MALVACEAE | 859 
long, blunt entire, grayish-tomentose be- 
neath: calyx-lobes lanceolate to triangular- | 
lanceolate: corolla campanulate or tubular- 
camp ate; petals dly te 
orbicular-obovate, pure-yellow, becoming red- 
sh-p psule velvety, beaked, 1-2 ¢ 
long, nearly or quite as long as the sepals.— 
(MAHOE)—Shore Ee A and sand-dunes 
x of soutbern pen. Fla. and the Florida 
—(W. I., Mez., C. va S. A. 
2. P. grande Britton. Tree with wide- 
spreading branches; the young parts thinly 
pubescent: leaf- blades thin or thinnish, sub- 
di mostly 1.5-3 dm. long, sharp- 
pointed, more or less crenate, thinly pubes- 
cen ui pen or glabrous: calyx- iN lanceolate: corolla rotate- -campanulate: 
p spatulate to nar S ie obovate, bronze or orange along the edges and 
ood-red toward the center, s ing very dark-red: capsule hirsutulous, 
PRI. ee than in "P. ti liaceum, much shorter than the sepals.— (MA HOE 
— shores, S pen. Fla.— (W 
KOSTELETZKYA Presl. Herbs or partly woody plants. Leaf- 
pie msi -lobed, hastate, or sagittate. Involucel of 7-10 bractlets, or 
obsolete. Sepals 5, partly united. Petals 5. Carpels forming a depressed 
capsule.—About 8 a of temperate and tropical America.—Spr.—fall or 
all year S.—FEN-ROSES. 
Corolla pink; petals 3-4 cm. long: calyx over 1 cm. wide, surpassing the capsule. 
Stem T leaves copiously pubescent. 
rely st S a upper part of the stem 
p E scabro-pubes 1. K virginica. 
ut densely E as well as canescent: upper 
of stem densely pubescent, usually velvety. K. althaeifolia. 
Stem And leaves Slabrous or sparingly pubescent. A K. smilacifolia. 
Corolla ` white; petals about 1 cm. long: calyx less than 1 cm. 
wide, surpassed by the capsu uo 4. K. pentasperma. 
K. virginica "t A. Gray. Foliage pubescent with stellate hairs but 
not velvety, often scabrous: leaf-blades A 15 em. np ovate to ovate- abe 
TT 
T- - 
LOW.)— —Marshes and w et hammocks, pci | 
Plain and rarely adj. PERDE Fla. to La. 
and N. Y. 
2. K.althaeifolia (Chapm.) A. Gray. Foli- 
age mainly velvety-pubescent; leaf-blades 
ne 
dentate, the lower a ee abs 3-lobed, 
Cor , the u per eh 
th late, 
acuminate: petals pink, ps ut 4 em. long: capsule 12-15 mm. Brod: seed about 
mm. lon —(W. I.) 
bi wam E hammocks, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. and N. 
3. 'smilacifolia Gray. Foliage nearly glabrous: leaf-blades 5-10 e 
bur those ae T base of the stem hastate, with a linear-lanceolate or linear 
