MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Hibiscus. 
nial, When in high perfection, the stem will rise 
to more than eight feet, and the deep scarlet flowers 
grow to a larger size than any other Hibiscus I know. 
9. H. caule petiolisque inermibus, foliis palmato-digitatis 
7 -partitis, laciniis linearibus, pedunculis hispidis, calyce 
exteriore 1-phyllo, interiore hinc lacero, capsula hirsu- 
tissima pyramidata.— J7 illd. sp. pl. 3. p. 825. 
Icon. Cavan. diss. 3. t. 63. f. 2. Dill. elth. t. 156. f. 189. 
On the banks of the Mississippi. 2. July—Sept. v.v. 
Flowers sulphur-yellow, with a purple bottom, very 
- large when in rich soil. : 
10. H. caule scabro, foliis asperis basi truncatis circumscrip- 
tione subrotundis, superioribus palmatis, lobis superne 
dilatatis crenatis, floribus subsessilibus, calycibus hispi- 
dissimis exteriore furcellato. Mich, fl. amer. 2. p. 45. 
H. aculeatus. Walt. fl. car. 177. 
Near the sea-coast, in marshes: Carolina to Florida. Y. 
July—Sept. v.v. Flowers very handsome and large, 
bright yellow with a dark purple bottom. 
22 
457 
Manihot. 
scaber. 
