MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. HibisCUS. 45/ 



nial. When in high perfection, the stem will rise 

 to more than eight feet, and the deep scarlet flowers 

 grow to a larger size than any other Hibiscus I know. 



9. H. caule petiolisque inermibus, foliis palmato-digitatis Manihot. 



7-partitis, laciniis linearibus, pedunculishispidis, calyce 



exteriore 1-phyllo, interiore hinc lacero, capsula hirsu- 



tissima pyramidata. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 825, 

 Icon. Cavan. diss. 3. /. 63./. 2. Dill. elth. 1. 156. f. ISp. 

 On the banks of the Mississippi. % . July — Sept. v. v. 



Flowers sulphur-yellow, with a purple bottom, very 



large when in rich soil. 

 10. H. caule scabro, foliis asperis basi truncatis circumscrip- scab^. 



tione subrotundis, superioribus palmatis, lobis superne 



dilatatis crenatis, floribus subsessilibus, calycibus hispi- 



dissimis exteriore furcellato. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 45. 

 H. acnleatus. IValt.fl. car. 177- 

 Near the sea-coast, in marshes : Carolina to Florida. 1/ . 



July — Sept. T. V. Flowers very handsonae and larg^ 



bright yellow with a dark purple bottom. 



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