XCIV. 
Lime-leaved Hibiscus. 
Ordinem Naturalem et Characterem generis vide sub No. 22. 
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* Caulis arboreus, inermis : bracteis in calycem exteriorem confluentibus. 
H, stipulis auriculatis : foliorum ae subretundo-cordatis, rarissime Signe plus minus crena- 
,acuminatis, subtus t 1 bracteis 9-10 : petalis uno latere valde 
truncatis 
H. Tilizfolius. so% p. 383. H. tiliaceus. Cav. Diss. 3. p. 150. €- 55. f. 1. pessima. H, —— 
Linn. Sp. Pl. e p. 976. H. foliis, &c. Linn. Fl. Zeyl. p. 259. Althea maritima, &c. 2. Brown 
Hist. Jam. p. ce Maes arborea, &c. cortice in <= uci ie eee ~~ s p. 215. t 
134, f. 4. Alcea malabarica, abutili folio, &c. Ray. H 1070. K ca, Tilize f 
Tourn. Inst. p. 100. Alcea indica sinarum, flore luteo aa 2b 2 Plukn. Aaah. t.355.f. 5. No- 
vella, Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. 2. p. 218. t.73. Pariti s. Tali pariti. Rheed. Hort. Me». 1. p. 53. 
t. 30. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Jamaica, oris maritimis, legit P, Browne. 
Floret apud nos, Augusto, Septembri. 
A common maritime shrub between the Tropics, for I can find no difference ee oa 
both Sieh chores, and probably H. Elatus of Swartz +s no more than a variety occasioned by @ 
different soil and situation. The leaves in all are frequently integerrima, and have a long: 
gland on the under side of the principal nerve or sometimes also on the two lateral nerves. os. Our plant 
flowered last summer in the stove of Madame La CoMTESSE DE 2 Vanes 
Stem in its native soil, according to Browne 16 or 18 feet high, and soon attaining the same 
ime 
_acaage crenated, their petiole long and almost round. Stipules ear-shaped, very hoary, soon fall- 
off. Flowers without smell, axillary, but the leaves gradually decreasing in size branch 
dividing into forks, they form a thin panicle. Bractes 9 or 10, confluent at t 
lyx, Calyx much longer than the bractes; deeply divided into 5, wedge~s haped, ate! entire, 8 
a segments. Petals similar to those of many other species, but more obliquely truncated 
on 
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