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53, EI. dypeatus, L, Shrubby, veliTcty i leaves cordate, angular-subtrilobed, minutely 

 toothed; pedicels axillary, infiraterminal ; involucel 9—W.-partite : segments Unear-lanceolate, 

 exceeded by the calyx ; calyx 5 -fid, nearly twice exceeded by the corolla: lobes huge, folia- 

 ceoits, ovate, pointed, 5-nerved; petals reddish-yellow, vehiety on the back, spreading-erect, 

 partly reflexed, somewhat unequal, oblong; capsule "roundish-truncate, hirsute;" seeds 

 "glabrous."— fi^. t. Uh.ft 1 ; Cav. Diss. t. 58./. 1 ; Besc. Fl. 7. t. 517.— A shrub, 6'-12' 

 high ; corolla 24"-3" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Macf., March, among seashore shrubs. 



54. H. trilobus, Cav. Shrubby; branches aculeate; leaves 8(-S)-lobed or hastate, 

 serrate, pubescent or glabrate ; pedicels axillary and inftaterminal ; involucel-leaves 9-1 1, 

 distinct, linear, exceeded by the calyx; calyx 5-toothed or 5-fid, four times exceeded by the 

 corolla ; lobes broadly ovate, pointed, 5-nerved and striate ; petals red, glabrous, spreading 

 or reflexed, obovate ; capsule " ovoid, hispid, included within the enlarged calyx ;" seeds . . . 

 —Plum. t. 159. / 1 ; Cav. Diss. t. 53. /. 2 ; Jacq. Ic. Bar. f. 650 ; Fuss. Fl. 3. t. 31 ; 

 Sesc. Fl. 6. f. 381, 7- t. 528.— H. domingensis, Jacg. . a form with violet petals and 3-5- 

 lobed leaves. H. aquations, Ikiss. ; a form with crimson petals.— Corolla 3", capsule 2" 

 long. — The Trinidad form, by its hastate leaves, the 5-fid striate calyx, and narrower petals, 

 approaches ff. striatus, Cav. (1. c. t. 54. f. 1), which however by WiUdenow was reduced to 

 the Haiti species. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sist, in bogs; Trinidad 1, Cr., in savannahs; [Haiti]. 



55*. HI. vitifolius, Z. Herbaceous, velvety; leaves cordate-rounded, angular, with 

 3-5 short lobes, toothed ; pedicels axillary and infratermiaal, jointed ; involucel-leaves 10-12, 

 distinct, filiform, exceeded by the calyx ; calyx 5-fid, 3-4 times exceeded by the corolla : lobes 

 ovate, pointed, 5-nerved ; petals yellow, with a large purple spot at the base, glabrous, spread- 

 ing, obovate; capsule globose, i-winged, pilose, exceeded by the enlarged calyx; seeds obso- 

 letely tubercled with scattered minute down. — Cav. Diss. t. 58. y. 2. — Petals 2i" long; cap- 

 sule 6'" diam. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica), March; Dominical, Imr.; S. Vincent!, 

 Anders. ; [introduced from the East Indies !]. 



Other species of Ketmia, cultivated in Jamaica and the Caribbean Islands, are H. lunari- 

 f alius, "Wy^^. mutabilis, h. (Desc. M. 4. t. 270) ; S. eannabinus, L. : two forms, one with 

 the petals yellow and reddish at the base, the other purple-flowered ; H. jRosa-sinensis, L. ; 

 B. Sabdarifa, L. (Desc. Fl. 1. 1. 31) ; and H.fragilis, DC. 



Sect. 4. BoMBiOELLA. — Involucel-leaves distinct, simple. Calyx appressed to 

 the capsule. Seeds covered with cotton-like wool. 



56. H. phoenicens, Jacq. {non Cav.) Shmbh-j , glabrous ; leaves deltoid, acuminate, 

 coarsely crenate-serrate (sometimes slightly lobed) ; pedicels axillary, exceeding the leaf, 

 jointed" about the middle ; involucel-leaves 9-10, distinct, linear, equalling or exceeding the 

 calyx ; calyx 5-fid, twice exceeded by the corolla : lobes ovale, pointed ; petals violet-crim- 

 son, , ^reading, obovate ; capsule ovoid-globose, hairy, equalling the calyx ; seeds bearing 

 whitish cotton-wool.— Jacq. H. Vind. 7. 1. 14 ; Cav. Diss. t. 61. f. 3 ; Desc. Fl. 6. t. 382.— 

 H. hirtns, Cav. {non L.). H. uailateralis, Cav. H. Bancroftianus, Ham. 1 {non Ma/f.) — A 

 shrub, about 5' high ; petals 6"'-8"', capsule 4'" long. The unilateral anthers afl^ord |io con- 

 stant character of this species. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; S. Kitts!, Antigua!, Nichols.; 

 S. Vincent!, Gai/rf.; [Haiti!, Venezuela]. ... 



57. H. Bancroftianus, Macf.! Shrubby, pubescent; leaves deltoid or cordate, 

 pointed or bluntish, coarsely crenate-serrate (or slightly 3-lobed) ; pedicels axillary, nearly 

 equalling the leaf, cernuous, jointed above the middle ; iuvolucel-leaves 9-10, distinct, liuear- 

 spathulate, pointed, somewhat exceeded by or equalling the calyx ; calyx 5-fid, 2i times ex- 

 ceeded by the corolla : lobes ovate, pointed ; petals crimson, convolute at the base, erect 

 and spreading above, obovate-oblong, exceeded by the column ; capsule ovoid, hairy, a little 

 exceeded 1 -. ■ - ■ . . . , ■„ , ^ , .. ■, „ 



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Cub.- , . „. 



Bancr., At., March, among shrubs, in the district of S. Ann's, e.g. near Moneague ; [Cuba !]. 



15. GOSSYPIUM, L. 

 Calyx shortly 5-toothed, exceeded by a tripartite involucel. Capsule 3-5.1ocular, loculi- 



