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leaves ovate-acuminate, smooth ; flowers purple, also frequently 

 yellow or fawn-coloured. A favourite offering at temples ; juice 

 uusd to blacken leallier, hence the English name. 



7. H UosaMutabilis, Don's st/s^. I,p48l. — Native of Eastern 

 Islands. Leaves cordate-angular, acuminate-toothed ; flowers white, 

 changing to red, often double. 



8. H LiLiFLORUs, Malavinsus -Puniceus, Cavanilles Diss. 3, 

 p 154; Don's syst. 1, p 476. — Native of Bourbon, now common in 

 gardens of Western India ; flowers scarlet. A very ornamental plant. 



9. H GiGANTEUs (?)— Flower not seen. Dapoorie Garden; seed 

 from Bengal. 



1 0. H Patersonii- (?) Australia ; Dapoorie Garden ; raised from 

 seed given by the late Lord Elphinstone. Regarding this, as well 

 as the last species, we await the further development of the plants 

 before endeavouring to trace them. 



11. H ERiocARrcs, DC. Prod. 1, p 452. — A small tree 

 with three-lobed five-nerved leaves ; leaves of involucel oblong, 

 slightly toothed ; capsules oblate, very hispid, pricking the hand, 

 like Cowage ; flowers white, beautifully variegated with purple, 

 and base of the corolla deep-purple. They are not yellow with a 

 dark centre, as described by Don 1, p 482. Gardens at 

 Dapoorie and Hewra. 



12. H LiNDLEYi.— Wall., P. A. Rarior. p 4, t, 4. — Native of 

 Ava; now common in our gardens of Western India; leaves 

 palmately 3 to 7-parted ; flowers large, purple, with dark centre, 

 A very ornamental species. 



13. H SuBDARiFFA, DC Prod. 1, p 453.— Native of the East 

 Indies. Roselle; cultivated for the excellent jelly which the red, 

 thickened, ar# very ornamental calyx affords. 



XXIV.— ABELMOSCHUS, W. and A., Monadelphia Poly- 

 andra. From the Arabic Kaht-el-Misk, a grain of Musk. 



14. A EscDLENTus, Linn. sp. 980. — Native of the West and 

 East Indies. " Bendy," Indian name ; " Okra," West-Indian 

 name. One of the vegetables the most widely cultivated in India, 

 and a most excellent and safe one it is. The seed-vessels bruised 

 form a good emollient poultice. 



15. A MuscATUS. — Eastern I'slands ; seed from Bengal; cap- 

 sule like that of the last, but shorter and more obtuse. The species 

 is remarkable only for the musky odour of the seeds. 



16. H SYRiAcus,Roxb. F1.3,pl95.-Gardens(?) About this 

 species there is a doubt. Information is solicited. 



XXV.— PARITlUM,W.and A., Monadelphia Polyandra. The 

 Malabar name latinised. 



17. P Tricuspis, Hibiscus Tricuspis, W. and A. 190; Roxb.- 

 Fl. 3, p 202. — A tree ; leaves long-petioled, three-lobed ; flowers 



