456 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. HiblsCUS. 



Icon. IVendl. fiort. herrenh. 4. t. 24. Bartr. ic. ined. in 

 Mus. Banks. 



In Carolina. % . Sept. + , Flowers very large, sul- 

 phur-coloured. 



esculentus. 5. H, foliis cordatis 5-lobis obtusiusculis dentatis, petiolis 

 flore longioribus, calycibus exterioribus subdecaphyllis 

 declduis, interioribus longitudinaliter rumpentibus. 

 Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 827. 



Icon. Cavan. diss. 3. t. Q\.f.2. Comm. hort. 1. t. \g. 



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. 



virginicus. 6. H. undique tomentosus, asper ; foliis acuminatis inaequa- 

 liter dentatis, interioribus cordatis indivisis, superiori- 

 bus cordatis oblongis trilobis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 et racemoso-terminalibus, floribus cernuis, pistillis nu- 

 tantibus. fFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 831. 



H. clypeatus. IValt.Ji. car. 177. 



Icon. Jacq. ic. rar. t. 142. Pluk. phyt. t. 6.f. 4. 



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

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

 coloured. 



militarise 7. H. glaberrimus ; foliis 3-lobo-hastatis acuminatis serratis, 



corolla tubulato-campanulata, capsuHs ovatis acumina- 

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

 p. 808. 



H. laevis. Scop. del. insul. 3. t. 17. 



H. virginicus. Walt.Ji. car. 177. 



H. hastatus, Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 45. 



H. riparius. Pers. syn. 1. p. 254. 



Icon. Scop. del. insuh.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. Ij.. Aug. Sept. v. v. 

 Flowers purple, large. 



speciosus. 8. H. glaberrimum ; foliis palraato-5-partitis, laciniis lan- 



ceolatis acuminatis apice remote serratis, calycibus ex- 

 terioribus decaphyllis, corolla patula, capsula glabra 

 5-gono-ovata. — Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 822, 



H.coccineus. Walt. fi. car. \yy. 



Icon. Bot. mag. 360. Wendl. hort. herrenh. /.11. 



On the banks of rivers of South Carolina and Flori- 

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



