56 BOTANY OF LA SAL,IvE COUNTY. 



to 20 in., leaves oblong-, serrate, long- petioled 

 with often a tubercle at base of petiole; flowers 

 small, Y. Along- small streams. 



ABUTITON. Indian Mallow. Velvet Weed, Old 

 woman's nig-ht cap. 



A. avicen nae. Erect, branching-; leaves larg-e, 

 cordate, acuminate, soft-hairy; flowers small, 

 YZ in across, Y; seed pod bur like of 12 to 15 

 carpels, or pods united into one. Bark tough, 

 used for making- paper, 4 to 8 ft. Cult, lands. 

 HIBISCUS. Rose Mallow Calyx with an invulucel 

 of many bracelets in a row. Flowers larg-e and 

 showy. 



H. Moschuetos. Erect, several stems from same 

 root; lower leaves 3 lobed, upper lanceolate, 

 downy below, smooth "or nearly so above; 

 flowers larg-e, 3 to 3% in. across, Rs. Deer Park 

 Tp. , y mile W. of At wood's Cave. 



H. Milita ris. Smooth, lower leaves ovate-cordate, 



3 lobed, upper halberd form, middle lobe long-, 

 acute; flowers Rs. with a darker center, 3 to 4 

 in. Along- 111. river. 



H. Trionum. A. Erect or, reclining- with wide 

 spreading-, horizontal branches, very hairy: 

 leaves 3 lobed, middle one much the longest; 

 flower sulphur Y. 1^2 inch broad with a dark 

 eye opening- early and g-enerally closing- before 

 noon. Becoming- more common yearly. 



H. Syriacus. Shrub 5 to 15 feet with rather stiif , 

 dark G. rather small, lobed leaves; flowers 3 to 



4 inch broad, P. W. varig-ated. Scarcely hardy 

 here. 



Order. 21. TILIA CEAE. LINDENS or BASS- 

 WOOD. 

 L/arg-e trees with cordate leaves, small, fra- 



