48 MAJ.NACK.K. (MAM.oW FAMILY.) 



li'iivcs mostly disticlious ; leaves ()v:ite-ol)l<)iij^ ; tinwers 1' wide, (i(liri)leiuiiu8 ; 

 carpels 10, 8liort-l)eakeil. (S. stipulate, C'tic. <V Flont). — Aruuml iKJiiiesteuds 

 iu the lower distriets. July -Sept. 



^'ar. parviflora. Stem 2° -3° higli, with numerous long and virgate 

 branilies, pubesceut ; leaves ovate-obloug ; flowers Y wide, urauge-^ellow ; 

 carpels 7, short-beaked. — lioberts Key, in Caximbas liay. South Florida. 

 July - August. 



Var. acuta. Stem 3° - 6° iiigh, short-branched ; leaves lanceolate or ob- 

 long ; peduncles longer than tiie petioles ; flowers I' - IJ' wide, golden yellow ; 

 cari)ols 10- 12, slender-beaked. (S. acuta, Burm.) — Sandy coast of South 

 Florida. Augu.st - Sept. 



7. S. rhombifolia, L. Downy ; stems erect, much branched ; leaves 

 rhombic-ol)loug, obtuse at each end, serrate, shortpetioled, pale beneath; stip- 

 ules setaceous, longer thau the petioles, caducous; peduncles solitary, more 

 than half as long as the leaves; carpels 10-12, even, pointed with a single 

 subulate spine, indehiscent. — Around dwellings, Florida to North Carolina, 

 and westward. July -Oct. (T) — Stems 2° -3° high. Leaves 2' -3' long. 

 Flowers yellow. 



8. S- ciliaris, Cav. Rough with appressed rigid hairs ; stems prostrate ; 

 leaves elliptical, obtuse at both ends, serrate above the middle, smooth above, 

 the uppermost approximate ; stipules setaceous, and like the calyx fringed 

 with long hairs ; flowers nearly sessile in the axils of the upper leaves ; car- 

 pels 7, strongly reticulated, pointed with two minute barbed spines. — Key 

 West. 11 — Stems 6' long. Leaves J'- 1' long. Flowers small, red. 



9. S. EUiottii, Torr. & Gray. Perennial ; stems slender, roughish, erect, 

 with long and straight branches ; leaves smoothish, lanceolate or linear, acute, 

 serrate, on short petioles ; stipules setaceous ; flowers large, single ; peduncles 

 longer than the petioles; carpels 10-12, strongly reticulated, truncate or 

 slightlv 2 pointed. — Open woods, Florida to North Carolina and westward. 

 July -Oct. — Stems I°-3° high. Leaves l'-2' long. Flowers 1' wide, 

 yellow. 



Var. parviflora. Stem shrubby, smooth ; leaves narrow -linear, obtuse, 

 downy beneatli : peduncles as long as the leaves ; petals barely longer than 

 the calyx. — Key West {Blodgett). 



5. ABUTILON, Tourn. Txdian M.\llow. 



Involucel none. Stigma capitate. Ovaries 5 or more, 1-celled, 2-9-ovuled. 

 Carpels 1-6-seeded, partly 2-valved, tardily separating from each other or 

 from the central axis. Radicle ascending. — Leaves cordate. Flowers yel- 

 low, white, or purplish. 



1. A. Avicennse, Gcertn. Tomentose; leaves round-cordate, acuminate, 

 crenate ; peduncles axillary, 1 - 3-flowered, shorter than the long petioles ; car- 

 pels 12-14, hairy, inflated, truncate, 3-seeded, with two long and spreading 

 npines. — Waste places chiefly in the middle and upper districts. Introduced. 

 (T) — Stem 2° - 5° high. Leaves 4' - 6' wide. Flowers orange-red. 



