The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 03 & 04 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx duplex; exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 5. Capsula 5-locularis, polysperma.

Empalement double; outer one many-leaved. Five Summits. Capsule five-celled, many-seeded.

See Hibiscus mutabilis, Pl. CCXXVIII. Vol. IV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Hibiscus foliis acuminato-lanceolatis, coriaceis, supra punctatis, subtus tomentosis: floribus axillaribus; calycibus monophyllis, quinquedentatis.

Hibiscus with tapering lance-shaped leaves, leathery, dotted above and downy underneath; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves; cups one-leaved, five-toothed.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Cup with its foot-stalk.

2. The columnar part of the Chives cut open, the pointal taken away.