856 MALVACEAE 
3. H. aculeatus Walt. Plant 9-20 dm. tall very rough-pubescent: leaf- 
blades angulate, 3—5-lobed or 3-5-parted, 4-12 em. in diam np the lobes 
rhombie to spatulate, coarsely toothed: braetlets me about 15 mm. long, 
bristly: calyx-lobes lanceolate, bristly E petals yellow = cream-colored, 
m the purple ye . long: capsule conie- my about 1.5 e m. long 
or rarely longer, st Tue ed and Panid —Pinelands, Coastal Plain, N 
Fla. a La. and S. C.—Sum 
4, H. cannabinus L. Plant 3-22 dm mw, sparingly pubescent: leaf-blades 
palmately 3-7- Doi the PERSA linear ie ic unevenly toothed: bract- 
lets narrowly flat, bristle-m sa r spiny: calyx-lobes pu re 
MEME pus thin, Pea iud or spiny: petals white or pink, 
sometimes darker-colored, and purple at the base: capsule conic, 1. 5-2 cm. 
long, strigose.—(AMBAREE. BASTARD-JUTE. BROWN INDIAN-HEMP.)—Ham- 
mocks and d E pen. Fla. and the Keys. Nat. of the O. W. 
tropics.— (W. I.)—-All yea 
militaris Cav. Plant 9-20 dm. tall, pita or acne so: leaf- ps 
ov vate to broadly Vid in outline, 6—16 ong, serrate-dentate and 
hastately 38—5-lobed: braetlets 1.5-2 em. long: Hed -lobes ovate: neni pink 
m. 
N 
river-banks, various provinces, Fla. to La., Minn., and Pa.—Sum.-fall 
H. Moscheutos L. Plant 8-20 dm. tall, velvety-tomentose: leaf-blades 
lanceolate to 2 DU xd serrate and often Decii uod 
petals mainly pink, 10—12 ong: eapsule ovoid, 2.5-3 em. long.— 
SE-MALLOW. Secon ae MARSH-MALLOW.)— rackish and fed 
marshes, Coastal Plain, and ears adj. Des Fla. to Tex. and Conn., 
alg Central Lowland, Mo. to S Ont.—Sum.—fall. 
H. oculiroseus Britton. Plant similar to H. Moscheutos in habit: leaf- 
Te lanceolate to ovate, unequally toothed: T white, except the purple 
spot at the ee capsule conic-ovoid, 2.5-3 cm. long.—Marshes, various prov- 
inees, N Ala. to N. J. and N. Y.—Sum.-fall 
8. H. incanus Wendl. Plant 9-20 dm. tall, pale or gray velvety- eg 
leaf-blades od ks fe eite aed serrate: petals white, sulphur-yellow, 
inkish, with a crimson base, 8-10 cm. long: capsule ellipsoid-ovoid, 5-3 e 
D finely TR eee Coastal Plain, "Fla. to Ala. and Md.; peda 
r.—Spr.— 
he fan ter ÁLAVA 
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H. grandiflorus Michx. Plant 8-21 dm. tall, velvety-tomentose: leaf- 
ie hastately 3-lobed, the Ws irregularly toothed: braetlets linear, 1.5-2 
em. long, not bristly: calyx a about twice as long as. the EE ,petals 12-15 
em. long, pink, purple, or red at the nm eapsule ovoid, . long, 
coarsely hirsute.—Marshes and wet um ds oastal n E to Miss. 
and Ga.—Spr. 
0 H. a Cav. Plant 9-20 dm. tall, densely a re id 
leaf-blades ovate, 5—14 em. long, serrate-dentate: bra etlets linea 
long, bristly: s ues triangular bu Y n longer than tho bractlets: 
petals white or pink wi a dark base, 6-10 e ong: Lire RE 2.0 € 
long.—Swamps, various iub AN s i Tex., Mo, and Ill.—Spr.- 
11. H. mutabilis L. Shrub, sometimes tree-like, scurfy-pubescent with 
brownish mud leaf-blades suborbieular in outline, cordate at the base, angu- 
