288 MALVACEAE. 



Vernacular name: »Maho". (Splitgerb.) 

 All tropical countries. 



Hibiscus esculentus Linn. Spec. pi. 980. 

 Gonini River: Versteeg 137 (fl. Aug.) 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 977 (fl. Aug.); Focke without number. 

 Saramacca River, near Groningen: Went 244 (fl. Aug.) 

 Surinam: Hostmann 955 ; Splitgerber 282 H. L. B. 90S, 237—13 (fl. Dec.) 

 Cultivated, vernacular name: >Okro" or >Okrum". 

 All tropical countries. 



Hibiscus Abelmoschus Linn. Spec. pi. 980. 

 Paramaribo: Nolte in herb. Gott. 

 Surinam River, near plant. Domburg: Tulleken 183 H. L. B. 903, 



322 — 1419 (fl. Aug.) 

 Surinam: Splitgerber 569 H. L. B. 905,237— 4 (fl. Febr.); Focke 1275; 



Kappler 1694; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—214; Hostmann 544. 

 Vernacular name : >Muskus okro" (Splitgerber) or »Jorka okro" 



(Tulleken). 

 Tropical South-America. 



Hibiscus schizopetalus Hook. f. Botan. Magaz. 6524. 

 Paramaribo : Went 533 (fl. Octob.) 

 Cultivated. 

 Tropical Africa. 



THESPESIA Corr. 



Thespesia populnea (L.) Corr. Ann. Mus. Par. IX. 290. 



Surinam: Splitgerber 476 H. L. B. 905, 237 — 39 (fl. Jan.); Focke 290. 



Cultivated. 



Tropical Asia and Africa. 



GOSSYPIUM Linn. 



Qossypium hirsutum Linn. Spec, plant, ed. II. 975. 



Surinam: Wullschlagel 1364 ex Gurke Flora Bras. XII. 3 p. 582. 

 All tropical countries. 



Qossypium barbadense Linn. Spec. pi. ed. I. 693. 



Paramaribo : Went 358 (fl. Sept.) 



Surinam River, Commewyne River, Saramacca River ex van Hall, 



Bulletin No. 2. van den Landbouw in West-Indie pg. 32 



Vernacular name » Sea-Island katoen". 



All tropical countries. 



Gossypium religiosum Linn. Syst. nat. ed. II. 462. 

 Gonini River: Versteeg 138 (fl. Aug.) 



