HIBISCUS CAMEEO'NII. 
CAMERON’S HIBISCUS. 
EXOGEN^E 
OR 
DICOTYLEDONEyC, 
Natural division 
to whicli 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, MALVACEAE. 
THALAMIFLOR.® 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
to tvliicli 
this Plant belongs. 
Artificial divisions 
MONADELPHIA, 
POLYANURIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 245. 
GENUS. Hibiscus. Linneus. Involucellcm polypliyllum, foliolis sim- 
plicibuSjVel bifurcatis. Calyx quinquefidus, persistens,foliolis aestivatione xal- 
vatis. C 0 ROLL.E petala 5,hypogyna, obovata-in£equilatera,unguibus imo tubo 
stamineo adnata, aestivatione convolutiva. Tubus Stamineus columnss-formis, 
infra apicem nudum, truncatum v quinque dentatum, lilamenta plus minus 
copiosa exserens. AntheRiE reniformes, bivalves. Ovarium sessile, simplex, 
quinqueloculare. Ovula in loculis plurima v pauca, angulo eentrali inserta. 
Stylus terminalis, apice exserto quinqefidus; stigmata capitellata, rarissimc 
cohaerentia. Capsula quinquelocularis, loculicide quinquevalvis, valvls medio 
septa margine seminifera gerentibus, columella central! nulla. Semina plurima 
V interdum abortii pauca, adscendentia, reniformia, testa Crustacea, nuda au 
squamulosa vel interdum lanata. Eaibryo intra albumen parcissimum, mu- 
cilaginosum homotrope arcuatus; cotyledonibus foliaceis, sesse plicato-involven- 
tibus, radicula infera. ARBOREs,Frutices, vel Herbae,inregonibustropicissub- 
tropicisque, parce in temperatis calidioribus crescentes; foliis alternis, petiolatis, 
integris vel lobatis, glabris, varie pubescentibus, vel scabris, stipulis lateralibus 
geminis, floribus axillaribus, solitariis, vel foliorum abortu terminalibus, 
paniculatis, corymbosis, racemosis vel rarius spicatis, stipulaceo-bracteatis, 
corollis amplis, petalis coloris varii, ssepissime basi macula discolor!tl^^tinctis. 
Endlicher ; Genera Plantarum, p. 982. 
SPECIES. Hibiscus Cameronii {Knowles and Westcott) frutex 
inermisj foliis velutinis, subpeltatis, cordatis, 3-5-lobis, lobis ineequaliter inciso- 
serratis, obovato-lanceolatis; pedunculis folio subiequantibus; involucello ex 
foliolis decern minutissimis; corolla expansa; ovulis plurimis singulis loculis, 
glabris. 
Character of the Genus, Hibiscus. Involucelluai many- 
leaved, leaflets simple, or forked. Calyx five-cleft, persistent, valvate 
in aestivation. Petals of the corolla five, situate on the receptacle, 
unequally obovate, being joined by their claws to the base of the 
stamineous tube, convolute in aestivation. Stamineous tube column¬ 
like, beneath the naked truncate or five-toothed apex, 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, loculicidal, valves 
bearing septa, containing the seeds on the middle of their margin, no 
central columella. Seeds many, or sometimes, from abortion, few. 
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