16 Addisonia 



This species crosses readily with different forms and varieties of 

 Hibiscus Moscheutos. The second generation of such hybrids breaks 

 up into almost every conceivable grade of variation in regard to eye. 

 and blade colorations and to characters of stigmas, stamens, and pods. 

 Duplicates of many if not all grades of these hybrids may be found 

 growing wild, which contribute much to confusion in the identification 

 of the species. 



The \\Titer has found plants, agreeing with the type of the species, 

 growing as far north as Rockaway Beach, Long Island. Plants that 

 appear to conform closely to type were found to be abundant along 

 the Tuckahoe River and Cedar Creek near their junction: here pure 

 stands of the plants in number were found growing over an area of 

 considerable size. The geographic distribution of this species is 

 not fully determined at the present time, but it is clearly much more 

 limited in range than is the principal form of Hibiscus Moscheutos. 



Besides being cultivated rather extensively for their horticultural 

 value, plants of this species have been utilized in hybridization with 

 others by various horticultural firms in the production of novelties. 



A. B. Stout. 



Explanation op Plate. Fig. 1. — Flowering stem. Fig. 2. — Fruit. Fig. 

 3.— Seed, X 3. 



