MONADELPHIA.— POLYANDRIA. 25b 



solitary, shorter than the stipules and petioles ; 

 capsules 5, birostrate. 



UAB. Pine barrens. July— Aug. © . Stem 1—2 

 ft. high, branch.; fl. yell. 



S. Kapuza : leaves palmately 5-lobed, smooth ; lobes 

 oblong, acuminate, dentate ; peduncles many- 

 flowered ; capsules 10, pointless, acuminate. 



HAB. Shady rocky places. July. U . Stem 3 — 1 



ft. high; fl. small whi 

 , S. dioica : leaves palmately 7-lobed, scabrous : 

 lobes lanceolate, incisely dentate ; peduncles 

 many-flowered, bracteate, subcorymbed ; flowei> 

 dioecious ; capsules 10, pointless. 



BAB. Stony ground. Oct. U. Stem 4— 5 ft. high. 



branch. ; fl. small wh. 

 , S. Abutilon : leaves roundish-cordate, acuminate, 

 dentate, tomentose ; pec'-mcle shorter than the 

 petioles ; capsules 15, truncate, birostrate, hairy. 



I1AB. Waste places. July— Aug. © . Stem 2— 5 

 ft. high; leav. large; fl. orange. § 



431. ALTHAEA. Marsh Mallow. Malvacea. 



A. officinalis: leaves soft-tomentose, cordate aim 

 ovate, dentate, entire or somewhat 3-lobed ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, many-flowered, much shorter 

 than the leaves. 



HAB Borders of salt marshes. Aug.— Sept. U 

 Stem 2 ft. high; Jl. large, purp. § 



432. MALVA. Mallow. Malvacea\ 



31. rotundifolia : stem somewhat prostrate; leave- 

 roundish, cordate, obtusely 5-lobed ; fructiferou- 

 pedicels bent downward, as well as the petioles, 

 pubescent; corolla twice the length of the calyi 



UAB. Waste places. June— Oct. U. Rootfusif, 

 pedunc. axill. ; Jl. small pink. 



433. HIBISCUS. Maha< 



. II. Moscheutos : leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate 

 tomentose beneath; petioles bearing the pedun 

 llyi tomentose ; capsule sue 



