Hibiscus. | MALVACER. 125 
Woody climber, velvety tomentose. F Z : ‘ . H. scandens. 
Erect a all softer parts tawny setose ‘ ‘ i : . H. macrophyllus. 
* rt of involucre =a 
1. H. mutabilis, L.; H.f. Ind. Fi. i. 344.—A large shrub or 
little tree Or few years’ pialtion. the softer parts all seurfy 
tomentose; leaves broadly cordate, about 4 to 5 in. long, on a 3-4 
in. long tomentose petiole, covered with a thin scurfy tomentum, 
5-7-lobed, the lobes broad, acute or cuspidate, irregularly repand- 
toothed ; flowers large, white, soon turning deep rose-coloured, on 
scurfy tomentose straight peduncles neatly as long as the petiole, 
axillary, solitary, sometimes collected into a spurious leafy termi- 
nal raceme; involucre consisting of 8 to 10 linear somewhat stiff 
leaflets half as long as the ovate acuminate 3-nerved and tomentose 
calyx-lobes ; capsules depressed-orbicular, hairy outside and within ; 
seeds woolly. 
Has.—Here and there cultivated in gardens. 
2. H. venustus, Bl. var. Brandisiii—A shrub of few years’ 
duration, all: softer parts Saacly and softly tomentose; leaves cor- 
date or cordate-oblong, shortly 5-lobed, with the lobes acute or 
undivided, about 5-6 in. long and broad, on a densely pilose, 
——— petiole 3 to 4 in. long, coarsely and irregularly repand- 
to ,» Membranous, on both sides Eogn! pubescent; stipules 
teas ; flowers about 3-4 in. in diamet solitary, or by 2-3 on a 
3-4 in. long cored pilose straight settle jointed at the middle, 
axillary, or forming a terminal Jax panicle ; involucre much shorter 
than the 2 in. uae 5-cleft densely pubescent calyx, consisting of 
usually 7 linear pilose leaflets reflexed oe while in bud; calyx- 
lobes brvatlly lanceolate, acuminate, l-nerved, longer than the 
densely tawny-setose, iinet obtuse capsule ; ‘seeds brushy-hispid 
from short, stiff, red-brown 
Has. ad Tenasserim. o ra March. 
3. H. Syriacus, L.; Hf. Ind. Fl. i. 344.—A glabrous or 
slightly puberulous evergreen shrub; leaves ovate or rhomboid- 
ovate, one a more or less puberulous petiole 6-8 lin. long, usually 
, 4-2 in. long, entire or often more or less 3-lobed. 
with the | lobes. acute or rather blunt, repand-toothed, while young 
slightly pubescent ; flowers pale purple or white, axillary feere id 
on pedicels shorter than the petioles ; involucre consisting of 6-7 
linear one-nerved leaflets a little shorter than the oblong, acute, 
scurfy-tomentose calyx-lobes ; seeds with a line of elastic hairs. 
Has.—Occasionally cultivated by the Karens in the Martaban hills. 
4. H. Rosa Sinensis, L. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 344 -—Khoung-yan.—A = 
. little evergreen tree, but usually remaining a shrub, the younger __ 
