cence, amongst which are scattered tubular prickles, arising fjoiri 
callous glandular bases, red on the young shoots, green on the old. 
Branches axillary, round, ascending. Leaves six inches long, 
from four to six inches broad, palmately divided into three or five 
lobes, underneath strongly reticulated, thickly covered on each side 
with a harsh stellate pubescence, lobes lanceolate, irregularly dentate, 
ribs prominent, more or less aculeate. Petioles in the upper leaves 
from two to three inches long, roundish, and aculeate, similar to the 
ribs. Stipules about an inch long, green, subulate, linear, free, 
exteriorly pubescent. Peduncle solitary, longer than the petiole, 
single-flowered, and bent a little from the calyx. Involucre about 
the length of the stipules, segments linear, subulate, sometimes branch¬ 
ed. Calyx yellowish, divided into five segments, somewhat longer 
than the involucre, exteriorly pubescent, segments tapering, three- 
nerved, the centre forming a strong keel. Corolla unexpanded about 
three inches in length, when fully expanded from five to six inches in 
diameter. Petals five, obovate, of a most delicate rose colour, 
nerves flexuose, prominent on the outside, and pubescent. Stamens 
numerous, united, filaments pale towards the base, in the upper part 
rose-coloured. Anthers a dark crimson, arranged in the form of 
a cone. Pollen large, spherical, hispid. Style about an inch 
long, projecting about a quarter of an inch beyond the conical 
combined anthers. Germen five-celled, covered with silky pubescence. 
Ovules numerous, each cell containing two. Seeds greenish, 
angular, wrinkled, and w’arty. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. The order Malvaceae is, 
for the most part, tropical, and in regions of high temperature the 
species revel in all their beauty. The present plant, as stated under 
No. 212, is one of the most beautiful of the genus. It is a native of 
New Holland, where, says its discoverer, Mr. Frazer, it is so beautiful 
that it is considered the King of all known Australian plants, that its 
flowers are nine inches across, and so profuse a flowerer is it, that they 
literally cover the entire plant. 
Introduction; Where grow'N ; Culture. This species was 
raised from seeds sent to this country by Mr. Frazer, in the year 1828, 
from which flowering plants were raised in 1830. Our drawing was 
taken from a plant in the collection of the Birmingham Horticultural 
Society. It may be propagated either by seeds, or by cuttings. Its 
soil should be sand, loam, and peat. 
Derivation of the Name. 
Hibiscus, from i(3i<TKog, the Greek name of a plant nearly allied to this genus. 
Splendens, in allusion to its elegant inflorescence. 
Synonymes. 
Hibiscus splendens. Bot. Mag. t. 3025. Bot. Reg. 1.1629. Flor. Cab. Vol. 
1, t, 22. Graham, Edin. Philos, Jour. p. 176. F. W, 
