Superb hibiscus, Hibiscus speciosus. Ambiguous. Native of Carolina, cultivated by Dr John Fothergill in 1778. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Stephen Couchman, London, 1796.

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