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HIBISCUS ficulneoides. 
Dwarf Yellow Hibiscus. 
MONADELPHIA POLY ANDRIA. 
~ Nat. ord. Manvacian 
HIBISCUS.—Supra vol. 10. fol. 860. 
Sect. III. Manihot. Carpella seu capsule loculamenta polysperma. Se- | 
~ mina glabra. Involucella 4-6 phylla. Calyx spathaceus 5 dentatus 
longitudinaliter ruptus. Dec. prodr. 1.448. _ EG 
H. jficulneoides, caule fruticoso inermi, foliis cordato-ovatis obtusis grossé 
dentatis integris trilobisve involucelloque pubescentibus. aces eee 
Altheea indica Hedere terrestris feré foliis flore purpureo magno. Plukenet 
amalth. p. 11. t. 355. f. 4.2? 
_ Specimens of this plant were communicated to us in 
April. 1819, by the Honourable and Rey. W. Herbert, from 
his stove at Spoftorth, with the following note : 
«From the Mauritius and the East Indies. Leaves 
various, some entire, some 3-lobed. A very dwarf, peren- 
nial shrub. It will flower at the height of six inches, and 
an old plant seldom much exceeds a foot. It requires a 
very small pot, and if placed on a hot flue, will flower 
throughout the year, abundantly in winter. It will thrive 
with a degree of heat to the root which would scorch the 
hand, and perhaps grows naturally in the crevices of rocks 
which become very hot. J have found no other plant able 
to bear the heat it will endure under the root. I have had 
seed of it, frequently, without name, from different quarters, 
once from Calcutta, under the name of H. Ficulneus. 
It has, however, no resemblance to the Ficulneus of 
Cavanilles, nor, indeed, to any Hibiscus figured by Cava- 
nilles. In the form of the flowers it a little resembles that 
of H. pedunculatus of the Bot. Reg., but the flowers ex- 
pand rather wider than those of pedunculatus in that 
engraving. The whole plant is downy. The colour of the 
petals is a deep primrose colour, with a small purple spot 
