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Himscus CAHEROIVIS HKOWIiE§ JET WESTCOTT. 
Monadelphia Polyandri 
a L. 
Malvaceae Jussieu. 
Ilibisceae Endlielier. 
IiBiscus L. Endlielier. Involucellum poljphyllum aut multifidum, persistens, fo- 
l ,0 hs simplicibus aut bifurcatis. Catyx quinquefidus, persistens, segmentis 
aestivatione valvatis. Corollae petala 5, hjpogjna, obovato-inaequilatera, un¬ 
guibus imo tubo stamineo adnata, aestivatione convolutiva. Tubus stamineus 
«olmnnaeformis, infra apicem nudum, truncatum aut quinquedentatum filamenta 
jdus minus copiosa exserens; antherae reniformes, bivalves. Ovarium sessile, 
quinquelorulare. Ovula in loculis plurima aut pauca, angulo centrali inserta. 
Stylus terminalis, exsertus, quinquefidus; stigmata capitellata, rarissime cohac- 
le «tia. Cap su l a quinquelocularis, loculicide quinquevalvis, valvis medio septa 
uiargine seminifera gerenlibus, columella centrali nulla. Semina plurima aut 
1,1 eidum abortu pauca, adscendenlia, globoso — aut obovato — reniformia, testa 
mustacea, nuda aut squauiulosa aut interdum lanata. Embryo intra albumen 
parcissimum, mucilaginosuin homotrope arcuatus; cotyledonibus foliaceis, sese 
plicato-involventibus, radicula infera. 
Arbores, frutices aut herbae, in regionibus tropicis subtropicisque, parce in 
e '«peratis calidioribus crescentes; foliis alternis, pctiolatis, integris aut lobatis, 
7* 1 * Us ’ Vi 'rie pubescentibus aut scabris; stipulis lateralibus geminis; floribus axil- 
. 1 Mls ’ S <>litariis aut foliorum abortu terminalibus, pauiculatis, corymbosis, racemo- 
aut rarius spicatis, stipulaceo-bracteatis, corollis amplis; petalis colore vario, 
s aepissim e basi macula discolori distinctis. 
^ Sect. Sabdariffa De Cand. 
(SabdarifTa) Cameronis. Fruticosus, subviscido-puberulus. Foliis late-ovatis, 
cordatis, grosse serrato-dentafis, acutis, longe pctiolatis, integris, trifidis triparti- 
tisque aut quinquepartitis; stipulis setiformibus, pilosis, deciduis; floribus magnis, 
111 apice ramulorum axillaribus; calycibus ovatis, acuminatis basi inflatis, pen¬ 
tagonis, decem-costatis; petalis elongato-obovalis, obtusis, margine subundu- 
latis, e gilvo sordide-roseis, basi macula saturate-punicea cinctis; involucellis 
">inuli S) decem-dentatis. 
' ‘iseus Cameroni Knowles et Westcolt Floral Cabinet, V. II. p. 149. Lindley 
Miscellaneous Notices 1840, p. 22, N. 31. Hooker Bot. Mag. T. 3936. 
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