456 



esculentus. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. HlbisCUS. 



vtrgmicus. 



militarls. 



speciosus. 



Bartr. ic. ined. in 

 Flowers very large, sul- 



Icon. IFendl. hort. herrenh. 4. t. 24. 

 Mus. Banks. 



In Carolina. If.. Sept, +. 

 phur-coloured. 



H. foliis cordatis 5-lobis obtusiusculis dentatis, petiolis 

 flore longioribus, calycibus exterioribus subdecaphyllis 

 deciduis, interioribus longitudinaliter rumpentibus. 

 lViUd.sp.pL3.p.S27. 



Icon. Cavan. diss. 3. t. 6l.f 2. Conm. hort. I. t. IQ. 



In cultivated grounds : Virginia and Carolina. ©.June 

 — Sept. v.v. Flowers yellow. It is generally culti- 

 vated by the name of Okra for the sake of its unripe 

 capsules, which give a fine dish for the table. 

 , H. undique tomentosus, asper ; foliis acuminatis inaequa- 

 liter dentatis, inferioribus cordatis indivisis, snperiori- 

 bus cordatis oblongis trilobis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 et racemoso-terminalibus, floribus cernuis, pistillis nu- 

 tantibus. ff^illd. sp. pi. 3. p. 831. 



H. clypeatus. IValt.Ji. car. lyj . 



Icon. Jaiq. ic. rar. t. 142. Pluk. phyt. t. Q.f. 4. 



In salt-marshes, on the sea-coast : New Jersey to Caro- 

 lina. 11. Aug. Sept. V. V. Flowers small, rose- 

 coloured. 

 . H. glaberrimus; foliis 3-lobo-hastatis acuminatis serratis, 

 corolla tubulato-campanulata, capsulis ovatis acumina- 

 tis glabris, seminibus holosericeis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. 

 p. 608. 



H. laevis. Scop. del. insuh. 3. i. IJ. 



H. virginicus. Walt.Jl. car. 177. 



H. hastatus. Mich.fi. umer. 2. p. 45. 



H. riparlus. Pcrs. syn. 2. p. 254. 



Icon. Scop. del. insub.3. t. 17. Cavan. diss. 6. t. IQS. 

 f.2. 



On the banks of rivers in Louisiana and the western parts 

 of Pensylvania and Carolina. 7/. Aug. Sept. v. v. 

 Flowers purple, large. 

 . H, glaberrimum ; foliis palmato-5-partitis, laciniis lan- 

 ceolatis acuminatis apice remote serratis, calycibus ex- 

 terioribus decaphyllis, corolla patula, capsula glabra 

 5-gono-ovata.— ;Fi//(Z. sp. pi. 3. p. 822. 



H. coccineus. Walt. fi. car. 177. 



Icon. Bot. mag. 360. IFendl. hort. herrenh. /. 1 1. 



On the banks of rivers of South Carolina and Flori- 

 da. U . Aug. Sept. V. V. A most elegant peren- 



