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HIBISCUS diversifolius. 
Various-leaved Hibiscus. 
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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Marvacerm. Jussien_ gen. 271, Div. III. Stamina inde- 
Inita. Fructus simplex multilocularis. : 
HIBISCUS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 29. 
renner 
Tl. diversifolius, foliis quinque trilobisve obtusis dentatis, superioribus ob« 
longo-lanceolatis indivisis, pedunculis inermibus, caule petiolisque acu- 
ie leatis, Willd. sp. pl. 3.820. 
pecs diversifolius. Jacq. ic. rar. 9. t. 551. coll. 2. 307. Willd. enum. 2. 
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Hibiscus ficulneus. Cavan. diss. 3. 141. t. 51. fig. 23 (non aliorum). > 
Caulis arboreus, erectus, 6-pedalis, teres, uncialis diametri et ultra, ra+ 
Mosus, viridis, villosulus, medulla alba farctus, armatur aculeis brevibus 
— Pingentibus fuscescentibus rectisque. Rami virgati patent. Fol. alterna, 
Ongeé netiolata, inferiora 5-loba, superiora 3-loba, summa indivisa et oblonga, 
Scuttuscula, serrata, utringue hirsutula, venosa, subtis ad nervos hispida} 
Petiolis teretibus, villosis armatisque sepe subtns raris aculeis. Pedunculi 
Uniflori, solitarii, breves. Cal. exterior polyphyllus ex foliolis plus minis 
Undecim, linearibus, acutis, rigidulis, hispidis, patulis: interior etiam pilis 
albidis hispidus, longitudine exterioris, patulus, ad % 5-fidus ; lacinits ovato- 
cutis. Corolla ample et calyce multo longioris petala ex ungue angusto dila- 
tata in laminam latissimam, rotundatam, obtusissimam, obsolete crenatam, 
Patentissimam, sulphuream cum basi atrosanguined. Stam. e¢ stigmata tota 
atrosanguinea, polline sanguineo-miniato. Stigma 5-fidum, capitatum, planunt 
Pilosulum. Germ. hirsutum. Caps. ovata, 5-loc. polysperma. Jacq. 1. c. 
ON 5 eS ea ee 
We do not find this shrub recorded in either edition 
of the Hortus Kewensis; but it is enumerated in Sweet's 
Hortus Suburbanus Londinensis, and there stated to have 
been introduced in 1798. ‘The specimen, from which the 
drawing has been made, was received from Mr. Herbert’s 
Collection at Spofforth, where the plant is cultivated in the 
hothouse. A native of the East Indies. 
_ Stem arboreous, upright, attaining the height of about 
Six feet, an inch or more in diameter, branching, green, 
Subyillous, armed with short straight pungent brownish 
Spines. Branches rodded, spreading. Leaves alternate, 
lone petioled, lower ones five-lobed, those above three- 
lobed, uppermost undivided and oblong, rather pointed, 
Serrate, somewhat shaggily furred on both sides, veined, 
hispid underneath at the nerves; petioles round, villous, and. 
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