SiDA. XXXVII. MALVACE^. 209 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, 5 — 9f high. Segments of the leaves 6' 

 long, very acuminate. Flowers of a bright carmine red. Petals slender at the 

 base, 4 — 5' lon^;. Column still longer, slender and terete. Jl. — Oct. j- 



6. H. GRANDiFLORUs. Michx. Grcat-Jlov^ering Hibiscus. — Lvs. cordate, 3- 

 lobed, coriaceous, tomentose, hoary beneath ; car. expanding; caps, tomentose, 

 truncated. — 1\. Southern States, Stems 5 — 7f high. Leaves and flowers very 

 large, the latter, when expanded, nearly a foot in diameter. Petals flesh-color- 

 ed, red at the base. Jl. — Oct. -f 



7. H. Syriacus. Syrian Hibiscus. — Z/y5. cuneiform, ovate, 3-lobed, dentate ; 

 pedicels scarcely longer than the petiole ; involucel about 8-leaved. — A beauti- 

 ful, hardy, free-flowering shrub, from Syria, 5 — lOf high. Flowers purple. 

 There are varieties with white, red and striped flowers, both single and double, f 



8. H. Trionum. Floicer of an Hour. — L/vs. dentate, lower undivided, upper 

 3-parted, lobes lanceolate, middle one very long; cat. inflated, membranaceous, 

 veined. — (i) From Italy. An exceedingly beautiful flower, branching, 1 — 2f 

 high. Flowers large, numerous, but soon withering. Petals of a rich chlorine 

 yellow, the base of a deep brown, f (Fig. 41, 1.) 



9. H. EscuLENTUs. Edible Hibiscus or Okro. — L/vs. cordate, 5-lobed, obtuse, 

 dentate ; petiole longer than the flower ; involucel about 5-leaved, caducous. — Na- 

 tive of W. Indies. Plant herbaceous, 2 — 3f high, nearly glabrous. Petiole 

 with a hairy line on the upper side, nearly If in length. Lamina 8 — 10' broad. 

 The flowers 1 — 2' long, on a short peduncle. Petals greenish-yellow. The 

 large, mucilaginous pods are used for pickles, or served up with butter. 



6. malOpe. 

 Calyx surrounded by a 3-leaved involucel ; carpels irregularly ag- 

 gregated, 1 -seeded. 



M. MALACOIDES. 



''Lvs. ovate, crenate; slip, oblong-linear; ped. axillary, l-flowered. — 

 Penn. MuM. Stem 1 — l|f high, sparingly branched, clothed witJi white hairs 

 above. Leaves hairy on the veins beneath, nearly glabrous above. Petioles 

 1' long. Bracteoles setaceous. Carpels hispid, in a depressed, globular head. 

 Petals yellow." Torrey d^" Gray suppose it may prove a species of Malva. 



7. ABUTILON. Dill. 

 Calyx 5-cleftj without an involucel, often angular ; ovaries 5, many- 

 seeded ; styles many-cleft ; capsule of 5 or more carpels, arranged 

 circularly, each I -celled, 1 — 3-seeded. 



A. Avicenx;e. (Sida Abutilon. Linn.) Indian Malloni. 

 Lvs. roundish-cordate, acuminate, dentate, velvety-tomentose ; ;7grf. shorter 

 than the petiole, solitary; carpels about 15, 3-seeded, inflated, truncate, 2-beaked. 

 — T) Native in both Indies and naturalized in most of the states, inhabiting 

 waste places, &c. Stem branched, 3 — if high. Leaves 4 — 6' diam., deeply 

 cordate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, very soft and velvety at surface. 

 Flowers yellow, near 1' broad. Jl. () 



8. SIDA. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel, ovary 5 — many-celled ; cap- 

 sule of 5 or more 1 -seeded carpels; radicle superior. 



1. S. spinOsa. 



.S7. rigid, branched, minutely pubescent; lvs. ovate-lanceolate, .«;crrate, 

 \yith a spinosc tubercle at the base of the petiole; slip, setaceous; /.-?. axillary; 

 carpels birostrate. — (T) Sandy fields and roadsides. Middle, Southern and West- 

 ern States! Plant bushy, h — IG' high. Leaves 9 — 15" long, i as wide, most- 

 ly obtuse at each end. Petals yt-llow, obovate, of short duration. Jl. Aug. 



'2. S. Nap/Ea. Cav. ^Napa^a Icevis. Linn.) 



Sf. slender, glabrous; irs. palmalely 5-lobed, nearly glabrous, lubes ob- 

 long-linear, acuminate, coarsely toothed; ]}€d. many-flowered; carpels 10, acu 



