GENUS 9. 



MALLOW FAMILY. 



i. Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don. Bristly- 

 fruited Mallow. Fig. 2867. 



Malva caroliniana L. Sp. PI. 688. 1753. 



Modiola multifida Moench, Meth. 620. 1791. 



Modiola caroliniana G. Don, Gen. Hist. PI. i : 466. 1831. 



Annual or biennial, more or less pubescent, 

 freely branching; stems slender, 6'-i8' long. Leaves 

 nearly orbicular in outline, i'-2i' wide, petioled, 

 pedately 3~5-cleft, the lobes dentate or incised ; leaves 

 sometimes simply dentate; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 3"-5" broad; peduncles at length elongated, slender; 

 petals obovate ; fruit depressed-orbicular, the carpels 

 hispid-aristate along the back. 



In low grounds, Virginia to Florida, west to Texas, 

 and in Central and South America and the West Indies. 

 The same species apparently occurs in South Africa. 

 Summer. 



10. KOSTELETZKYA Presl, Rel. Haenk. 2 : 130. pi. 70. 1836. 



Perennial, scabrous or pubescent herbs or shrubs, with hastate or angular leaves, and 

 showy, axillary or paniculate flowers. Bractlets of the involucels several, linear. Calyx 

 5-toothed or 5-cleft. Stamen-column entire, or 5-toothed at the summit, anther-bearing 

 below for nearly its entire length. Ovary 5-celled, the cells i-ovuled ; style-branches of the 

 same number, stigmatic at the capitate summits. Capsule depressed, 5-angled. Seeds reni- 

 form, ascending. [Named in honor of V. F, Kosteletzky, a botanist of Bohemia.] 



About 8 species, natives of warm and temperate 

 America. In addition to the following, another occurs 

 in the southwestern United States. Type species: 

 Kosteletskya hastata Presl. 



i. Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) A. Gray. 

 Virginia Kosteletzkya. Fig. 2868. 



Hibiscus virginicus L. Sp. PI. 697. 1753. 



K. virginica A. Gray, Gen. 2: 80. t. 132. 1849. 



K. virginica var. althaeifolia Chapm. Fl. S. States 



57. 1860. 

 K. althaeifolia A. Gray; S. Wats. Bibl. Index 136. 



1878. 



Perennial, erect, branching, 2-4 high, more 

 or less stellate-pubescent and scabrous. Leaves 

 ovate, or hastate, truncate or cordate at the base, 

 2'-$' long, unequally dentate and often 3-lobed 

 below, sometimes with an additional lobe or two 

 at the middle, acute, velvety or pubescent ; flow- 

 ers pink, \-2\' broad, in loose terminal leafy 

 panicles ; bractlets of the involucels 8-9, linear, 

 shorter than the lanceolate acute calyx-segments ; 

 capsule hispid-pubescent. 



In salt or brackish marshes, southeastern New 

 York to Florida and Louisiana. Bermuda ; Cuba. 

 Aug. 



ii. HIBl'SCUS L. Sp. PI. 693. 1753. 



Herbs, shrubs, or in tropical regions even small trees, with dentate or lobed leaves, and 

 showy, axillary or paniculate, mostly campanulate flowers. Bractlets of the involucels numer- 

 ous, narrow. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed. Column of stamens truncate or 5-toothed at the 

 apex, anther-bearing below along much of its length. Ovary 5-celled, the cells 3-several- 

 ovuled ; style-branches 5, stigmatic at the capitate summit. Capsule 5-valved. Seeds reni- 

 form. [An ancient name, used by Dioscorides for the Marsh Mallow.] 



About 1 80 species, widely distributed in warm and temperate countries. In addition to the 

 following, about 14 others occur in the southern and western United States. Type species: Hibiscus 

 Trionnm L. 



