MALVACEAE. — HIBISCUS 375 



(No. 1092). Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Hongkong 

 Herb. 2412). Korea: Quelpaert, September 1908, Taquet (No. 595). 



Many forms of this Hibiscus are cultivated in gardens in Hupeh and Szech'uan. 



In the Index Kewensis H. chinensis De CandoUe (Prodr. I. 455 [1824]) is given 

 as a synonym of H. syriacus Linnaeus. De Candolle cites Braam, Icon. PI. Chin. 

 t. 24 (1821). In the two editions of this work in the Ubrary of the Arnold Arboretum 

 the Hibiscus figured is certainly not H. syriacus Linnaeus. 



