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and hoary beneath, rough above, longer than the petioles; involucel of 5-6 
ovate leaves, which are slightly united at the base; carpels obovate, awnless, 
strongly reticulate. — South Georgia, collected by Leconte. — Stem 4? - 5° high. 
Leaves 1‘ long. Flowers large, pale red. 
8. KOSTELETZKYA,. Pres. (Hixiscus, L. in part.) 
Capsule depressed, the cells 1-seeded. — Otherwise as in Hibiscus. 
l. K. Virginica, Presl. Rough-hairy ; stem erect, stout, branching ; 
lower leaves ovate, cordate, serrate, mostly 3-lobed, the upper ones narrower 
and usually entire; flowers (purple) in terminal racemes. — Var. ALTHEJEFOLIA. 
(Hibiscus althezefolius, Shutil.) Densely stellate-pubescent and somewhat hoary ; 
leaves all undivided, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unequally toothed- 
serrate ; racemes dense-flowered ; capsule hirsute. — Var. suiLACIFOLIA. (Hi- 
biscus smilacifolius, Shuttl.) Stem more slender, smoothish below ; leaves all 
hastate, with lanceolate serrate lobes ; racemes few-flowered. — Marshes and low 
grounds near the coast, Florida and northward (the varieties near Manatee, 
South Florida, Rugel.). July- September. )| — Stem 29-49 high. Flow- 
ers 1] -2' wide. 
9. HIBISCUS, L. Roser- Marrow. | 
Involucel many-leaved or many-cleft, and, like the calyx, persistent: Signe 
5, peltate or capitate. . Capsule globose or oblong, 5-celled, loculicidally 5- 
valved, many-seeded. — Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with petioled stipulate leaves, 
and large showy flowers, on axillary peduncles. — 
** Leaves of the involucel forked. 
1. H. aculeatus, Walt. Muricate-hispid ; leaves round-cordate, divided 
into 3-5 coarsely toothed and spreading lobes, the upper ones narrower and 
mostly entire ; flowers yellow, with a purple centre, short-peduncled ; involucel 
10-12-leaved ; capsule hispid ; seeds smooth. — Margins of swamps and ponds, 
Florida to South Carolina, and westward. July. | — Stems 2°-6° high. 
Flowers 4' wide. 
* * Leaves of the pilica entire. 
* Perennial herbs : stipules deciduous. i 
Ae d Moscheutos, L. Tomentose; leaves broadly ovate, committe, 
toothed.serrate, mostly 3-lobed above the middle, rounded or slightly cordate at 
the base, hoary beneath; peduncles often partly adnate to the petioles ; flowers 
white or pale rose-color with a crimson centre; seeds smooth. — Ponds and 
marshes, Georgia, northward and westward. July, ^ eia 3° - 50 hight 
Leaves 3'-5' long. Flowers 4!—5! wide. 
3. H. incanus, Wendl. Leaves lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, not lobed, xoc 
slightly cordate, acuminate, finely serrate, hoary on both sides; flowers 
Yellow with a crimson centre, often umbelled ; i 
