Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

obscure vertical whitish lines and broad irregular trans-
verse bands of confluent oblong whitish spots, the crowded
deltoid-cuspidate ascending marginal prickles an eighth or
a sixth of an inch long, connected by a very narrow horny
line. Peduncle stiffly erect, about a foot long. Panicle
about as long as the peduncle, with, five or seven branches ;
racemes oblong or finally oblong-cylindrical, four to nine
inches long, three inches in diameter when fully expanded ;
lower pedicels about half an inch long ; bracts lanceolate
acuminate, as long as the pedicels. Perianth pale red, an
inch and a quarter long ; tube globose at the base and
very much constricted at the middle ; segments oblong, a
third or half as long- as the tube. Longer stamens and
style finally as long as the perianth. Style twice as long as
the oblong ovary.•J. G. Baker.
A. Whole plant, much reduced. Fig. 1, a flower, cut open ; 2, stamens, showing
back and face ; 3, pistil ; 4, horizontal section of ovary :•all magnified.