154 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



entire, dentate or angular-lobed ; flowers 1 usually pedunculate ; 



bractlets oo , in verticillate involucel under flower (Trqp. and Sab- 

 trop. Aincriaf). 



XL HIBISCE^. 



66. Hibiscus L. — Flowers hermaphrodite; receptacle convex. 

 Calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid, sometimes membranous or vesiculate-in- 

 flated {Trionum), valvate or reduplicate-valvate, sometimes cut like 

 a spathe and base finally circumcissile {Abelmoschus). Corolla and 

 stamens of Malvece ; staminal column below apex 5-dentate or 

 truncate (rarely antheriferous) filaments oo, with subreniform 

 anthers, extrorse 1-locular, 1-rimose, exserted. Grermen 5-locular; 

 cells alternipetalous ; ovules in internal angle oo, more rarely 2 

 {Senra), or 3, 4 ; style branches 5, patent or more rarely suberect or 

 erect-connate, either very short, or longer thickened, apex capitate 

 stigmatiferous or subspathulate. Capsule loculicidal 5-valved ; en- 

 docarp, sometimes membranous separating {Lagunaria), or with false 

 dissepiment torn in dehiscence exserted within cells (Paritium, 

 Bombi/codendron). Seeds reniform or subglobose, rarely obovoid, 

 glabrous or more or less tomentose or pilose, sometimes more or less 

 involute in cottonous wool {Bombycella) ; albumen small or 0. — Herbs, 

 undershrubs, shrubs or trees, glabrous, tomentose or hispid ; leaves 

 varied, sometimes partite, stipulate ; flowers solitary or cymose. 

 Bractlets under flower oo, entire {Ketmia), sometimes at apex 

 furcate or foliaceous-appendiculate (Furcaria), free or coalescing at 

 base {Paritium), more rarely 3, sometimes large cordate, finally 

 membranous {Senra), or minute setaceous, scarcely to be seen or 

 quite wanting {Lagunea, Lagunaria) {All Tropical and Extra-tropical 

 regions of the Globe). See p. 95. 



67. Gossypium L. 3 — Flowers nearly of Hibiscus ; calyx truncate 



1 Petals erect, connivent or upper part patent, & Pl., in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 4, xvii. 268. — 

 red. JBot. Meg., t. 11 (Achania). — Bot. Mag., t. 



2 Spec, ad 6. A. Rich., Fl. Cub., t. 14.— 2305, 2374.— Walp., Rep., i. 307 ; v. 92 ; Ann., 

 H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec., v. 287.— Geiseb., iv. 307 ; vii. 401. 



Fl. Brit. W.-Ind., 83. — Tukcz., in Bull. Mosc. 3 Gen., n. 845.— Adans., Fam. des PL, ii. 



(1858), i. 190.— Seem., Bot. Her., 82.— Te. 401.— J., Gen., 274.— GiEETN., Fruct., ii. 246, 



