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Islands, according to Dr. Pickering. There are no specimens in the 

 herbarium. 



12. HIBISCUS, Linn. 



1. Hibiscus (Gamochl^ena) Sturtii, Hook. 



Hibiscus Sturtii, Hook, in Mitch. Jour. Trop. Austral, p. 363, adn. 



Hab. Hunter's River, New South Wales. 



The turbinate involucel is gamophyllous almost to the summit; on 

 account of which, and of the oligandrous column, this species appears 

 to be the type of a distinct section of the genus. 



2. Hibiscus physaloides, Guillem. & Perr. 



Hibiscus physaloides, Guillem. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. p. 52; Hook. Niger Fl. p. 227. 



Hab. St. Jago, Cape Yerde Islands ; — where it was also gathered 

 by Dr. Hooker. 



3. Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis, Linn. 



Hab. Feejee Islands : along banks of mountain streams at Ovolau, 

 where it has probably escaped from cultivation. Cultivated for the 

 beauty of the flowers, near their dwellings, by the natives of the 

 Feejee, Samoan, and Society Islands. 



4. Hibiscus ^Ethic-picus, Linn. 



Hibiscus jEthiopicus, Linn. Mant. p. 258 ; Cav. Diss. 3, t. 61, f. 1 ; Eckl. & Zeyh. 

 Enum. PI. Afr. Austr. p. 38. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope, near Cape Town. 



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