﻿PLATE CCCCXCVIII. 



HIBISCUS PRURIENS. 



Stinging Hibiscus. 



CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. 

 MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 lyx duplex, exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 11 Empalbment double ; outer one many-leaved 

 5. Capsula 5-locularis, polysperma. 5 summits. Capsule 5 -celled, many-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



biscus foliis sub-cordatis, lobatis, dentatis : n Hibiscus with nearly heart-shaped leaves, lobed 



floribus terminalibus, magnis, colore sul- and toothed : flowers terminal, large, and 



phureo, ad basin petalorum macula atro- of a sulphur colour, with a dark purple spot 



purpurea notatis. Caulis et petioli setis at the base of the petals. The stem and 



parvis laxis obsiti sunt, quae manibus ad- petioles are beset with small loose bristles, 



haerentes irritant et pungunt. II which sticking to the hand irritate and sting. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The empalement. 



2. The chives cut open, one tip magnified. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal, summits m^nir: i 



This non-descript species of Hibiscus is a native of the East Indie 



ance nearest to the H. canabinus. The stems and iootstalks of o 



hairs, so loosely attached that they easily come off, and, sticking about the hands, create a 



pleasant sensation somewhat resembling the stinging of a nettle. The fine dark eye of the flc 



a great relief to the surrounding sulphur colour, to the light delicacy of whose appearance i 



very difficult to do justice} for, in this showy family, elegant inflorescence is their principal r 



mtndation. 



Our figure represents a fine plant raised in the hot-stove of A. B. Lambert, esq. 



