. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. Fhitc II.] Fig. 1. Portion of Stem, showing Ca[)sulas. HIBISCUS rAXXABINUS. K. A. Lassdell Dirmon of Botany. South African Fibre Plants. 573 is harvested. Some plants, when growing in the open, branch pro-fusely (Plates I and TV), others frequently show no tendency to do soeven under similar conditions. The stem and leaf-stalks are prickly. The leaves are deeplydivided and usually composed of 5-7 lobes (Plate II, Fig. 3). The flowers are borne on the main stem and branches on a veryshort stalk in the axil of the leaf and open s
. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. Fhitc II.] Fig. 1. Portion of Stem, showing Ca[)sulas. HIBISCUS rAXXABINUS. K. A. Lassdell Dirmon of Botany. South African Fibre Plants. 573 is harvested. Some plants, when growing in the open, branch pro-fusely (Plates I and TV), others frequently show no tendency to do soeven under similar conditions. The stem and leaf-stalks are prickly. The leaves are deeplydivided and usually composed of 5-7 lobes (Plate II, Fig. 3). The flowers are borne on the main stem and branches on a veryshort stalk in the axil of the leaf and open singly from below upwards,in the early hours of the morning. The flowers are creamy-white toyellow, with a dark purple eye (Plate II, Fig. 2). The seed capsule when ripe is globose, pointed, and bristly (PlateII, Fig. 1). The plant has been observed by the writer as a common weed inall the warmer parts of the Transvaal, especially in the Barberton,Waterberg, and Zoutpansberg Districts. It also occurs fairly plenti-fully in ?H *
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