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Botanical Engravings of A. Poiret

ENGRAVING TEST NUMBER 100.

LOST ENGRAVING.

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Artist: A. Poiret. Del.

Notes by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.

MALVACEAE, Jussieu.

HIBISCUS, L.

1. HIBISCUS PINONIANUS. Pl.100.

H. fruticosus; foliis subrotundo-ovatis, 3-5-lobis, crenato serrratis, utrinque ramulisque tomentosis, flavido-canescentibus; floribus terminalibus et axillaribus, solitariis; foliolis calyculi lineari-subulatis; stylo unico; stigmata clavato-capitato; seminibus hirtutissimis.

In Nova-Hollandiae orâ occidental (baie des Chiens Marins.).

Cette superbe espèce, dont j´ai fait hommage à Mme. Louis de Freycinet, est digne, par la beauté de ses fleurs, de figurer parmi nos plantes d´ornement.

This beautiful species, which I pay a tribute to Mrs. Louis de Freycinet, is dignified by the beauty of its flowers, to be one of our ornamentals plant.

EASTERN NEW HOLLAND (BAIE DES CHIENS MARINS).

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