Sphaeralcea Ilil. — Hibiscus L. 301 



Descrpt. Frutex erectus, cortice cinerascente ; pctio- 

 lis 0,7 — 1,0 poll. longis, rubentibus , subtcretibus , sparsis; 

 folia cordata aut cordato - subrotunda , hinc (praeprimis in 

 ramulis lateralibus, minutis) triloba, aut sub-5-loba, lobis 

 oblongis obtusiusculis, crenato-dcntata, subcoriacea, glaberri- 

 ma, aspcra, supra viridia, nitida, subtus pallidiora, opaca; 

 jpedimciili ad apicem ramorum axillares, petiolos duplo fere 

 superantes, ad florem articulati ; i?ivolucrum 9-foliolatum, fo- 

 liola subulata, subpatentia; cahjx tubulosus, 5-fidus, glaber- 

 rimus ; laciniae lanceolatae, patenti-erectae ; corolla speciosa, 

 rosea, patens; petala basi sanguinea, 2 — 5 poll. longa, 1,2 

 poU. lata, oblique-obovata ; iuhus staminifer petalis vix aequi- 

 longus; basi roseus, supra albidus; ^(^/^/^ apice 5-fidus ; stig- 

 mata capitata, rosea, tomentosa; capsula obsolete-pentagona, 

 prismatica, apice pyramidata, glaberrima, 5-valvis, 5-loculata, 

 valvae medio septiferae, loculi polyspermi; semina hirsutius- 

 cula (in dorso). — Nomen sundcnse: Ketnhang spatu gede, 

 i. e. Hibiscus Kosa Sinensis magna. 



212. HIBISCUS CALLOSUS Bl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 5277, nec non Layunaria Don Endl. Gen. 

 5282. Msn. Gen. 27. Comm. 23. 19., qui //. Lampas ad Lafjunaruim 

 ducit, cujus varietatera habet si^eciem nosti-am Sprcngelius divus, in 

 curis suis posterioribus pag. 258. — Ob capsularum loculos poly- 

 spermos certe Hibisco adnumerauda species. — Cf. Hsskl. Adnot. 

 Catal. 879. 5. 



Char. Spec. cf. Bl. Bijdr. 67. Sprg. 1. supra cit. (in Repcrtorio Wal- 

 persiano omissa sp.) Arborescens, foliis cordatis, scmi-trilobis, acu- 

 minatis, summis cordatis, aut ovatis, in nervo medio subtus supra 

 basin poro lineari notatis, subtus stellato-pubcrulis, pedunculis elon- 

 gatis, subracemosis ; involucello minutissimo, basi calloso, et calyce 

 5-dentato glabris, capsula ovali, leviter pentagona, calyce 3-plo lon- 

 giore. — Corolla sulphurea, patens, magna, facie Gossijpiorum, unde 

 et nomen sundense : KahapdsanQ honneng, i. e. arbor Gossypina, 

 lutea : malaice : Kapds iitan, i. e. Gossypium sylvestre. 



213. HIBISCUS GREWIAEFOLIUS Hsskl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Hsskl. Catal. 879. b. (2) — Bombycidendrum Zoll. Bat. 

 Arch. II. p. 12—14. Zoll. et Mor. Verz. 29. Ob capsulam 10-locu- 

 latam, 5-valveni DecaschisUam W. et A. inter et Paritium Hil. po- 



