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testa tenuiter membranacea ; albumen mediocre; cotjdedones ovatse. — Frutex elatiis, 

 glaber. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, maxima, dentata, pennivenia et basi sub-3-nervia; 

 Stipulae magnse, in imam intrapetiolarem connatae. Florum glomeruli stricte globosi, 

 ramos paucos paniculae lateralis terminantes, v. uno alterove secus ramum paniculae 

 sessili. Flores in glomerulo fere sessiles, bracteis parvis scariosis. (J. D. Hooker.) 



T. latifolia Gaudicliaud, I.e. — Shrub, 4-8 ft. high, with a viscid juice. Leaves 

 on petioles of 3-1 in., ovate, 9-16X5-9 in., acute, obtusel}' crenate, rounded at the 

 base, chartaceous, dark green and glabrous on both faces. Stipules 2 in., acute. 

 Glomerules generally in repeatedly forking cymes, with one branch suppressed and 

 the middle glomerule sessile; the male cymes longer and broader than the female. 

 This Hawaiian plant is found sparingly in deep ravines on all the islands; the 

 olona of the natives; its fibre is used not for kapa, but for cords and threads employed 

 in sewing kapa; no more durable fibre is known. See Fig. 81. 



Hibiscus (Paritium) Linn. Gen. n. 846. — Bracteolte 00, rarius 3-5, ssepius 

 angnstjE, liberae v. coalitae. Calyx 5-fidus v. 5-dentatus. Columna staminea infra 

 apicem truncatum v. 5-dentatum (rarius anthiferum) filamenta co exserens. Ovarium 

 5-loculare, loculis 3-co-ovulatis; st3'li ramis 5, patentes v. rarius erecto-subconnati, 

 superne ssepe incrassati, nunc brevissimi apice in stigmata capitata v. spathulata 

 dilatati. Capsula loculicide 5-valvis, endocarpio rarius membranaceo-solubili v. in 

 dissepimenta spuria per dehiscentiam fissa producto. Semina reniformia, subglobosa 

 (v. rarius obovoidea?), glabra tomentosa v. lanata. — Herbse frutices v. arbores, nunc 

 elatae hispidse v. tomentosae, nunc humiliores v. glabrae. Folia varia, Sc-epe partita. 

 Flores colore vario, plcrumque speciosi, petalis stepe macula discolori notatis. 

 Bracteolse persistentes v. caducse. (J. D. Hooker.) Pan'/i/nu St. Hilaire, Fl. Bras. 

 Mer. I, 295. 



H. tiliaceUS St. Hilaire, /. c. — Small freely branching tree. Leaves orbicular- 

 cordate on long petioles, about 5X5 in-, shortl}' acuminate, entire, hoary beneath, 

 glabrous above, palmately 7-9-nerved, the three middle nerves with a gland near the 

 base. Stipules large, caducous. Peduncles short, in the upper axils or at the ends 

 of the branches, with one to several flowers. Involucre campanulate, about half the 

 length of the calj'x, divided to the middle into 10-12 acute lobes. Calyx tomentose, 

 nearly an inch long, with lanceolate lobes. Petals large, ^-ellow, often with a brown 

 centre. Capsule about an inch in diameter, opening into 5 valves, 3 naked seeds to a 

 cell. — A tree of great importance to the natives, who called it //an. A most valuable 



