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HIBISCUS SPECIOSUS.
SCARLET MALLOW.
Monadelphia Polyandria, Linn. Malvacets, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix double; exterior many-leaved. Petals 5. Stigmas mostly 3. Capsule 5-celled,
many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves 5-parted, palmate, smooth; divisions lanceolate, acuminate, serrated,
entire towards the apex; exterior calix ten-leaved, stem, branches, petioles
and peduncles very smooth and glaucous. Calix glabrous. 6 .
SYNONYM.
H ib is c u s coccineus, Walt. Car. 177.
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