860 MALVACEAE 
entire or dentieulate middle lobe and linear or nearly linear reflexed entire 
or toothed basal lobes; ealyx-lobes ops or ovate-lanceolate, E or 
slightly acuminate, about as long as the braetlets: petals 2.5-3.5 cm. long, 
Me ud -pink: eapsule hispid, fully 1 En po rue by the id. seed 
arly 3.5 mm. long.—Low pinelands, W pen 
4, K. da gui (Bert.) Griseb. eh pubeseent with stinging-hairs: 
stem to 2 m. tall, widely branched: leaf-blades e to D ipd 
late i ovate, with the lar arger ones sometimes slightly lobed, 2.5- ong, 
serrate, slender-petioled: o bristly pubescent; lobes Rod acute, ar 
the bractlets: petals about 1 em. long, white: capsule nearly 1 em. broad, sur- 
passing the nile ui on 2.5 mm. long.—Hammocks, Cape Sable region, 
Fla.—(W. I.)—All yea 
18. THESPESIA Soland. Shrubs or trees, resembling species of 
ibiscus. Leaf-blades entire or sid -lobed. Involueel of 3-5 narrow 
deciduous braetlets. iy epals 5, partia 
wholly united. Petals 5, showy. ds 
united into a mostly oH cst capsule.— 
About 8 RM tropieal. 
1. T. pop & (L.) Soland. Low tree or 
shrub: vin blades ps 5-12 em. long: 
calyx cup-like: petals em. long, ecd 
and P del ple: eapsule dur n "is em 
broa d.—(SEASIDE-MAHOE. PORTIA-TREE.)— 
Shore hammocks and sand dunes, "Evergla ade 
Keys, Fla. and Florida Keys. Nat. prob. | 
of the O. W. tropics, and eult.—(W. I.)— 
All year.—A. sacred tree in some countries. 
This tree grows irap on shores a 
bays and inlets. By its elongate, spreading lower branches it mt almost im- 
penetrable thiekets. Large crops of fruits continuously inerease its dense growth. 
19. CIENFUEGOSIA Cav. Shrubs or woody herbs, resembling species 
of Hibiscus. Leaf-blades entire or ed Involucels of 3—many braetlets. 
Sepals 5, united below. Petals 5. Capsu 
3—95-valved.—About 20 P half of ns 
Ameriean. 
C. heterophylla (Vent.) Garcke.  Leaf- 
blades 1.5-5 cm. long, those of the upper 
leaves narrow: peduncles cava bractlets 
minute: a yellow, capsule rarely equal- 
ing the calyx—Hammocks and open places, 
Florida "Keys.— (W. I. S. A4.))—A year. 
—This species die from Florida to north- 
ern South Am Forms from South 
America often a pee quite distinct from 
those from the more northern West Indies. 
Another species, C. Dr none occurs in 
the Coastal Plain of Texas. Like other , 
Texan relatives, Gayoides and Malvaviscus it may occur on Key West. 
20. GOSSYPIUM L. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaf-blades palmately 
lobed or rarely entire. Involucel of 3 large bracts. Sepals 5, united into a 
cup-like calyx. Petals 5, usually dark-colored at the base. Capsule 5-valved.— 
