SMOOTH HIBISCUS. 
cally described as having the leaves palmate and 
smooth; the segments lanceolate-serrate; and 
the stem, peduncles, and calyces, even. It is pe- 
rennial ; and very nearly allied to the Hibiscus 
Lsevis, described by Scopoli, in his Flora Insu- 
brica: only, in this, the leaves are all five- 
lobed; whereas, in Scopoii's plant, they are 
only three-lobed. 
This rare plant is a native of South Caro- | 
lina; was first cultivated here, by Dr. Fother- 
gill, in 1778; and blows in September. 
Our figure is from an original drawing, made 
by Mr. Miller, from the living plant, which 
blew in the garden of the late Dr. Fothergill, 
at Upton, in 178J. 
