610 TILIACE^E. 



KOSTELETZKYA, Presl. 



K. smilacifolia. Stem slender, the lower branches long (2 -3) and 

 trailing; leaves small, the lowest ovate, the others hastate- 3-lobed, with 

 the middle lobe lanceolate, serrate ; racemes loosely few-flowered ; corolla 

 rose-color, 2' wide ; column interruptedly antheriferous ; capsule hirsute. 

 (Hibiscus, Shutllw.) Low pine woods, South Florida. 



HIBISCUS, L. 



H. COCCineus, var. integrifolius. Leaves smaller (4' -6' long), ovate, 

 undivided, or the lowest angularly 3-lobed ; petals broader. Deep marshes, 

 East Florida. 



H. furcellatus, Desrous. Shrubby ; stem tall, branching, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves cordate, entire, finely serrate, rough above, tomentose beneath ; 

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

 capsule strigose ; seeds smooth. Eastern shore of South Florida (Curtiss). 



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 MELOCHIA, L. 



Involucel 3-leaved, or none. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, convolute. Stamens 

 6, the filaments more or less united near the base. Cells of the ovary 1-2- 

 ovuled ; styles 5, separate, or partly united ; stigmas club-shaped. Capsule 

 6-celled, few-seeded. Herbs or shrubs, with stellate pubescence, and clus- 

 tered white or purple flowers. 



RIEDLEIA. Capsule septicidal or loculicidaL Involucel 3-leaved. 

 Flowers purple. 



M. serrata, Benth. Shrubby, pilose ; stem slender, branching (2 -4 

 high); leaves ovate, acute, unequally serrate; stipules linear, longer than 

 the petioles ; flower-clusters axillary, globose, the upper ones spiked ; corolla 

 showy, purple (!' wide). Pine woods, South Florida. October. 



M. hirsuta, Cav. Herbaceous, pubescent and slightly hispid; leaves 

 ovate, subcordate, crenate- serrate ; stipules subulate, shorter than the peti- 

 oles ; flower-clusters terminal ; corolla pale purple, yellowish within. Streets 

 of Savannah (Feay). East Florida (Curtiss). Stem l-2 high. Corolla 

 i' wide. 



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TRIUMFETTA, L. 



Sepals 5, linear. Petals 5, convolute. Stamens 10 -30, separate. Cells of 

 the ovary 2-5, 2-ovuled. Capsule uncinate-hispid, 2-5-celled, mostly sepa- 

 rable into as many 1 - 2-seeded carpels. Chiefly shrubs, with lobed leaves, 

 and small clustered yellow flowers. 



