XXII. 
HIBISCUS GRANDIFLORUS. 
' . Large-flowered Hibiscus. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Malvacee. Juss. Gen. p. 273. 
Sect. III, Filamenta corolle vagina inserta, indefinita, Fructus simplex, multilocularis, 
med plus minus 5-fidus, bracteis 5-12in unam altquando coalitis involucratus. Filamenta ver- 
s apicem vagine ore 5-dentata dense sparsa. Stylus apice 5-fidus. Stigmata subrotunda, 
ser at ay Pericarpium figura et consistentia varium, 5-loculare valvis totidem ab apice 
centro vacuo relicto dehiscentibus. _Semina 8-30 in singulis loculis, Layo duplici serie ad an- 
gulum internum inserta. Herbe aut Frutices, Folia integra, lobata vel profunde fissa, nervis quo- 
rundam subtus glanduligeris. Flores solitarii, axillares, interdum foliis superioribus minorihus vel 
Pprorsus deficientibus quasi spicati unquam forte terminales. Pedunculus imd basi altiusve 
articulatus, An huc referenda species sei ade deciduo? Genera autem totius Ordinis, ni fallor, 
Jo ast sg sede cor et vagine staminiferé sold | Peale bracteis calycem alteram simulantibus ex- 
cluden 
# # Caulis aculeatus. 
H. caule eco peter po ange foliorum laminis palmato-5-3-fidis, subtus pe opdaions: :. 
bracteis 9-10 erectis, lineari-attenuatis: calyce valde tomentoso. 
Sponte nascentem ad ripas fluminis Hawkesbury, legit G. Paterson. 
Floret apud nos Augusto, Septembri. 
A new species, which flowered luxuriantly Tast summer, in the garden of the Right Hon?!«, 
Charles Greville at Paddington; but though its corolla is fine and gorgeous, it hoes a rambling 
prickly shrub, and will be little esteemed here. In aflinity it comes nearer to H, Cannabinus, I 
diatus and Ficulneus, than any others; from the first of which it may be distinguished by having 
no gland on the principal nerves of the leaves, and from allof them by its —* woolly 
calyx. It has been used in New Holland for making ropes. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. Part of the Calyx spread open. — 
