118 MALVACEAE. 



21. heterophyllus. Vent. {DC. pr. \,p. 450;— Roxb. ft. ind. 3, /). 213 ; 

 — B. Reg. 1, /. 29.) 5 N. Holland. Fl. large, white, rosy-tinged, 

 with a dark blood- coloured eye, March ; fr. 0. 



22. diversi/olius, Jacq. (Icon. rar. 3, t. 551 ; — DC. pr. 1, p. 449; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 208 ;— J5. Reg. 5, t. 381.— H. ficulneus, Cav. ; not 

 of others.) 5 East Africa, Madagascar. Fl. large, primrose-coloured, 

 with a dark blood-coloured eye, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



23. mutabilis, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 452 ;— Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 201 i—W. 

 and A. pr. 1, ;;. 51 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 13 ;— jB. Reg. 7, t. 

 589 i—Rheed. 6, t, 3S, t. 40. f. 1, t. 42;— Rumph. 4, t. 9.) 5 Moluccas. 

 Fl. very large, in the morning white, at noon pale-rose, in the even- 

 ing deep rose, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



j3. plenus ; double-flowered. {Rheed. t. 39, t. 40, /. 2, t. 41.) ^t^^Taf 

 Thulpudmo. 



24. collinus, Roxb. {H. B. p. 51 ;— /. ind. 3, p. 198. — H. eriocarpus, 

 DC. pr. \, p. 452 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 51.) 5 Circars. Fl. very 

 large, pale-rose, with a dark-blood coloured eye, R. and C. S. ; fr. 

 C.S. 



25. hirtus, L. {W. and A. pr. \,p. 51 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 14. — 

 H. Rosa malabarica, Kon ;—B. Reg. 4, t. 327. — H. phoeniceus, Willd. 

 excl. syn. L. suppl. and H. hirtus, Cav.; — Roxb. fl. ind. S,p. 194 ; — 

 DC.pr. \,p. 452. ex pte ; — Rheed. 10, t. 1.) ert^^^ffsrf*! Lal-soor- 

 gumuni. B Peninsula of India, Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. middle-sized, 

 scarlet, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



|3. albiflorus ; white-flowered. C'SrS'^^f/STf*! Shwet-soorgumuni. 



26. micranthus, L. (DC. pr. 1, p. 453 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 51. — H. 

 rigidus, L. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 195.) B Peninsula of India, Silhet, 

 extending as far as Delhi. Fl. small, white, and fr. nearly the whole 

 year. The natives, particularly children, eat the green, tender cap- 

 sules of both this and the last species. (Roxb. MSS.) 



27. palustris, L. (B. M. 23, 882 ;—B. Reg. 17, 1463.) t N. America 

 R. S. 1837. 



28. Sabdariffa, L. {DC. pr. \,p. 453 ;—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 52 ^—Roxb. 

 H. B.p. 52;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 14.) ^gl Mcsta. The Roselle 

 plant, or Red Sorrel of the W. Indies. © W. Indies. Cultivated in 

 India. Fl. large, pale, sulphur, with a dark brown eye, R. S. ; fr. 

 C. S. From the fleshy, acid, red calyxes arc prepared excellent jel- 

 lies and tart fruits. 



Ahklmoschus, Medik. (W. and A. pr. \,p. 53.) 



1. esculentus, W. and A. (/. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 14. — Hibiscus 

 csculentus, L ; — DC. pr\,p. 450. — H. longifolius, Willd. ; — DC, I. c. ; 

 — Roxb. fl. ind. Z, p. 210.) -^^(SfS^X^ Ramturay c^JpTf Dhenroos. (f- 

 Peninsula of India, Bengal- in a cultivated state. Native Place ? Fl. 

 large, sulphur, with a dark-blood-colourcd eye. \Ji\x'\\)g fruit a favo- 

 rite ingredient in soups, &c. 



