger, otherwise similar. 



No. 5. Broadly cordate, obtuse, seven-nerved, shallowly trifid, 

 crenate-dentate. 



Nos. 6-8. Palmately seven-nerved and shallowly three- to five- 

 lobulate, crenate-dentate with obtuse, mucronate teeth, reticulate, 

 stellately pubescent on both surfaces. 



Hibiscus Abelmoschus, L. 



Hypocotyl stout, terete, pale green, suffused with red, covered 

 with a deflexed pubescence, 8 mm. thick and becoming woody. 



Cotyledons palmately three- to five-nerved and glabrous, very 

 similar to those of H. pedunculatus ; petiole terete, tapering up- 

 wards, slightly channelled on the upper side, pubescent, 1-8 cm. 

 long, curved upwards near the apex to bring the lamina hori- 

 zontal. 



Stem terete, pubescent with deflexed hairs, pale green with purple 

 blotches at the axils of the leaves, about 2 mm. thick; 1st 

 internode 1'3 cm. long ; 2nd 1 cm. ; 3rd '7 cm. 



Leaves cauline, alternate, stipulate, petiolate ; stipules small, 

 subulate, deciduous. 



No. 1. Palmately five-nerved, obscurely lobed or merely five- 



