Wfiscus,] MALVACEiE. 



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3. M, rivularis ; caule herbaceo stellatopubescente, foliis scabriusculis cordatis pro- 



fructu hirsutissimo. — Dough 



terminalib 



stellatim tom( 



Perennis. Caulis 2-4 pedalis, herbaceus, ramosus, robustus, ramique stellatim pubescentes. Folia ampla, 

 superne Isevluscula, infra pilis raris ramosis scabra. Pedunciili stellatim tomentosi, racemosi. Pedicelli ad 

 basin folio parvo instruct!, breves, erectL Flores magnitudine Maloce rotundifolitE, albi vel carneL 



June — August. Doublets. 



itains. 



# # 



Jloribus flavis. 



4. M. Iiedcracea; " perennis, ubique dense stellato-tomentosa incana, caule brevi 

 herbaceo procumbente, foliis petiolatis cordatis integris sublobatisque crenato-serratis 

 subplicatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris, petalis dorse marginibusque stellatim pubes- 

 centibus." — Douglas, MSS- in Herb. Hort Sac. 



Planta parva. Caules versus basin divisi, flexuosi. FoUa unciam lata, reaiforml-cordata, crassiuscula, 

 subrigida, venosa, venis subtus prominentibus, superne depressis, ut folia subplicata videantur, marine vix 

 lobata, crenato-seiTata. Petioli foliis siibbrcviores. Pedunadi petiolis scsquilong^ores, graciles, uuiflori. 

 Calyx 5-fidiis, segmcntis acutis, nd basin involuccllis 3 dccidui:» sctoceis cIuctuB. P^ala flava, obovJ^O- 

 cuneata scu obcordata, linca doi'Bali lata m;irgimbus(]ue extcrioribus stellato-pubcscentibus. \ Caides, Jblia, 

 petiolif pedicelli calycesque stellatim pubescentes, incani. 



Hab, Sides of streams, upon tbeir low projecting- banks, in the interior districts of the Columbia. Fl. 

 June, July. Douglas. — The size, pubescence, foliage, and inflorescence of this plant are very similar to those 

 of a new Sida from Teflis in Georgia, which I have received from my friend Mr, Prescott, under the name 

 of Sida iberica. 



2. HIBISCUS. Zirm. 



Calyx cinctus involucello scepius polyphyllo, rarius foliolis paucis aut inter se coalitis. 

 Petala hinc non auriculata. Stigmata 5. Carpella in capsulam 5-locularem coalita, 

 valvis intus medio septiferis, loculis polyspermis aut rarius monospermis. DC, 



Sect. Abelmoschus. Medih 



1. H, Mosckeutos; foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis subtus tomentosis, petiolis pedun- 

 culisque inter se coalitis, involucellis calycibusque tomentosis, capsulis glabris. — Linn, 

 Sp. PL p. 975. Cav, Diss. v. 3. t. 65. / 1. Mich. Am. v. 2. p. 47, Pursk, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 

 455. Elliott^ Carol v. 2. p, 165. 



Hab. Common on land occasionally flooded, and in damp soil on the banks of rivers and lakes; Upper 

 Canada. Douglas, 



2. H.palusiris; foliis ovatis dentatis subtrilobis subtus cano-tomentosis, pedicellis 

 axillaribus a petiolo liberis supra medium articulatis. DC. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 976. Cav. 

 Diss. V. 3. t 65. / 2, Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 455. Elliott, Carol v. 2. p. 166. Bigel B. 



Bast ed. 2. p. 259. 



Hab. Canada. PwrsA,— This, as well as the preceding fine species, has probably ite northern limit in 

 the south of Canada. They are found in the adjoining country of the United States, and become more 

 frequent towards the soutb. 



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