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HIBISCUS Richardsoni, 
Rough-leaved shrubby Bladder-Ketmia. 
—. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. MAtvacem Juss. D.C. Prodr.1. 429, 
HIBISCUS. L. Vide supra fol. 806. 
Sect. VIEL. Trionum, Medic. Carpella polysperma. — Semina glabra. Co- 
roll expanse. Tnvolucellum polyphyllum. Calyx demum vesiculosus 
inflatus. Dee. lc. | a Ph : 
. Richardsoni, suffruticosus, foliis hirsutis quinquelobis: lobis lineari-ob- — 
longis grossé dentatis; posticis nanis, calyce villosissimo involucro lon- 
1ore. : , ‘ ; 
H. Richardsoni. Sweet in Colv. Cat. ed. 3. ined. 
Suffrutex 3-4 pedalis, caule erecto, tereie, stellatim hirsuto, versus sum- 
mum villosissimo. Folia 5-loba, rugosa, undique hirsuta, lobis lineari-ob- 
longis, grossé dentatis, intermedio longissimo ; posticis abbreviatis, pedunculo 
folio breviore villoso. Flores solitarii, axillares, folio breviores. Involucra 
polyphylla, calyce breviora, foliolis linearibus villosis. Calyx campanulatus, 
5 lobus, undique villis implenis strigosus. Corolla eapansa, flava, Sfundo 
 purpureo. : 
This beautiful addition to the 'Trionum section of Hibis- 
Cus was raised at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, from seeds col- 
lected by Mr. John. Richardson, at Port Macquarrie, in 
New South Wales, We are informed by Mr. Sweet, that 
he has named it after its discoverer. We long ago received. 
Specimens of it from Mr. Charles Frazer, collected upon 
the banks of Nepean river. | 
Tt is half shrubby, growing three or four feet high 
during the summer; and, in the greenhouse, dying down 
within a foot of the ground in winter. It may be propa- 
gated by seeds, of which Mr. Colvill’s plant ripened two 
capsules last summer, It flowers during the summer 
months. . . 
Stem erect, round, covered with stellate hairs, which 
are very long towards the Summit. Leaves 5-lobed, ru- 
$ose, hairy on both sides 3 their obes linear-oblong, coarsely 
toothed; the intermediate very long, those behind very 
much shorter. Peduncle villous, shorter than the leaf. 
lowers solitary, axillary, shorter than the leaves. Jnvo- 
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