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HiBIsCUS SURATTENSIS. PRICKLY-STALKED 
- Hiziscvus. 
Cla/s aid Order. 
MoNADELPHIA POLYANDRIAs 
By 
Generic CharaGer. 
Cal. duplex: exterior oe ars | Stigmata se Capf: a 
locularis, polyfperma. 
Specific Charafer and Synonyms. 
: HIBISCUS Jurattenfis ; recurvato-aculeatus, foliis: quinqué- 
lobis, calycibus exterioribus appendiculeatis fti- 
pulis femicordatis, floribus pedunculatis, Sp. P/. 
979 Sy. Veget. 630. Burm. Ind. 152. Reich. Be 
p- 363. Wilid. 3. 824. Mart. Mill. Did 
Loureiro Cochin. 420°? Hort. Kew 2. p. 457- 
HIBISCUS aculeis recurvis, foliis digitatis -calycibus appen= 
: diculatis. Cav. Diff. 3. p. 149. t. 53. f- 1. 
KETM 1A. indica fpinulofa profunde - ‘iniata, Acetofe fapores 
<=: Dagm, Leyls tops. oe 
Herba crinalium vulgaris {. ee: Ranphs Amb. 4. p. 4s 
ae ft. 16. 
sack we ae 
aa 
‘sree 
= 
The eerie B of Linnavs, arin poalllis of ihe Hortus 
_ Malabaricus, is probably a diftinét {pecies. Perhaps Lou- 
= Retro’s plant, which differs from ours in being a fhrub of | 
the growth of fix feet or more, and in having flowers faffron-_ 
— coloured within and very red without, alfo belongs to that, or 
4s different from both. 
__ Rumr alfo defcribes two fpecies or varieties of his Herda 
Lae crinalium, the domeflica and /ylvefris. To the former he 
afcribes a perennial root, and {peaks of it as forming a large 
 Wide- -fpreading fhrub, with extremely tough brayches, but 
_ green = not eee * mre, = he by is herbaceous, 
<_< = ee 
