HIBISCUS. 
MALVACEAE, 
303 
distanlerq.- denlalis prope nervos excurrentes, supra glabriusculis, infra rigido- 
lomentosis; stipulis longis setaceis; pedicellis brevib. angulatis, sub flore dilata- 
tis; involucelli foliolis 5 lineari-subulat. apice aeutissim. longitudinaliler -stria- 
lis, calycem 5-fidum superanlib. ; sepalis 3-nerviis margine tenuib.; corolla sub- 
tus tubulosa; seminib. pubescentib. — H. septemnervosus Wght. in Wall, Cat. 
2G93. — H. Borbonicus Wght. I. c. 2694. nec alior, — Crescit in India orientali. 
6. PANDURIFORMIS Burm. - DC. 1. c. 455. — Wght. et Arn. I. c. 50. — H. tu- 
bulosus Cav. — DC. 1. c. 447. — // pilosus Rxb. Ic. ined. — H. setosus Wall. 
Cat. 1902. — H. velutinus DC. Prodr. I. 452?? 
7. *H. VITIFOLIUS L. — Yfght. et Arn. l. c. 50. — DC. 1. c. 450. — //. obtusifolius 
W. — DC. I. c. — H. truncatus Rxb. H. Benghal. 
8. *H. ERIOCARPUS DC I. c. 452. — Wght. et Arn. 1. c. 5L — H. collinus Rxb 
Hort. Bengh. 51. — H. simplex Rxb. Ic. inedit. 
9. *H. (Bomhicella DC.) HIRTUS L. — Wght. et Arn. I. c. — //. Rosa Malabarica 
Koen. — Bot. Reg. t. 337. — Spr. Syst. Veg. IIL 105. — H. phoeniceus Willd. — 
DC. I. c. 452. 
* * Insulares. 
10. H. (Bombicella) VIRGATUS Blume Bijdragen 71. — FoII. lineari-lanceolat. acu- 
niinat. , superne remote dentatis, infimis cuneiformi — ovatis 3-lobis; pedunculis 
folio breviorib. supra medium arliculatis ; involucello 8-10-phyIIo. — Crescit in Java. 
11. H. (Bombicella DC.) SPATHACEUS Blume I. c. 72. — Foll. orbiculato-cordatis 
acuminatis denticulatis, subtus in nervis 5 medio poro lineari instructis et stellato- 
villos.; ramulis fasciculalim-pilos.; involucello 10-12-partit — Crescit in Java insula. 
12. H. SIMILIS Blume I. c, 73. — Foll. orbiculato-cordatis acuminatis crenulatis, 
sublus albidis stellato-tomentosis et in nervis 3-5 medio poro lineari instructis, 
involucello 10-fido. — Crescit in Java. 
13. *H. LONGIFOLIUS Willd. — tuberosus Spanoghe Linnaea XV= 170. — Planta 
annua: radice crassa fungosa, Tota planta pilosa. Foll. cum nervis rubi- 
cundis, utrinq. pilosis; pedicellis petiolo paullo breviorib. 1-floris. Involucellis 
bifidis filiformib. pilosis. Capsula pyramidata pilosa polysperma; involucellum 
persistens. — Crescit ad margines Oryzetorum in insula Timor, 
14. H, HAMABO Sieb. et Zucc. Flora Japon. I. 176. f t. 93! — Fruticosus: foll. sub- 
orbicularib. retusis breviter cuspidatis crenatis, superne pubescentib., subtus al- 
bido-tomentosis; stipulis ellipticis integerr. caducis; floribus solitariis axillarib,; 
involucro cupulari 8-10-fido; calyce regulariter 5-fido; stigmatibus 5: capsulae 
loculis polyspermis, valvulis loculicidis. — Crescil in Japonia. 
11. AFFJCANL 
15. H. (Ketmia DC.) RAINERIANUS Vis. Semina H. Patavin. 1841, p. 3. — Perennis: 
caulib. tomentosis inermib.; foll. cordatis quinquangularib. crenato-dentatis; 
stipulis selaceis; involucello quinqueparlilo patulo, alabastro pentaptero; calyce 
quinquelobo; corolla expansa; capsularum loculis polyspermis; seminibq. gla- 
bris. — Crescit in deserto Africae borealis. 
16= H. DONGALENSIS Delile in Caillaud Voyage a Meroe. Bot, 59, f — Foll. ovat. 
subcordalis acuminat., crenato-serrat, ; llorib, breviter pedunculat,-; laciniis in- 
volucri anguste-Iinearib,; calycis segment, basi dilatat., 3-nerviis discolorib. apice 
lineari reflexo virentib. — Crescit in Aegypto. 
17. H. POLYMORPHUS Bojer in Desjardins Sixieme rapport de la soc. d'hist. nat. 
di rile Maurice 35. — Caule filiformi aspero purpurascente; foll. elongatis poly- 
morphis orbiculatis cordatis, 3-5 lobis, linearib. lanceolatis v. hastatis, crenula- 
tis vel integris. — Habitat in Mauritio insula. 
18. H. TELFAIRIAE Maund et Heaslow The Botanist V. t. 212! f — Fruticosus, ra- 
mosus: foll. petiolat. ovat. subobtusat. glabr. crenatis v. dentat. ; petiolis pube- 
scentib.; stipulis subulat.; pedunculis foliis breviorib.; petalis stylis staminibq. 
multo longiorib.; corollis carneis. — Crescit in inpula Mauritius. 
19. H. (Ketmia DC?) VERSICOLOR Schum. et Thonn. Dansk. Videnskab. Selsk. 
Afh. IV. 85. t — Foll. ovato-Ianceolat. serratis, acutiusculis scabridis; peduncu- 
