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>r trees, 1-7 meters high. Stems 

 2-3 cm. thick : leaves '2-3 dm. 

 long or rarely shorter : leaflets usually 9, ovate or oval-ovate to 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-7 cm. long, acuminate, ciliate, 

 rounded or cordate at the base : racemes 2-3 dm. long, loosely- 

 flowered, drooping ; rachis and pedicels densely hirsute and glan- 

 dular : calyx pubescent like the pedicels ; tube campanulate ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate or narrowly-lanceolate, acuminate, the lateral 

 ones about as long as the tube and the lowest one much longer : 

 corolla lilac-purple or light blue; standard with a short claw and 

 suborbicular blade, this rather broader than high, 1.5 cm. in diam- 

 eter, acuminate at the base ; wings 1.5 cm. long, the subulate-lin- 

 ear spur about as long as the claw : pods 5-10 cm. long, torulose, 

 reddish-brown, rather obtuse : seeds oblong or cylindric-oblong, 

 black, lustrous. 



In swamps, Missouri to Tennessee and Arkansas. Spring. 



Missouri. Eggcrt. 



Tennessee: Covington, 1881, Byars ; Forked Deer River, 



1893, Bain. 



Arkansas : Craighead county, 1893, Eggcrt. 



Sufficient material has now been collected to prove this 

 Kraunhia of the central Mississippi Valley a perfectly distinct 

 species. This fact was observed by Mr. Nuttall many years 

 ago. The elongated racemes with their rather shaggy hirsute and 

 glandular pubescence readily separate the plant from the eastern 

 Kraunhia frutescens. Strong characters are furn.shed by the 

 flowers ; the calyx-segments are as long as the tube, or the lower 

 one longer, and the blade of the standard is decurrent on its claw. 

 In Kraunhia frutescens we find contrasting characters for all these 



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I have received valuable field notes from Mr. Henry Eggert, 





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-/Hibiscus integrifolius (Chapm.). 



Htbiscus coccincus var. integrifolius Chapm. FL S. States. Ed. 



2, 610. 1884. 



Hibiscus sanilobatus Chapm. FL S. States, Ed 3, V- i*97-_ 

 As indicated in the preceding line, during the past year th.s 

 neglected plant was given specific rank, but unfortunat. Ay under 

 an untenable name. The comparatively blunt calyx-segments fur- 



