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HIBISCUS tiliaceus. 
Lime-tree-leaved Hibiscus. 
at 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Matvacem. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. II. Stamina inde 
finita. Fructus simplex multilocularis. 
HIBISCUS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 29. 
H. tiliaceus foliis subrotundo-cordatis acuminatis crenatis, caule arboreo, 
_ calyce exteriore 10-dentato. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 810. 
Hibiscus tiliaceus. Linn. sp. pl. 2. 976. Cavan. diss. 3. 151. t. 55. fo 1. 
Hort. Kew. 2. 454. ed. 2. 4.225. Loureir. cochinch. 418. 
Hibiscus tilizefolius. Salish. paradis. 94. 
Malva arborea maritima, folio subrotundo minore acuminato subtis can- 
dido, cortice in funes ductili. Sloan. jam. 1. 215. t. 134. f. 4. 
Althea maritima arborescens diffusa, foliis orbiculato-cordatis crenatis sub- 
tis cinereis. Browne jam. 284. 
Novella. Rumph. amb. 2. 218. t. 73. 
Pariti s. Tali pariti. Rheede mal. 1.53.t. 30. 
Alcea indica sinarum, flore luteo malvaceo. Pluk. amalth. t. 355. f. 5 
Ketmia indica, tilize folio. Tourn. inst. 100. 
Frutex diorgyalis v. ultra, erectus, ramosus, trunco crassissimo. Fol. de- 
crescentia, supra obsoletits pubescentia virentia, subtis tomentoso-albicantia, 
varicoso-nervosa, rimad glandulosa longitudinali basi nervi prtncipis incisa: 
petioli villosi breviores lamina: stipule 2, magne, ovate v. parabolice, 
obtuse, erecte. Pedunculi superné in ramis axillares, solitarit, crasst, 
longitudine feré calycis interioris, teretes, curvati, pube brevi densa tecti. 
Cal exterior interioris basin arcté cingens, pluriés brevior, 9-10-partitus, 
foliolis ovato-acuminatis, omnino ac pedunculus pubescens. Cal. interior 
3 parte uncice altus, campanulatus, ultra medium 5-fidus, segmentis 
oblongo-lanceolatis, villosis, sub3nerviis, acumine obtusulo. Cor. campa- 
nulato-rotata, 4 uncias transversa, nervoso-striata, flava fundo intis puniceo, 
externe hirtius villosa; pet. bast brevé connexa, spathulato-rotunda, ungue 
breviore cuneato-angustato, laminaé oblique orbiculata cum latere uno majore, 
Tubus stamineus. tr Sermé duplo brevior corolla, ad usque ulird me- 
dium integer, indé in filamenta brevia ramulosé fissus: anth. reniformes, pal- 
lide. Stig. 5, oblonga, cylindrica, atro-sanguinea, erecto-patentia, molli- 
muricata. : 
A common shrub throughout the East Indies, growing 
in almost every soil and situation, but thriving most on the 
sea-shore. Described as sometimes acquiring a stem of 
20 feet in height, and of a greater circumference than a man 
can encircle with his arms. The smaller kinds of cordage 
are made from its bark. It is also said to be indigenous of | 
the West Indies; and Mr. Salisbury thinks that the elatus 
of Swartz is a variety of it. 
