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or obtuse 5-dentate, or shortly 5-fid, usually black-punctate. 

 Corolla of Hibiscus. Stamens en ; .column below apex naked or more 

 generally antheriferous, much more rarely with filaments exserted ; 

 anthers reniform, 1-locular. Germen 3-5-locular; cells oc -ovulate ; 

 apex of style clavate, 3-5-sulcate or costate, 3-5-stigmatiferous. 

 Capsule loculicidal 3-5-valved ; seeds densely or more rarely scantily 

 {Sturtia, 1 T/iurberia 2 ) woolly ; embryo scantily albuminous, cotyle- 

 dons foliaceous much folded, usually black-punctate, auriculate base 

 involving straight radicle. — Tall herbs or more rarely subarborescent 

 shrubs ; leaves entire, or oftener 3-9-lobed or 3-partite ; flowers 3 

 pedunculate axillary or terminal ; bracts under flower 3, cordate, 

 usually large, sometimes narrow, more pointed {Sturtia), rarely 

 entire, dentate or incised 4 {All warm regions of Globe 5 ). See p. 99. 



6S? Thespesia Corr. 6 — Flowers nearly of Gossypium (or Hibiscus) ; 

 calyx truncate, minute or setaceo-dentate, more rarely 5-fid, valvate. 

 Stamens go ; column below apex dentate or filaments exserted the 

 whole length from apex. Germen 5-locular ; cells pauciovulate ; style 

 at apex clavate, either 5-sulcate, or divided into 5-branches, short erect 

 clavate stigmatiferous. Capsule ligneous-coriaceous, subglobose or 

 more or less elongated, loculicidal 5-valved, or with difficulty tardily 

 dehiscing ; seeds glabrous or more or less woolly ; embryo of 

 Gossypium. — Trees or tall herbs ; leaves stipulate, entire or angular- 



t. 134. — Lamk., Diet., ii. 133 ; Suppl., ii. 368; certain (ex Todab., op. cit.). Cay., Diss., vi. t. 



HI, t. 586.— DC, Prodr., i. 456.— Spach, 164, 166-169, 193.— A. S. H., Fl. Bras. Mer„ 



Suit, d Buffon, iii. 388. — Endl., Gen., n. 5286. i. 254. — Wight, III., t. 27, 28 C; Ic, t. 9-11. 



— Payer, These Mahac., 24. — B. H., Gen., — Royl., III. Simal., t. 23. — Reichb., Ic. Fl. 



209, 982, n. 39. — H. Bn., in Payer Fam. Nat., Germ., v. t. 180. — C. Gay, Fl. Chil., i. 309. — 



281.— Todab., Obs. s. Tal. Spec, di Cot., 17.— Mast., in Oliv. Fl. Prop. Afr., i. 210.— H. Bn., 



Xylon T., Inst., 101, t. 27. in Adansonia, x. 174. — Bf.xth., Fl. Austral., i. 



1 R. Be., App., Start Exped., 5. — Todab, 222.— Gbiseb., Fl. Brit. W.-Ind., 85. — Seeit., 

 loc. cit., 18. Fl. Pit., 19.— Te. & Pl., in Ann, Sc. Nat., ser. 



2 A. Gbay, PI. Thurler., in Mem. Am. 4, xvii. 170. — Walp., Rep., i. 312; v. 93; 

 Acad., v. 308.— B. H., Gen,., 209, 982. n. 38. — Ann., ii. 149; iv. 307 (Thurberia), 309; vii. 

 Toeb., Bot. Mex. Bound. Sure., t. 6. — ? In- 409. 



genhousia Mo<j. & Sess., in DC. Prodr., i. 474 6 In Ann. Mus., ix. 290, t. 8, fig. 2.— DC, 



(ex B. H., loc. cit.). Prodr., i. 455. — Exdl., Gen., n. 5284. — Payee, 



3 White, pink or purple, more often bright These Malvac, 21. — B. H., Gen., 208, n. 37. — 

 yellow, rather large handsome. MalvavLscus GLebtn., Fruct., ii. 253, t. 135 



4 Oftener black spotted like calyx and coty- (nee Du,Tj.).—Tiparium Gabcee, in Bot. Zeit. 

 ledons. (1849), 824. — Azanza Alef., in Bot. Zeit. 



5 Spec. 4 (ex B. H.), 7 [ex Pael., Spec. d. (1861), 297 (nee DC). 

 Cot. Fir. (1866), c. ic], 43, of which 9 are un- 



