62 ORDER 23. MALVACEAE. 



HERBACEOUS. Lvs. ovate, crenate, acuminate, velvety. Fie. erect Nog. 1, 3 



SHRUB. Leaves 3-5-acuminate-lobed. Fls. pendulous No. 3 



1 A. Avicennae Gsprt. Tomentous ; Ivs. roundish, cordate ; ped. shorter than the long 



petiole ; carp, about 15, inflated, 2-beaked, 3-seeded. Waste places. 3f. Yel. Jl. 



2 A. Hulseannm Torr. Pilous-hispid ; Ivs. roundish ; ped. 3-5-flowered ; carpels 



about 12; fls. near 2' broad, light purple. Fla. Lvs. small, whitish beneath. 



3 A. STRIATUM. Tassel-Tree. Shrub with maple-like Ivs. and tasselform fle., the column 



exserted. Greenhouse. 5 lOf. Orange-red, scarlet-veined. Brazil. 



4 A. VEXILLARIUSI. Shrub with long, slender, drooping branches ; leaves lance-ovate, 



cordate, crenate-serrate ; flowers droop on filiform stalks, cylindric ; calyx scarlet, 

 corolla golden yellow, column exserted. Greenhouse. Flowers all Winter. 



9. MAIiVAVISCUS DRUMMONDII. GLUE MALLOW. Shrub 4f, with 

 showy, erect, axillary scarlet flowers. Involucel of many bractlets. Pet. erect. Styles 

 10, with capitate stigmas. Fruit fleshy. Leaves roundish, cordate, angularly 3-lobed, 

 coarsely crenate-toothed. Column long-exserted. About N. Orleans. 



10. PAVONIA, L. (Latin pavo, peacock; suggested by the colors.) 

 Involucel of 5 or more bracteoles. Calyx 5-cleft. Carpels 5, half as many 

 as the branches of the style, 1-seeded. Stig. capitate. Fruit diy. 5 



P. L,ec6iitii T. & G. Shrubby; Ivs. sagittate-oblong, obtuse, hoary-tomentous be- 

 neath ; bractlets 5 ; carpels blunt, rugous. 5f. Ga. (Mr. Jones), rare. Fls. IS" diam , 

 rose-white, with a deep purple centre. (P. Jonesii C-B.) 



11. KOSTELETZKYA, Presl. (In honor of Kosteletzky, a German bot- 

 anist.) Calyx, involucel, styles, &c., as hi Hibiscus. Fruit a 5-celled, de- 

 pressed capsule, with a single seed in each cell. 



K. Virginica Presl. Lvs. acuminate, cordate, ovate, dentate, upper and lower ones 

 undivided, middle 3-lobed ; ped. axillary, and in terminal racemes ; fls. nodding, pis- 

 tils declinate. Of Marshes, L. I. to Ga. 3f. Fls. 2i', rose-red. Aug. 



12. HIBISCUS, L. Calyx 5-cleft, subtended by an involucel of many 

 bractlets. Column long with the stamens lateral and the 5 stigmas capitate. 

 Fruit a 5-celled capsule, loculicidal, the valves bearing the partitions in the 

 middle. Seeds 3 or many in each cell. ^> if Flowers large and showy. 

 Plants often cultivated. 



HIBISCUS proper. Calyx equally 5-cleft or toothed, persistent. . . (a) 



ABELMOSCHUS. Calyx tube in flowering split down to the base on one side. .Nos. 12, 13 



a Shrubs and trees. Leaves undivided, ovate, &c. Stip. persistent Nos. 911 



a Herbs. b Calyx, &c., tomentous. Lvs. undivided, angularly lobed Nos. 1, 2, 3 



b Calyx, &c., hispid. Leaves palmately divided Nos. 4, 5 



b Calyx, &c., glabrous. c Leaves strongly 3-5-lobed Nos. 6, 7 



c Leaves ovate, undivided No. 8 



1 H. UToselieiktos L. Simple, erect, hoary-tomentous ; Ivs. ovate, obtusely dentate, 

 some 3-lobed ; ped. long, often cohering with the petiole ; pod and seeds smooth ; 

 sepals abruptly pointed. Brackish marshes. 4 6f. Fls. 6' diam., roseate. Aug. 

 |3. ilai-**ccn*. Fls. larger (pet. 4' long), of a light sulphur-yellow, with a purple 

 centre. Marshes, Indiana to Fla. (H. incanus Wendl.) 



3 H. grandiflorns MX. Lvs. cordate, acuminate, repand-dentate, downy both sides, 



hoary beneath ; pods densely hirsute. S. andW. 5 7f. Pet. 4$', flesh-color. Jl.-Oct. 



4 H. ac ul eat us Walt. Prickly-hispid ; Ivs. 3-5-lobed, repand- toothed ; bractlets of 



the involucel linear, forked at the end; sep. red- veined. S. 3-^-5f. Fls. 4fr', y-p. Jn. + 



