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angled and crenate, deeply cordate at the base with slightly overlap- 

 ping auricles, light green above and sparsely pubescent, paler below 

 and pubescent on the nerves ; petiole semiterete, channelled above, 

 tapering upwards, pubescent. 



No. 2. Larger, palmately five-lobed and -nerved ; lobes triangular- 

 ovate, basal ones shallow, all obtuse and tipped with a mucro ; 

 otherwise like No. 1. 



No. 3. More decidedly palmate, with deeper and narrower lobes 

 than No. 2. 



No. 4. Similar to the last but smaller. 



Buds are present in the axils of the cotyledons as well as in 

 those of the true leaves. 



Hibiscus brasiliensis, L. 



The seedling closely resembles that of H. Abelmoschus. 



Hibiscus Triomim, L. 



Hypocotyl glandular-pubescent, pale green, 2*2 cm. above ground, 

 2-25 mm. thick. 



Cotyledons rotund, ovate, obtuse, trinerved, glabrous, 1-25 cm. 

 long, 1-1 cm. broad ; petiole subterete, glandular-pubescent, very 

 pale green, 1*1 cm. long. 



Stem herbaceous, annual, erect, terete, glandular-pubescent and 

 hairy, pale green ; 1st internode 1'25 cm. long ; 2nd 1*85 cm. ; 3rd 

 3-4 cm. ; 4th 3'65 cm. 



Leaves sparsely pubescent on the nerves and margin, but almost 

 glabrous ; petioles subterete, slightly grooved on the upper side, 

 glandular-pubescent, pale green ; stipules linear-subulate, hairy, 

 caducous. 



No. 1. Rotund, crenate, cordate at the base, five-nerved, with 

 ascending and incurved nerves. 



Nos. 2 and 3. Similar, but larger. 



No. 4. Cordate, obtuse, crenate. 



No. 5. Cordate, obtuse, crenate, and slightly lobed on one side, 

 foreshadowing a divided condition of the leaf. 



No. 6. Palmately five-nerved and -lobed, cordate at the base; basal 

 lobes small ; middle lobes subdentate-serrate, oblong ; terminal lobe 

 oblong, broader above the middle, irregularly dentate-serrate from 

 the middle upwards. 



Ultimate leaves tripartite ; lateral lobes cuneate-ovate, obtuse, 

 pinnatifid and toothed upwards or almost lobed on the posterior, basal 

 side ; terminal lobe ovate-oblong, cuneate at the base, pinnatifid, 

 with oblong somewhat toothed secondary lobes. 



