92 MALVACEAE. 



^.■•■) 1. M. scabra B. Vogel. Plants 1-3 m. tall, puberulent: leaf -blades ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, 6-15 cm. long: bractlets oblong-lanceolate: calyx-lobes ovate: 

 petals greenish-yellow or whitish, 2-2.5 cm. long: mature carpels about 10 

 mm. long, reticulate on the back. [Pavonia racemosa Sw.] — Coastal ham- 

 mocks, U. keys.— [E. K.]—{Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



6. HIBISCUS L. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaf-blades entire, lobed, or 

 parted. Involucel of several, rarely 3-5 bractlets. Sepals 5, more or less 

 united. Petals 5, white or colored. Carpels forming a 5-valved capsule. — 



EOSE-MALLOW. 



Corolla cylindric, or only the tips of the petals slightly spreading : seeds woolly. 



1. H. spiralis. 

 Corolla with more or less widely spreading petals : seeds gla- 

 brous or hirsute. 

 Leaf-blades merely toothed : shrub or small tree. 2. H. Rnsa-8inensis. 



Leaf-blades parted : large herb. 3. H. cannabinvs. 



1^:' 1. H, spiralis Cav. Plants 3-18 dm. tall, stellate-hirsute: leaf -blades triangu- 

 lar-ovate or angulately 3-lobed, 1-4 cm. long: bractlets linear or nearly so, 7-9 

 mm. long: calyx-lobes acuminate: petals crimson, 2-2.5 em. long: capsules 

 fully 1 cm. long. [H. Uibiflorus DC] — Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. — {Cuba, 

 Ant.) 



2. H. Rosa-Sinensis L. Shrub or small tree, usually sparingly pubescent: 

 leaf-blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate, rounded or abruptly narrowed at the 

 base, coarsely and unequally toothed: bractlets narrowly linear: calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, more pubescent within than without: petals rose-red, or rarely of 

 other colors: capsules 2-2.5 cm. long. — Pinelands and waste places. Nat. of 

 China, escaped from cult, at Key West.^ — [E. K.] — {Cuba, Ant.) — Chinese- 

 rose. Shoeblack-plaxt. 



3. H. cannabinus L. Plants 3-22 dm. tall, sparingly pubescent: leaf -blades 

 palmately 3-7-parted, the divisions linear to elliptic or oblong, unevenly 

 toothed: bractlets narrowly linear, flat, bristle-margined or spiny: calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, rather thin, bristle-margined or spiny: petals white 

 or pink, sometimes darker-colored, and purple at the base: capsules 1.5-2 cm. 

 long. — Hammocks and cultivated grounds, U. keys. Nat. of the Old World 

 Tropics. — [E. K.] — {Cuba, Ant.) — Ambaree. Brown Indian-hemp. 



^V ' 7. PAEITIUM St. Hil. Shrubs or trees, resembling Hibiscus in habit, 



but with the bractlets of the involucel united into a lobed cup. 

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 'J J'" 1. P. tiliaceum (L.) Juss. Shrub or small tree, the young parts velvety- 

 tomentose: leaf-blades suborbicular to ovate, 1-2 dm. long, shallowly toothed, 

 prominently veined beneath: calyx-lobes lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate: 

 petals yellow, 5-6 cm. long: capsule 2.5-3.5 cm. long, abruptly pointed. 

 — Coastal hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. Nat. of the Old World Tropics. — 

 [E. K.] — {Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Mahoe. 



■ '8. KOSTELETZKYA Presl. Herbs or partially woody plants. Leaf- 

 blades angulate-lobed, hastate, or sagittate. Involucel of 7-10 bractlets, or 

 obsolete. Sepals 5, partially united. Petals 5. Carpels forming a depressed 

 capsule. 



'i?S'll- K. virginica (L.) A. Gray. Foliage pubescent with stellate hairs but not 



' velvety, often scabrous : leaf-blades 3-15 cm. long, ovate to ovate-hastate, 



serrate-dentate, the lateral lobes triangular, acute: panicles leafy: calyx-lobes 



lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, acute or acuminate: petals pink or purple, 2-4 



cm. long: capsules about 10 mm. broad. — Low hammocks, U. S. keys. — [E. K.] 



