PI. Cey. 25 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 18. TT. muricata, DC. Prodr. i. 
442. U. Lappago, DC. Prodr. i. 441. U. mwifolia, DO. Prodr. i. 442 ? 
V. heterophils, Smith in Rees' Cycl. 37 ; Wall. Cat. 1933 E, F. G, H, 
K. U. tomentosa, Wall. Cat. 1933 H. ;— Burm. Zeyl. t. 69, f. 2. 
Distributed like the last. 
Var. 2. scabriuscnla, DC. Prod. i. 441 (sp.) ; herbaceous j leaveB 
roundish, scarcely lobed, with 1-3 glands beneath ; bracteoles linear, 
longer than the sepals. U. scahriuscula. Wall. Cat, 1928 F; W. <fe A. 
Prodr. i. 46 \ Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 18. 
4. Hibiscus, Linn. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves stipulate, usually more or lefts pal- 
mately-lobed. Inflorescence axillary, rarely terminal. Bracteoles 5 or 
more, free, or connate at the base. Calyx 5-(oothed or 5-fid, valvate, 
sometimes spathnccous. Petals 5, oonnate at the base with the staminal- 
tnbe. Staminal-tube truncate or 5-toothed at the summit; filaments 
many; anthers reniform, l-celled. Ovary 5-cetled, cells oppofiite the 
sepals, each with 3 or more ovules ; styles 5, connate below ; stigmas 
capitate or sub-spathulate. Capsule loculicichilly 5-valved, sometimes 
with a separate endocarp, or with false dissepiments forming a spurious- 
ly 10-cel led fruit. Seeds glabrous, hairy or woolly. About 150 species ; 
distributed chiefly in the tropical regions of both hemispheres. 
Calyx spathaceous, deciduous ... ... 1. II. Abesmoschus. 
Calyx persistent, 5-cleft. 
Bracteoles of involucre distinct, their 
apices spathulate ... ... 2. H. Surattensis. 
Bracteoles united at the base, nearly as 
long as the calyx ... ... 3. fl". macrophyUus. 
Bracteoles united into a cup much shorter 
than the calyx. 
Involucre and calyx softly pubescent 4. fl. liliaceous. 
h » rugulose 5. E. Jloccosus. 
1. H. Abelm03Chus, Linn. Spec. 980. A stout annual under- 
shrub 2 to 3 feet high : young branches and peduncles retro-hispid, all 
other parts hispid or stellate- hispid. Leaves variable, usually with 3 to 
5, deep, oblong-lanceolate or linear, serrate-crenate, acute lobes, some- 
times hastate or sagittate, the base always rounded ; length and breadth 
3 to 5 iu. ; petiole longer than the blade j stipules minute, subulate, fuga- 
ceous. Flowers 3 in. in diam., axillary, solitary; peduncles shorter than 
tho petioles, ebracteate. Involucres 8 to 12, linear, 5 to '75 in. long. 
Calyx I 2b iu. long, toothed at the apex. Corolla yellow with a crimson 
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