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 Hibiscus Palustris. Marsh Hibiscus. 



C/o/} and Order. 



MONADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



Generic Characler. 



Cal. duplex : exterior polyphyllus. Cap/. 5-IocuIaris po!y- 

 fperma. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms, 



HIBISCUS palufiris ; caule herbaceo fimpliciffimo, foliis 

 ovatis fubtrilobis fubtus tomentofis, floribus 

 axillaribus. Sp. PL 976. Willd. 3. p. 808. Hort. 

 Kew. 2. p. 454. Mart. Mill. Ditf. n. 2. Cavan. 

 Dijf. 3. p. 162. /. 65. f. 2. Fabric. Helmjl. ». 18. 



ALTHvEA palultris. Bauh. Pin. 316. 



ALTHAEA hortenfis feu peregrina. Dod. Pcmpt. 655. 



ALTHAEA Sida dicla quibufdam. Bauh. Hi/. 2. 957, (quoad 

 defcriptionem, fed figura eft alterius plantar.) 



KETMIA paluftris flore purpureo. Tourn. Injl. 100. 



HIBISCUS Mofcheutos ; foliis ovalibus, acuminatis, dentatis, 

 fubtus incano-tomentofis ; nonnullis fubtricufpi- 

 datis : pedunculis quaji petiolis innatis : corolla 

 ampliffima : capfula extus glabra. Michaux Flor. 

 Bor. Am. 2. p. AT- ? 



The external calyx confifts of twelve linear leaflets, the in- 

 ternal is five-cleft: fegments ovate, acute, quite entire. The 

 corolla has apparently five petals, but they cohere at the bafe. 

 Stigmas remarkably large and globofe. Capfulc fmooth without. 

 Seeds globular, mining. The peduncles are folitary, axillary, 

 jointed near the extremity, the length of the petioles, with 

 which they adhere at the bafe. The leaves vary, fome of them 

 being fimply oval-acuminate, others fomewhat three-lobed 

 owing to the elongation of the lateral nerves. 



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