71 MALLOW FAMILY. 



14. HIBISCUS, KOSK-MALI.o\V. (Ancicnv name, of obscure origin., 



Flowers showy, usually lar-e, in summer ami autumn. 

 * 1'i//l .>///</' in- even trees, exotii-s. 

 H. Syriacus, Tnu. H. or SUKIT.I;Y AI.TII.KA, of gardens and grounds, 



common, native of the Levant: nearly smooth, with wedge-ovate ami 3-1. >hed 

 leaves, and short-peduncled flowers in their axils, in autumn, about 3' broad, 



purple, rOSe-COlor, white. Sec., often double. 



H. Rosa-Sinensis. CHINA 11. or ROSE or CHIN\. Cult, in conserva- 



tories, from Kast Indies (where the splendid corollas, whieh stain black, are use.l 

 to lilaek Shoes) : very smooth, with bright green ovate and pointed somewhat 

 toothed leave-, and'verv showy (lowers on Mender peduncles, 4' or 5' broad, 

 bcarlct-red (raivl\ rose-purple or e\en white), often double. 



* * 7/.r/,s , u-ith irsi*t<nt inn/ regular r>-W<></ <-,d,/r, and a */<// //. 



f- Wild SjHn'ts, lint sunn times cultintt, d, tn/l <ind /.//</' 11 

 H. COCCineuS, GUICAT Ki;i> II. or Rosi.-.M M.I...W. Mar-lies from Caro- 

 lina S. ; very smooth, 4-7 high, with leaves .Vpartcd ,,r deeply cleft into 

 long lanceolate and taper-pointed divisions, and bright-red corolla C'-ll' broad, 

 the petals narrowed below. 



H. militaris, HAUU:I;I>-I.K.AVI.I> U. Low grounds from Pennsylvania 



mid Illinois S. ; smooth, .'5 - 4 high, with ovate or heart-shaped toothed or 

 .'Hobed leaves, -oin of them halberd-shaped, and slendcr-peduncled (lowers, 

 with inflated ealvx, and lle-h-colored corolla 4'-.")' broad. 



H. Moscheiitos, S\\ oir H. Common iii brackish marshes and up the 



larger rivers; 3 - 7 high, soft-downy ; the ovate pointed and often .'Molted 

 leaves hoary beneath, generally smooth above ; peduncles slender; corolla 4' - 6' 

 broad, pale' rose or whit,-, with or without a darker centre ; pod smooth. 



H. grandiflbrus, LAKCK-FL. K. Swamps, from Illinois and Carolina S. ; 

 like the, last, but, leaves soft-downy both sides, and pod velvety-hairy. 



H. aculeatUS, l'i:i< KI.I or Kon.n li. Swamp- only S. ; rough with 

 stiff bri-tles and bristly points, 2 - G bi-h ; leaves .'{-5 cleft and the divisions 

 mostly toothed; (lowers short-peduncled; leave- of the involucre often forked; 

 corolla yellow with a purple centre, 4' broad ; pod bristly. 



H \- Exotic, low species, in i/nrd. us <// cultivated grounds. 



H. Trionum, BI.AI-DKII KKTMIA or FI,OWI:I;-OI -vx-itot H. Bather 

 hairv, l-2 hi-h, with the leaves toothed, or the upper 3-parted into lanceolate 

 lobes, the middle lobe much longest ; calyx inllated and bladdery: corolla about 

 -2' broad, sulphur-yellow with a blackish' eye. open only in midday sun-bine. 



* * * I/i-rlis, u-it/i <"///'' s/iiittiiii/ ilnirn one nid<-, mid generally falling off at on<;-, 

 and with ln/ii/ or nnrrou- /n/rii/ii/dn/ ur <tn<fl/ /UK/ : >itir<s *>/ l:nat Indies. 



H. eSCUlentUS, <>KKA or (JfMUo. Nearly .smooth, with rounded hi'art- 

 Bhaped 5-lobed toothed leaves, ureeni-h-yellow flowera On slender peduncle (invo- 

 lucre falling early), and narrow pods 3' OT 4' lony. which arc very mucila-inons, 

 and when green cooked and eaten, or Used to thicken soups: cult. S. i 



H. ManihOt. Smoothish, with leaves 5 - 7 -parted into long narrow divis- 

 ions ; the lar-e and showy corolla pale yellow with a dark eye : the leaves of 

 the involucre hairy and soon falling oil': introduced or cult. S. \V. 11 



15. GOSSTTPIUM, COTTON". (Name given by 1'liny, from the Arabic.) 

 Plants now ditfiised over warm countries, most \aluablc for the wool on the 



: the species much mixed up. 

 G. hcrbaceum, COMMON COTTON. Cult. S. Leaves with 5 short and 

 roundish lob"- : petals pale yellow or turning rose-color, purple at base. i 



G. Barbadense, BARBADOES on SEA-ISLAND C. Cult, on the coast S. 



Inclining to be shrubby at base; branches black-dotted ; leaves with "> longer 

 lance-Ovate and taper-pointed lobes ; leaves of the involucre with very long and 



Blender leeth ; petals \ellowisb or whitish with purple ba-e. 



G. arbbreum, THI.K C. Cult. S., only for curiosity, has 5-7 nearly 

 lanceolate and fcipcr-poiiitcd lobes to the leaves, leaves of involucre slightly 

 toothed, and a purple corolla with a darker centre. 



