854 MALVACEAE 
Sepals 5, partially united.  Petals 5, pale. p 
Carpels with a median crest at the apex and Zi 
lateral cusps.—Three species, 
American. 
1. M. scabra B. Vogel. Plant 1-3 m. tall, 
puberulent: leaf-blades ovate to iptic- 
ate, 6-15 cm. long: braetlets elliptie- 
lanceolate: ealyx-lobes ovate: petals green 
0 S 
ish-yellow or whitish, 2-2.5 c 
earpels about 10 . long, reticulate on the 
b vonia racemos w 
hammocks, S pen. Fla. and the K 
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llow à 
was thought to d rare in Florida. However, uc the soa ein part ne the 
state became accessible it was found to be very abundant on the shores of 
ays. It is often erm and a branched. 
12. MALVAVISCUS Dill. Shrubs, trees, or partially woody plants. 
Leaf-blades entire, toothed, or angulately lobed. Flowers horizontal or nod- 
ding, peduneled. Involucel of 7-12 narrow 
e 
ultimately forming: a baccate fruit.—About 
10 species, tropical American. 
244 
l. M. Drummondii T. & G. Stem 8-19 dm. 
all, tom enu x blades bubo 
lar-campanulate, about 1 cm. long; s 
triangular, often deltoid, or sometimes ova 
shorter a the Ba acute: petals Mi. 
ion, long | Paced rooping, 
much dona ssed, in diameter, i -MALLOW.)—Ham- 
mocks, Coastal Sala, p Fla. to Tex.—(W. I., Mex.) —Spr.-fall 
13. HIBISCUS L. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaf-blades entire, lobed, 
or parted. Involucel of several, rarely 3, distinct bractlets. Sepals 5, more 
or less united. Petals 4 white, colored or variegated. poai forming a 
5-valved capsule.—About 180 species, widely distributed.—ROSE-MALLOWS.— 
The bark of some species deis a fiber, and the leaves are Us as ein 
Corolla cylindric or the petals merely spreading at the tip: seed woolly. 
. TUBIFLORI. 
Corolla funnelform to rotate: seeds glabrous or hirsute. 
Bractlets of the involncel ‘dilated or forked at the apex. II. FURCELLATI. 
of the involucel entire, not dilated at the 
Herbs, ‘often tall perennials. 
Involucel and calyx Peake a not succulent. 
Corolla Bod funnelform or p PREIS 
De etals mainly pink or white, 
Calyx and involucel finely spinescent. III. CANNABINI. 
