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2. K. smilacifolia, Chapm. Stem slender, the lower branches lung 

 (2 -3) and trailing; leaves small, the lowest ovate, the others hastate -3- 

 lobed, with the middle lohe lanceolate, serrate; racemes loosely lew-flowered ; 

 corolla rose-color, 2' wide ; column interruptedly antheriferous ; capsule hir- 

 sute. (Hibiscus, Shuttlw.) Low pine woods, South Florida. 



11. HIBISCUS, L. ROSE-MALLOW. 



Involucel many-leaved or many-cleft, and, like the calyx, persistent. Stig- 

 mas 5, peltate or capitate. Capsule globose or oblong, 5-celled, loculicidally 

 5-valved, many-seeded. Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with petioled stipulate 

 leaves, and large showy flowers, on axillary peduncles. 



* Leaves of the involucel forked. 



1. H. aculeatus, Walt. Muricate-hispid ; leaves round-cordate, divided 

 into 3-5 coarsely toothed and spreading lobes, the upper ones narrower and 

 mostly entire; flowers yellow, with a purple centre, short-peduncled ; iiivolu- 

 cel 10- 12-leaved ; capsule hispid ; seeds smooth. Margins of swamps and 

 ponds, South Carolina, and westward. July. 2/ Stems 2 -6 high. 

 Flowers 4' wide. 



2. H. furcellatus, Desrous. Shrubby; stem tall, branching, tomentose ; 

 leaves cordate, entire, finely serrate, rough above; tomeutose beneath ; leaves 

 of the involucel 10, forked ; calyx hispid ; corolla yellow (3' long) ; capsule 

 strigose; seeds smooth. Eastern shore of South Florida (C'urtiss). 



* * Leaves of the involucel entire. 

 -^~- Perennial herbs : stipules deciduous. 



3. H. MoscheutOS, L. Tomentose; leaves broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 toothed serrate, mostly 3-lobed above the middle, rounded or slightly cordate 

 at the base, hoary beneath ; peduncles often partly adnate to the petioles ; 

 flowers white or pale rose-color with a crimson centre ; seeds smooth. Ponds 

 and marshes. July. Stems 3 - 5 high. Leaves 3' - 5' long. Flowers 

 4' - 5' wide. 



4. H. incanus, Wendl. Leaves lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, not 

 lobed, slightly cordate, acuminate, finely serrate, hoary on both sides; flowers 

 pale yellow with a crimson centre, often umbelled ; peduncles mostly free 

 from the petioles; capsule and seeds smooth. Ponds and marshes, Florida 

 to South Carolina. June -July. Stems 2 -5 high. Leaves 3' -6' long. 

 Flowers 6' - 8' wide. 



5. H. grandiflorus, Michx. Tomentose ; leaves round-ovate, cordate, 

 mostly 3-lobed, toothed-serrate, hoary beneath ; flowers very large, pale rose- 

 color with a deep red centre ; peduncles free from the petioles; capsule vel- 

 vety ; seeds smooth. Marshes near the coast, Florida, Georgia, and west- 

 ward. July. Stems several from one root, 3 - 5 high. Leaves 4' - 6' long 

 and nearly the same in width. Flowers 10' -12' wide. 



6. H. Carolinianus, Muhl. ? Ell. Smooth; leaves cordate-ovate, acu- 

 minate, serrate, sometimes slightly 3-lobed ; flowers purple ; peduncles 

 slightly adhering to the petioles; seeds hispid. On Wilmington Island, 



