84 MALVACB.E. 



calyx; capsule exserted, puberuloas, 5-keele(l: keels acute, ciliate-hispid ; seeds minutely 

 puberulous.— Hibiscus, 5ffl-<«r.— Petals 5"'-6"'long; capsule 5"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Disl, Fd., March, near the coast; [Mexico!, Guayaquil!]. 



13. ABELMOSCHUS, Med. 



Calyx spathaceous, surrounded by a 5-10-leaved, often caducous, involucel. Capsule 

 elongated, 5-locuIar, loculicidal : cells many-seeded. 



48*. A. moschatus, Mch. Suffruticose, hispid; leaves hastate, irregularly toothed 

 (often with accessory lobes at the base) ; pedicels axUlary, nearly equalling the petiole ; invo- 

 lucel-leaves 6-10, linear, subpersistent, three times exceeded by the calyx ; petals yellow, with 

 fJ, crimson claws, three times exceeding the calyx ; capsule oblong-lanceolate, hairy ; seeds gla- 

 ' brous, striate.— Ca«. Diss. t. 63. /. 2 ; Desc. Fl. 5. t. 361. — Hibiscus Abebnoschus, L.— 

 Petals 2J"-3" long; capsule lV'-2" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica {Macf.), the 

 Caribbean Islands ; [and in all tropical countries ; said to be spontaneous in Guiana !, and 

 Central America!]. 



49. A. esculentus, W. A. Herbaceous, hairy; leaves i-lohed, irregularly serrate; 

 pedicels asiWary, shorter tfian the petiole; involucel-leaves 9-12, linear, caducous; petals 

 , yellow, with reddish claws, twice exceeding the calyx ; capsule oblong-lanceolate, hairy, and 

 p'with bristles; seeds somewhat hairy, substriate. — Cas. JHss. t. 61./. 2; Tass. Fl. 1. t. 10; 

 Desc. Fl. 4. t. 269.— Hibiscus, i.— Petals li''-2" long; capsule usually 3" long.— Hab. 

 Caribbean Islands (Jacq), e.g. Bai'badoes {Hughes) ; [Guiana !, and naturalized in all tropical 

 countries] . 



14. HIBISCUS, L. 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-toothed, sun-ounded by an involucel. Capsule 5-locular, loculicidal: 

 cells many-seeded. 



Sect. 1. Trionastkum. — Involucel-leaves distinct, enlarged at the top. Calyx 

 5-fid, veniricose. Seeds glabrous. 



50. H. sororius, Z, Shrubby, puberulous with appressed down; leaves cordate, 

 bluntish, crenate; pedicels axillary, jointed, nearly equalling the leaf; involucel-leaves 7—10, 

 distinct, cylindrical, enlarged at the top into a reniform limb, twice exceeded by the calyx ; 

 calyx 5-fid, ventricose, twice exceeded by the corolla : lobes ovate, bluntish, eglandulose ; 

 petals rose-coloured, spreading ; capsule ovoid-globose, pilose, included within the excrescent 

 calyx ; seeds glabrous, obsoletely muricate. — Corolla 12'", capsule 10'" long. — Hab. Carib- 

 bean Islauds ; [Guadeloupe I, Guiana !]. 



Sect. 2. FuROAitiA. — Involucel-leaves distinct, usually enlarged into a bifurcate limb. 

 Calyx 5-fid, appressed to the capsule, with the lobes bearing a large gland on the outside 

 of the midrib. Seeds glabrous. 



51. H. bifurcatus, Cav. Shrubby, muricate, and scabrous; leaves 3-5-lobed or has- 

 tate, irregularly serrate ; pedicels axillaiy, jointed, exceeded by or equalling the petiole ; in- 

 volucel-leaves 10-12, distinct, linear, bifurcate at the top, equalling or exceeding the calyx ; 

 caJjgx 5-iid, hispid, 4-6 times exceeded by the corolla : lobes ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved, 

 glanduliferous on the back ; petals purple, spreading-erect ; capsule ovoid, pilose, equalling 

 the calyx; seeds glabrous, obsoletely mmicate. — Cav. Diss. t. 61./. 1. — H. bicornis, Mey.l 

 — Corolla 3", capsule 10'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Maef., in bogs near the seashore; 

 [Guadeloupe I, Panama!, Guiana 1, Brazil !]. 



Sect. 8. Ketmia, — Involucel-leaves simple. Calyx appressed to the capsule. 

 Seeds glabrous or pubescent, but without cotton-hairs. 



52. H. tulipiflorus, £b0/(. / j4ri(?«0M, pubescent with appressed down ; leaves cor- 

 date-rounded, irregularly crenate ; pedicels axillary, equalling the petiole ; involucel-leaves 

 7-8, distinet, ovate-lanceolate, spreading, twice exceeded by the calyx ; calyx 5-fid or at 

 length deeply 5-fid, twice exceeded by the corolla ; lobes ovate, pointed, 3-nerved; petals 

 yellow, velvety on the bach, spreading, obovate-obloug ; capsule . . . — Hook. Ic. t. 707. — 

 A high tree ; coroUa 2"-2i" long. — Hab. Dominica I, Imr., in mountain woods ; [Guade- 

 loupe!]. 



