48 MALVACEAE. (MALLOW FAMILY.) 



leaves mostly distichous; leaves ovate-oblong ; flowers 1' wide, ochroleucous ; 

 carpels 10, short-beaked. (S. stipulate, Cue. <y Flora). Around homesteads 

 in the lower districts. July - Sept. 



Var. parviflora. Stem 2 -3 high, with numerous long and virgate 

 brandies, pubescent ; leaves ovate-oblong ; flowers V wide, orange-yellow ; 

 carpels 7, short-beaked. Roberts Key, in Caximbas Bay. South Florida. 

 July - August. 



Var. acuta. Stem 3 - 6 high, short-branched ; leaves lanceolate or ob- 

 long ; peduncles longer than the petioles ; flowers 1' - 1^' wide, golden yellow ; 

 carpels 10- 12, slender-beaked. (S. acuta, Burin.) Sandy coast of South 

 Florida. August -Sept. 



7. S. rhombifolia, L. Downy; stems erect, much branched; leaves 

 rhombic-oblong, obtuse at each end, serrate, short petioled, pale beneath; stip- 

 ules setaceous, longer than the petioles, caducous; peduncles solitary, more 

 than half as long as the leaves; carpels 10- 12, even, pointed with a single 

 subulate spine, indehisceut. Around dwellings, Florida to North Carolina, 

 and westward. July -Oct. (T) Stems 2 -3 high. Leaves 2' -3' long. 

 1- lowers yellow. 



8. S. ciliaris, Cav. Rough with appressed rigid hairs ; stems prostrate ; 

 leaves elliptical, obtuse at both ends, serrate above the middle, smooth above, 

 the uppermost approximate ; stipules setaceous, and like the calyx fringed 

 with long hairs ; flowers nearly sessile in the axils of the upper leaves ; car- 

 pels 7, strongly reticulated, pointed with two minute barbed spines. Key 

 West. 11 Stems 6' long. Leaves '- 1' long. Flowers small, red. 



9. S. Elliottii, Torr. & Gray. Perennial ; stems slender, roughish, erect, 

 with long and straight branches ; leaves smoothish, lanceolate or linear, acute, 

 serrate, on short petioles ; stipules setaceous ; flowers large, single ; peduncles 

 longer than the petioles; carpels 10-12, strongly reticulated, truncate or 

 slightly 2-pointed. Open woods, Florida to North Carolina and westward. 

 July-Oct. Steins l-3 high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. Flowers 1' wide, 

 yellow. 



Var. parviflora. Stem shrubby, smooth ; leaves narrow-linear, obtuse, 

 downy beneath ; peduncles as long as the leaves ; petals barely longer than 

 the calyx. Key West (Blodijett). 



5. ABUTILON, Tourn. INDIAN MALLOW. 



Involucel none. Stigma capitate. Ovaries 5 or more, 1 -celled, 2-9-ovuled. 

 Carpels 1-6-seeded, partly 2-valved, tardily separating from each other or 

 from the central axis. Radicle ascending. -Leaves cordate. Flowers yel- 

 low, white, or purplish. 



1. A. Avicennse, Ga?rtn. Tomentose; leaves round-cordate, acuminate, 

 crenate ; peduncles axillary, 1 -3-flowered, shorter than the long petioles ; car- 

 pels 12-14, hnirv, inflated, truncate, 3-seeded, with two long and spreading 

 spines. Waste places chiefly in the middle and upper districts. Introduced. 

 (T) Stem 2 - 5 high. Leaves 4' - 6' wide. Flowers orange-red. 



