610 TILIACE^. 



KOSTELETZKYA, Presl. 



K. smilacifolia. Stem slender, the lower brandies long (2° -3°) anil 

 trailing; leaves small, the lowest ovate, the others hastate- 3-lobed, witli 

 the middle lobe lanceolate, serrate ; racemes loosely few-flowered ; corolla 

 rose-color, 2' wide ; column interruptedly antheriferous ; capsule hirsute. 

 'Hibiscus, Shutllw.) — Low pine woods. South Florida. 



HIBISCUS, L. 



H. COCCineus, var. integrifolius. Leaves smaller (4' - 6' long) , ovate, 

 undivided, or the lowest angularly o-lobed ; petals broader. — Deep marshes, 

 East Florida. 



H. fureellatUS, Desrous. Shrubby ; stem tall, branching, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves cordate, entire, finely serrate, rough above, tomentose beneath ; 

 leaves of tlie involucel 10, forked ; calyx hispid ; corolla yellow (3' long) ; 

 capsule strigose ; seeds smooth. — Eastern shore of South Florida (Curtiss). 



Order BYTTNERIACE^. 

 MELOCHIA, L. 



Involucel 3-leaved, or none. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, convolute. Stamens 

 5, the filaments more or less united near tlie base. Cells of the ovary 1-2- 

 ovuled ; styles 5, separate, or partly united ; stigmas club-shaped. Capsule 

 5-celled, few-seeded. — Herbs or shrubs, with stellate pubescence, and clus- 

 tered white or purple flowers. 



§ RiEDLEiA. Capsule seplicidal or locuJicidal. Involucel 3-leaved. 

 Flowers purple. 



M. serrata, Benth. Shrubby, pilose ; stem slender, branching (2° -4° 

 high); leaves ovate, acute, unequally serrate ; stipules linear, longer than 

 the petioles ; flower-clusters axillary, globose, the upper ones spiked ; corolla 

 showy, purple {V wide). — Pine woods. South Florida. October. 



M. hirsuta, Cav. Herbaceous, pubescent and slightly hispid ; leaves 

 ovate, subcordate, crenate- serrate ; stipules subulate, shorter than the peti- 

 oles ; flower-clusters terminal ; corolla pale purple, yellowish within. — Streets 

 of Savannah {Feay). East Florida (Curtiss). — Stem P-2° high. Corolla 

 i' wide. 



Order TILIACE^. 



TRIUMFETTA, L. 



Sepals 5, linear. Petals 5, convolute. Stamens 10-30, separate. Cells of 

 the ovary 2-5, 2-ovuled. Capsule uncinate-hispid, 2-6-celled, mostly sepa- 

 rable into as many 1-2-seeded carpels. — Chiefly shrubs, with lobed leaves, 

 and small clustered yellow flowers. 



