76 xxiii. malvace^e. [Hibiscus 



23. H. fugosioides Hiern, sp. n. 



A perennial herb, with a tuberous-fasciculate root, and elongate 

 prostrate-ascending slender terete very tough and wiry hispid not 

 prickly stems, from 2 ft. upwards, nearly simple or branched 

 near the base. Leaves varying from roundly cordiform to lanceo- 

 late, mostly ovate, occasionally sub-trilobed, pointed or rounded 

 at the apex, cordate or nearly truncate at the base, membranous, 

 rather rigid, slightly rough with very short hairs, dull-green above, 

 paler beneath, crenulate except towards the base, 1 to 1\ in. long, 

 | to 1 j in. broad ; petiole § to 1 in. long, hispid ; stipules subulate, 

 g in. long, hispid. Peduncles axillary and solitary or gradually 

 in terminal leafy racemes, ranging up to nearly 2 in. in length, 

 clothed with very short hairs or nearly glabrate, jointed above 

 the middle. Epicalyx hispid, consisting of 6 or 7 small subulate 

 separate bracteoles, free from the calyx and much shorter than 

 it. Calyx covered with very short hairs, deeply divided into 5 

 linear-lanceolate acute segments \ in. long. Petals glabrous, | to 

 1 in. long, of a deep rose-colour. Fruit \ in. long, half -ellipsoidal; 

 carpels 5, marked with reticular venation and very short hairs 

 on the back, ciliate along the lines of dehiscence ; seeds smooth 

 to the touch, closely beset (as seen under a lens) with very small 

 recurved prickles. 



Pungo Andongo. — In rather moist sandy wooded thickets, near 

 Pedras de Guinga ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. No. 5237. 



This species belongs to the section Ketmia, and stands near to 

 H. articulatus Hochst. 



24. H. huillensis Hiern, sp. n. 



An undershrub, 2| to 3 ft. high or more ; branches virgate, 

 tawny tomentose, not prickly, leafy, terete. Leaves ovate or the 

 upper ones oblong, rather obtusely pointed at the apex, narrowed 

 or obtuse at the base, rigidly membranous, rather softly tomen- 

 tellous on both surfaces, somewhat tawny especially beneath, 

 dentate except towards the base, occasionally a little 3-lobulate, 

 1| to 3 in. long, § to 2 in. broad; petiole tomentose, ranging up 

 to | in. long, ascending ; stipules filiform, 5 in. long, hairy. 

 Flowers arranged in quasi-terminal leafy racemose cymes. Epi- 

 calyx of about 5 small subulate separate bracteoles, about equalling 

 the calyx-tube, hairy. Calyx hairy, rather deeply 5-cleft, | in. 

 long ; lobes lanceolate, i to | in. long. Petals hairy outside, 

 | in. long, of a biilliant scarlet colour. Style- branches 5, slender. 

 Fruit \ in. long, obtuse, exceeding the calyx ; carpels 5, spread 

 •outside with short stiff up-curving hairs ; seeds clothed with 

 reddish long shaggy hairs about as long as the body of the seeds. 



Htjilla. — In the wooded thickets of the last peak of the Serra da 

 Xella ; abundant ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 4942. Mumpulla, sparingly ; 

 fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4942&. 



This species belongs to the section Bombycella. 



25. H. petraeus Hiern, sp. n. 



Rootstock woody, with numerous ascending or erect terete wiry 

 rather slender stellately hairy not prickly stems, 2 to 6 in. high, 



