Hibiscus. 1 
HALVACEA. 
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Pilose annuals or biennials. 
Bracteoles 5-6, subulate 
Bracteoles 8-10, linear-spathulate 
Section 2, Paritium. Calyx 5-cleft, persistent. Cap- 
sule 10-celled. Leaves entire. Bracteoles connate 
into a toothed cup. 
The only species 
Section 3, Furcaria. Calyx 5-cleft, persistent. Brac- 
teoles narrow, free, leafy. Stems with hooked 
prickles. 
Prostrate ; flowers small 
Erect ; flowers large 
Section 4, Abelmoschus. Annuals with a deciduous 
spathaceous calyx, toothed at the tip only. 
Bracteoles 6-12, linear 
Bracteoles 5, large, lanceolate. 
Branches scabrous with hard tubercles ; leaf- lobes 
broad 
Branches naked or faintly bristly ; leaf-lobes long, 
linear 
3. H. Hornei. 
4. H. pandurjEformis. 
5. H. TILIACEUS. 
* H. SURATTENSIS. 
* H. RADIATES. 
* H. Abelmoschus. 
* H. FICULNEUS. 
* H. Manihot. 
1. H. liliifloros, Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 446. A glabrous shrub . Leaves 
distinctly petioled, ovate, 2-4 in. long, entire or crenate, or young 
deeply trifid, obtuse or acute, firm, rounded at the base. Flowers few, 
long-peduncled, solitary from the axils of the upper leaves ; bracteoles 
5, linear, connate at the very base. Sepals lanceolate, 1-1^ in. long, 
connate above the middle. Corolla large, funnel-shaped, bright red. 
Stamens as long as the corolla or rather exserted. Carpels dry, firm, 
as long as the calyx. H. fragilis, DC. Prod. i. 446. H. G-enevii, 
Bojer ; Bot. Mag . t. 3144. 
Mauritius, in hilly woods of Pouce, Grand Bassin, etc. Rodriguez, not common, 
Balfour ! Bouton ! Seychelles, in several places in Mahe, but perhaps introduced, 
Horne, 428 ! Also Bourbon. Var. hybridus, Bot. Mag. t. 2891, is a form raised 
from this, fertilised by pollen of the East Indian H. mutabilis. Mandrinetie , or 
Augerine. 
2. H. columnar is, Cav,; DC. Prod. i. 448. A glabrous shrub. Leaves 
long-petioled, round-cordate, firm, green, 3-4 in. broad, acute, shallowly 
3-lobed in the upper half ; lobes repand. Pedicels short, few, solitary 
from the axils of upper leaves ; bracteoles 5, linear, distinct. Sepals 
lanceolate, leathery, naked, connate in the upper third. Corolla large, 
(2-3 in. long), yellow, with a dark eye, silky on the outside. Stamens 
exserted. 
Mauritius, in ravines of the Pouce, Bojer. Also Bourbon. 
3. H. Hornei, Baker. A low branched annual, with stems clothed 
with long spreading pungent hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, small, 
round-cordate, shallowly 5-lobed, with a lanceolate or deltoid point, 
inciso -crenate, nearly glabrous above, tomentose beneath. Flowers few, 
distant, solitary, long-peduncled ; bracteoles 5 to 6, small, free, subu- 
late, ciliated. Calyx \ in. deep, densely pilose ; teeth lanceolate, con- 
nate halfway up. Corolla 1-1£ in. long, white with a purple eye. 
Carpels as long as calyx, densely pilose. Seeds naked, tubercled. 
Seychelles, in a maize-field in lie Praslin, Horne , 356 ! 429 ! Endemic. Near the 
East Indian 11. vitifolius , Linn. 
