Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

elongate linear- or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, one-
sixth to nearly one inch in diameter, concave, very coriaceous,
bright green, midrib thick with sometimes a lateral very
obscure nerve on each side ; cauline leaves numerous, nar-
rowly linear, one-half to two inches long. Flowering stems
ascending from the crown below the leaves, sometimes pros-
trate for half their length, four to eight inches long, stout
or slender, one to four flowered. Flowers erect or inclined,
pedicelled, one and a half inches long. Calyx-tube between
funnel- and bell-shaped, about one-third the length of the
corolla-tube ; lobes as long as the tube, narrow linear,
remote at the base. Corolla-tube narrowly campanulate;
limb one and a half inches in diameter ; lobes five, broadly
ovate, acoite or acuminate, azure-blue, sprinkled towards the
throat with white ; folds between the lobes very variable,
membranous, quadrate and toothed or cut into subulate
processes, or almost entire. Filaments stout ; anthers small.
Ovary pedicelled, spindle-shaped, contracted into a short
style with short oblong anally spreading stigmas. Ovules
fusiform, produced at the apex.•J. D. H.
Fig. 1, vertical section of flower ; 2, summit of ovary, style, and stigmas ; 3,
transverse section of ovary ; 4, ovules :•figs. 2-4 enlarged.