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2. K. smilacifolia, Chapm. Stem slender, the lower branches long 

 (2" -3°) and trailing; leaves small, the lowest ovate, the others hastate -3- 

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

 corolla rose-color, 2' wide ; column interruptedly antherif erous ; capsule hir- 

 sute. (Hibiscus, Shuttlw.) — Low pine woods, South Florida. 



11. HIBISCUS, L. Rose-Mallovt. 



Involucel many-leaved or many-cleft, and, like the calyx, persistent. Stig- 

 mas 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 aud 

 mostly entire ; flowers yellow, with a purple centre, short-peduncled ; involu- 

 cel 10-12-leaved; capsule hispid ; seeds smooth. — Margins of swamps and 

 ponds, South Carolina, and westward. July. ^ — Stems 2° - 6° high. 

 Flowers 4' wide. 



2. H. furcellatus, Desrous. Shrubby ; stem tall, branching, tomentose ; 

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

 of the involucel 10, forked ; calyx hispid ; corolla yellow (3' long) ; capsule 

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



* * Leaves of the involucel entire. 

 -k— Perennial herbs : stipules deciduous. 



3. H. MoseheutOS, L. Tomentose ; leaves broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 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. July. — Stems 3° - 5° high. Leaves 3' - 5' long. Flowers 

 4'- 5' wide. 



4. H. incanus, Wendl. Leaves lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, not 

 lobed, slightly cordate, acuminate, finely serrate, hoary on both sides ; flowers 

 pale yellow with a crimson centre, often umbelled ; peduncles mostly free 

 from the petioles; capsule and seeds smooth. — Ponds and marshes, Florida 

 to South Carolina. June -July. — Stems 2° -5° high. Leaves 3' -6' long. 

 Flowers 6' - 8' wide. 



5. H. grandiflorus, IMichx. Tomentose ; leaves round-ovate, cordate, 

 mostly 3-lobed, toothed-serrate, hcary beneath ; flowers very large, pale rose- 

 color with a deep red centre ; peduncles free from the petioles ; capsule vel- 

 vety ; seeds smooth. — Marshes near the coast, Florida, Georgia, and west- 

 ward. July. — Stems several from one root, 3° - 5° high. Leaves 4' - 6' long 

 and nearly the same in width. Flowers 10' -12' wide. 



6. H. Carolinianus, Muhl. ? Ell. Smooth ; leaves cordate-ovate, acu- 

 minate, serrate, sometimes slightly 3-lobed ; flowers purj)le ; peduncles 

 slightly adhering to the petioles; seeds hispid. — On Wilmington Island, 



