GIO TII.IACK.E. 



KOSTELETZKYA, I'resl. 



K. smilacifolia. StLm slendtM-, the lower brandies long {'2°-o°) and 

 trailinji; leaves small, the lowest ovate, tlie others hastate- S-lohed, witii 

 the niidiUe lobe lanceolate, serrate ; racemes loosely lew-flowered ; corolla 

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

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



HIBISCUS, L. 



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

 undivided, or the lowest iuigularly ■"Jlobed ; jietals broader. — Deep marshes, 

 East Florida. 



H. furcellatUS, Dcsrous. Shrubby ; stem tall, branching, tomen- 

 tose ; 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 {Curliss). 



Order BYTTNERIACE^. 



MELOCHIA, L. 



Involucel 3-leaved, or none. Caly.x 5-cleft. Petals? 5, convolute. Stamens 

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

 ovuled ; st3'les 5, separate, or partly united ; stigmas club-shaped. Capsule 

 6-celled, few-seeded. — Herbs or shrubs, with stellaie pubescence, and clus- 

 tered white or purple flowers. 

 •\ 

 § RiEDLKiA. Capsule Sfi/ilicidal or loculicidal. Involucel Z-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 (1' wide). — Pine woods. South Florida. October. 



M. hirsuta, Cav. Herbaceous, pubescent and slightly hisi)id ; leaves 

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

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

 of Savannah (Fe«^). East Florida (CV/jas). — Stem P-2o high. Corolla 

 Y 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, 2-5-celled, mostly sepa- 

 rable into as many l-'J-sceded carpels. — Chiefly shrubs, with lobed leaves, 

 and small clustered yellow flowers. 



