98 BYTTNERIACEJE. (BYTTNERIA FAMILY.) 
4. H. grandiflorus, Michx.  Tomentose ; leaves round-ovate, cordate, 
mostly 3-lobed, toothed-serrate, hoary beneath ; flowers very large, pale rose- 
color with a deep red centre ; peduncles free from the petioles ; capsule velvety ; 
seeds smooth. — Marshes near the coast, Florida, Georgia, and westward. July. 
— Stems several from one root, 3°-5° high. Leaves 4'-6' long and nearly 
the same in width. Flowers 10! - 12! wide. 
5. H. Carolinianus, Muhl.? Ell. Smooth; leaves cordate-ovate, acu- 
minate, serrate, sometimes slightly 3-lobed ; flowers purple; peduncles slightly 
adhering to the petioles ; seeds hispid. —On Wilmington Island, Georgia. July 
- September. — Stems 4°-6° high. Leaves 4!-6' long. Flowers 6/-8'wide. (*) 
6. H. militaris, Cav. Smooth ; leaves thin, on long and slender petioles, 
serrate, slightly cordate, the lower ones roundish, 3-5-lobed, the upper ovate- 
lanceolate, entire or somewhat hastate, with rounded lobes; peduncles shorter 
than the petioles ; calyx inflated; corolla tubular-campanulate, pale rose-color - 
with a red centre; seeds silky. — River-banks in the upper districts, and westward. 
July and August. — Stems 3°-4° high. Leaves 3!-5! long. Corolla 2}/ long. 
7. H. coccineus, Walt. Smooth; stem glaucous ; leaves long-petioled, 
5-parted to the base, the lobes lanceolate, remotely toothed, with long-tapering 
entire tips; corolla expanding, bright scarlet; petals long-clawed ; seeds pu- 
bescent. (H.speciosus, Ait ) — Deep marshes near the coast, Florida, Georgia, 
and westward. July and August. — Stems 49 — 8? high. Leaves 6'-12/long. . 
Corolla 6' — 8’ wide. Column of stamens naked below. 
+ + "Trees or shrubs : stipules persistent. 
8. H. Floridanus, Shuttl. Hispid ; leaves small, ovate, obtuse, cre- 
nate-serrate, often cordate, and slightly 3-lobed; peduncles longer than the 
leaves; corolla tubular-campanulate, crimson; column of stamens exserted ; 
seeds woolly. (Malvaviscus Floridanus, Nutt.) — South Florida. — Shrub 4° — 5° 
high, branching. Leaves j'-1l' long. Stipules subulate. Flowers 1/ long. 
9. H. tiliaceus, L. Leaves .orbicular-cordate, acuminate, slightly cre- 
nate, hoary-tomentose beneath; stipules large, oblong, clasping ; involucel 9 ~ 
10-toothed ; capsule tomentose ; seeds smooth. — South Florida. — A large tree. 
Leaves 3/ -4' long. Flowers yellow ?. 
H. ESCULENTUS, L, (H. Collinsianus, Nutt. ?) is the garden OKRA. 
H. Syrzacus, L., the ALTHÆA, is everywhere cultivated. 
To this family belongs the CoTTON-PLANT (Gossrrivw, Z.), the numerous 
varieties of which are now referred to two species, viz. the SHORT STAPLE or 
Urraxp (G. ALBUM, Ham.), and the Lone Stapre or Sea IsLAND (G. NI- 
GRUM, Ham.). 
Orpver 28. BYTTNERIACE/E. ance Fawn) 
Chiefly trees or shrubs differing from Malvacem im having definite 
stamens, of which those opposite the petals are usually sterile, $-celled — 
xt 3- 5-celled, rarely 1-celled. 
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