HIBISCUS TELFAFRIiE. 
MRS. TELFAIR’S HIBISCUS. 
NATURAL ORDER, MALVACEAE. 
THALAMIFLOK.®, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
! Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
MONADELPHIA, 
POLYANDRIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 212. 
GENUS. Hibiscus. Linnmvs. Involucellum polyphyllum, foliolis sim- 
plicibus, vel bifurcatis. Calyx quinquefidus, persistens, tbliolis asstivatione val- 
vatis. CoROLL/E petala 5, hypo^yna, obovato-ina'quilatera, unguibns imo tubo 
stamineo adnata, sestivatione convolutiva. Tubus stamineus columnae-formis, 
infra apicem nudum, truncatum u quinque dentatum, filamenta plus minus 
copiosa exserens. AxTHERiE reniformes, bivalves. Ovariuai sessile, simplex, 
quinqueloculare. Ovula in loeulis plurima, v pauca angulo eentrali inserta. 
Stylus terminalis, apice exserto quinquefidus: stigmata capitellata, rarissime 
cobmrentia. Capsula quinquelocularis, loculicide quinquevalvis, valvis medio 
margine septa seminifera gerentibus, columella centrali nulla. Seaiina plurima 
V iuterdum aborta pauca, adscendentia, reniformia, testa Crustacea, nuda aut 
squamulosa vel interdum lanata. Eaibryo intra albumen parcissimum mu- 
cilaginosum liomotrope arcuatus; cotyledonibus foliaceis, sese plicato-invol- 
veutibus. radicula infera. Endlicher • Genera plantarum, page 982. 
HYBRID. Hib iscus Telfairi^. Fruticosus, ramosus; foliis petiolatis, 
ovatis, subobtusis, glabris, crenatis, v dentatis, petiolis pubescentibus; stipulis 
subulatis, pedunculis foliis brevioribus, petalis stylis et staminibus multo-lon- 
gioribus : corollis carneis. 
Character of the Genus, Hibiscus. Involucellum many¬ 
leaved, leaves simple, or forked. Calyx five-parted, persistent, val- 
vate in aestivation. Petals of the corolla five, situate on the recep¬ 
tacle, unequally obovate, being joined by ungues to the base of the 
stamineous tube, convulate in aestivation. Staminous tube column¬ 
like, naked beneath the apex, truncate, or five-toothed, putting forth 
filaments more or less abundant. Anthers reniform, two-valved. 
Ovarium sessile, simple, five-celled. Ovules many or few in the 
cells, inserted on the central angle. Style terminal, the apex pro¬ 
jecting with five divisions. Stigmas in very little heads, rarely 
cohering. Capsule five-celled, and five-valved, valves bearing septa, 
containing the seeds, on the middle of their margin, no central colum¬ 
ella. Seeds many, or sometimes from abortion few, rising upwards, 
kidney-shaped, testa crustaceous, naked or in scales, or sometimes 
woolly. Embryo curved in the direction of the seed, within a very 
small mucilaginous albumen; cotyledons leafy, plicately folded, 
radicle inferior. 
