1 20 MALVACEAE. 



13. Manihot, Wall. Cat. (Hibiscus Manihot, L. ;—DC. pr. \,p. 448 ;— 



B. M.A\, t. 1702.) 5 Japan, China. Fl. large, sulphur, with a dark 

 blood- coloured eye, R. and C. S. 



14. theiodes, (Hibiscus sulphureus, Wall, not H. B. and Kth.) Bur- 

 ma. Fl. large, sulphur, with a dark brown eye, R. and C. S. ; fr. 



C. S. 



Paritium, St. Hil. {W. and A. pr. I. p. 52.) 



1. tiliaceum, St. Hil. (JV. and A. I. c. ; — Wight, icon. 1. 1. 7 ; — /. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 14. — excl. Hibiscus tortuosus, Roxb. — Hibiscus tiliaceus, 

 L. ;—DC.pr. 1, p. 454 x—Roxh.fl. ind. 3, p. 192 ^—Rumph. 2, t. 73.) 

 5 Moluccas, Amherst, Travancore, Bombay. Fl. very large, sulphur, 

 with a dark blood- coloured eye, and fr. the whole year. 



2. tortuosum. Wall. (Hibiscus tortuosus, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 192. H. 

 tiliaceus, Lonr. ; not L. ; — B. R. 3, t. 232 ; excl. sj'n. Rumph. — Novella 

 Tepens,Rumpk. 2, p. 122; — Rheed. \,t. 30) ?oi1 £«/«. 5 Moluccas ; 

 Cochin-China, Soonderbuns. Fl. like those of No. 1, H. and R. S.; fr. 

 C. S. — W. and A. pr. 1. p. 52 ; refer this species doubtfully to No. 1. 



3. macrophyllum , G. Don., {Mill. diet. I, p. 485. — Hibiscus macrophyl- 

 lus Roxb. H. B.p. 51;— DC. pr. 1, p. 455 ; — lVall pi. as. rar. I. 

 ^. 51.) L. b Assam, Penang. Fl. very large, sulphur, with a dark 

 blood-coloured eye, H. and R. S; fr. C, S. — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 

 50, refer with doubt Hibiscus setosus, Roxb. to Paritium, adding that 

 it seems in no respect distinct from H. macrophyllus, Roxb. 



4. tricuspe, G. Don. (W. atid A. pr. 1, p. 52; — /. Gi-ah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 14. — Hibiscus tricuspis, Cav ; — DC. pr. 1, p. 453 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 

 3, p. 202. — H. hastatus, L. fll. suppl. 310.) 5 Society Islands. Fl. 

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



5. Bealii, Wall. MSS. B Japan. Introduced in 1840. Has not fl. 

 Thespesia, Corr. {DC.pr. \, p. 455 ; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 54.) 



1. populnea, Corr. {DC. o. c. p. 456 ; — W. and A. I. c. excl. Hibiscus 

 populneoides. Roxb.; — Wight icon. 1, t. 8; — /. Grah. Cat. B, pi. 

 p. 15, excl. syn. Roxb. — Hibiscus jjolpulneus, /?o.r6. fl. ind. S, p. 

 190 i—^Rheed. 1, t. 28 ; — Rumph. 2, t. 74.) C<>ttC?*f Poresh. b Society 

 Islands, Guinea. Courtallum, Singapore, Bengal. Fl. large, sulphur, 

 with a dark blood-coloured eye, R. S. ; fr. C. S. — Wood used for 

 making rollers, and other purposes, where closeness of grain is re- 

 quired. The fruit abounds in a yellow pigment, which might per- 

 haps be turned to some account. {J. Grah.) 



2. populneoides, Wall. (Hibiscus populneoides, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 191.) 

 b Coromandcl, Bengal. C^\C^*\T^^^^ Poresh-pippul, Fl. like those 

 of No. 1, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



GossYPiUM, L. {DC. pr. \,p. 456 ; — W. and A. pr. \,p. 54.) Cotton. 

 1. acuminatum, Roxb, (/. ind. Z, p. 186 ; — Royle ill. p. 98 ; — Wight, 

 ill. 1, t. 27.) 5 Mountains of Bengal, Malacca. Fl. large, sulphur, 

 and fr. throughout the whole year. This species is not cultivated ; 



