MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



167 



bis, utrinque tomento 



subtus iiicanis 



SIS 



? 



tomentose 



on 





bed, 



both surfaces, hoary 

 underneath ; capsules 

 tomentose, slightly 



i> 



capsulis tomentosis, 

 subtruncatis. 



r 



truncated. 



Mich. 2. p. 46. Pursh 2. p. 455. Nutt. 2. p. 82. 



Stem 5 — 7 feet high- Leaves very large, 3-Iobedj covered with a soft, 

 velvet like tomentuaij glaucous on both surfaces though more conspicuous- 

 ly so on the under. Petioles 6 inches long. Peduncles axillary, 2 — 4 

 inches long, jointed^ inserted at the base of the petiole. Calyx like the 

 leaves covered with a fine tomentum; the exterior 12 leaved. Petals 

 nearly 6 inches long, obovate^ ribbed^ finely reticulate, flesh coloured, 

 witn a deep red bnse. Seeds as in all of the species, numerous in each 



cell and generally attached in 2 rows to a central receptacle. 

 Grows around poinds in the Southern parts of Georgia. 

 Flowers July — September. 



4. Incanus. 



H. foliis ovatis, a- 



cuminatis, obtuse ser- 

 ratis. 



Leaves ovate, acu 



minate, obtusely ser- 



utrinque inca- [ rate, hoary and to- 

 mentose on both sur- 



no tomentosis 



pe- 



dunculis axillaribus , 

 calycibus tomentosis, 

 subaequalibus. 



faces 



J 



peduncles ax 



illary ; calyxes tomen- 

 tose, nearly equal. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 807. Pursh 2. p. 455. 



This species, which is said to have been discovered by Bartram, has I 

 beheved escaped the notice of all recent botanists. 



tosus 



V 



IRGINICUS. 



H. undique tomen 



s 



foliis 



acumm 



^tis, inaequaliier den- 

 t3,lis, cordatis, inferi- 



^ribus indivisis, supe- 



Tomentose : leaves 



9 



acuminate, unequally 

 toothed, cordate, the 

 lower undivided, the 



upper oblong, 3-lobedj 



