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Class and Order. 
MonapenputaA PoryanpRia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. duplex: exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 5. Caps. 
5-locularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hisiscus militaris ; glaberrimus, foliis tri-lobo-hastatis acu- 
minatis serratis, corolla tubulato-campanulata, capsu- 
lis ovatis acuminatis glabris, seminibus holosericeis. 
Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. p. 456. 
Hieiscus militaris; foliis glabris trilobis acuminatis serratis, 
caule herbaceo simplicissimo. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 808. 
Hiniscus militaris ; foliis serratis hastatis acutissimis, flori- 
bus pho er pulcherrimis, petalis bifidis. Cav. Diss. 6. 
Pp. a. t. 198. Ff 2. Zs d 
Hiaiscus levis ; fs oh glaber, pedunculis solitariis ar- 
_ ticulatis unifloris. Scop. Del. Insubr.3. t.17. 
Hiiscus levis; glaber, herbaceus, foliis trilobis serratis 
 acutissimis, unculis axillaribus. Lam. Encycl. 3. 
p30. ©. 4B, 22 2 
-Hniscus virginicus ; foliis inferioribus cordatis acuminatis 
serratis ; superioribus hastatis levibus, floribus subtu- 
bulosis incarnatis. Walter Fl. Carol. 177. ; 
Hiniscus hastatus ; glaberrimus, foliis hastatis serrulatis, 
corolla tubulato-campanulata carnea majuscula, cap- 
sula glabra oblongo-ovoidea acuminata, seminibus 
holosericeis. Michaux Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 45. 
Hietscus riparius ; foliis hastatis serrulatis, capsula ovata 
acuminata glabra. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 254. 
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Hiniscus militaris is a asitve of the banks of rivers in 
Louisiana and the Western parts of Pensylvania and Caro- 
lina, where it flowers in August and September. It is ty 
