





f 



ceus,^ 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



281 



a. flore simplici. Cav. Diss. 158. t. 69. 

 / 2. Bot.Mag. L 158. 



Chinese Rose-Hibiscus. Aiton, 

 Common Scarlet Hibiscus. 



^. flore pleno. 



Flos festalis. Runi'ph. Amh. 4. p. 24. 



t, 8. 

 Double Chinese Rose-Hibiscus. Aito72. 



F 



Rose of Sharon. 



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j^Jiceni' H. foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis; in- 



fcrioribus subcordatis tricuspidatis, pe- 



dunculis articulatis, seminibus lanatis. 



Wind, Sp. PL 3. p. 813, HorL Kew. 



4. p. 225. BoL Reg, L 230. 



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H. phoeniceus. jQ. involucro calycem 



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sequante. De Cand. Prod. 1. p. 452. 

 H. hirtus. Cav. Diss. 156, t. 67. y. 3. 



Small purple-flowered Hibiscus. Aiton. 

 Dwtirf Hibiscus. 



mutaUUs. H. foliis cordatis angulatis quinquelobis 



acuminatis dentatis, calyce exteriore oc- 



* " Hibiscus hirtus hujus solummodo varietas, quae forte a sola 



cuUura dcpendct." — Lin. Suppl. 310. The plate of Hibiscus 

 phoeniceus of Cavanilles (^. G7,f. 2.) is by no means so charac- 



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racteristic of the Barbados plant as that of H. hirtus, referred to 

 above. The small Hibiscus so common in the g^ardens is tlie P. 

 variety of De Candolle, the characters of which should ratlier, 

 I think, be considered as marking* a distinct species. 



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