Vor. II.] 
2. Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cay. 
fruited Rose-Mallow. 
1787. 
Resembles the preceding species. 
broadly ovate, dentate or 3-7-lobed, mostly cor- 
date or truncate at the base; pubescence of the 
lower surface white and densely stellate, that of 
the upper surface darker, with longer soft nearly 
simple hairs; bractlets of the involucels linear, 
equalling the calyx or shorter, ciliate; capsule 
ovoid, densely and finely hairy; seeds nearly 
glabrous. 
In swamps, southern Indiana to Missouri, south to 
Florida and Texas. 
(Fig. 2435.) 
Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav. Diss. 3: 159. pl. 70. f. I. 
MALLOW FAMILY. 425 
Hairy- 
Leaves 
Ky 
3. Hibiscus militaris Cav. Halberd-leaved Rose-Mallow. Sweating-weed. 
(Fig. 2436.) 
Hibiscus militaris Cav. Diss. 3:352. Pl. 198. f. 2. 1787. 
Hibiscus Virginicus Walt. Fl. Car. 177. 1788.]| Not 
I. 1753- 
Erect, 3°-5° high, nearly glabrous throughout. 
Leaves 4/-5’ long, ovate in outline, acute, or acum- 
inate, cordate or truncate at the base, the lower, or 
sometimes all, hastately lobed, the margins dentate- 
crenate; petioles 1/-6’ long; flowers pink with a 
darker eye, 2’—3/ long, axillary or clustered at the 
ends of the stem or branches; peduncles shorter 
than the petioles and jointed above the middle; 
bractlets of the involucels linear, slightly shorter 
than the calyx, glabrous, or with a few scattered 
hairs; fruiting calyx inflated; capsule ovoid, en- 
closed by the calyx, glabrous, or in some southern 
forms finely stellate-pubescent; seeds silky. 
Along rivers, southern Pennsylvania to Florida, west 
to Minnesota and Louisiana. Aug.—Sept. 
4. Hibiscus Trionum |. Bladder Ketmia. 
Mallow. (Fig. 2437.) 
Hibiscus Trionum I,. Sp. Pl. 697. 1753. 
Annual, depressed and branching from the base, 
pubescent with spreading hairs. Leaves petioled, 
ovate or orbicular in outline, pedately 3-7-lobed or 
divided, the lobes obtuse, dentate-crenate or cleft, 
the middle one longer; flowers pale yellow with a 
purple eye, 1/-2)4’ broad, axillary to the upper 
leaves, each one remaining open but a few hours; 
petals tinged with purple on the outer edge; bracts 
linear, ciliate, much shorter than the membranous 
beautifully nerved hispid-pubescent 5-angled in- 
flated calyx; capsule globose-ovoid, hairy; seeds 
roughened with short processes. 
In waste places, Nova Scotia to Florida, and locally 
in the interior. Adventive from southern Europe. 
Aug.-Sept. Called also Black-eyed Susan. 
Flower-of-an-Hour. 
