100 MALVACEAE, ( MALLOW FAMILY.) 



9. MODiOLA, Moench. 



Calyx with a 3-leaved involucel. Petals obovate. Stamens 1 - 20. Stigmas 

 capitate. Carpels 14-20, kidney-shaped, pointed, and at length 2-valved at the 

 top ; the cavity divided into tAVO by a cross partition, with a single seed in each 

 cell. — Humble, procumbent or creeping annuals or biennials, with cut leaves 

 and small purplish flowers solitary in the axils. (Name from modiolus, the broad 

 and depressed fruit resembling in shape the Eoman measure of that name.) 



1. M. multifida, Moench. Hairy ; leaves 3 - 5-cleft and incised; stamens 

 15-20; fruit hispid at the top. — Low grounds, Va. and southward. 



10. KOSTELETZKYA, Presl. 



Pod depressed, with a single seed in each cell. Otherwise as Hibiscus. 

 (Named after V. F. Kosteletzky, a Bohemian botanist.) 



1. K. Virginica, Gray. Roughish-hairy perennial (2 - 4° high) ; leaves 

 halberd-shaped and heart slipped, the lower 3-lobed; corolla 2' wide, rose- 

 color; column slender. — L^dshes on the coast, N. Y. and southward. Aug. 



11. HIBISCUS, L. Eose-Mallow. 



Calyx involucellate at the base by a row of numerous bractlets, 5-cleft. 

 Column of stamens long, bearing anthers for much of its length. Styles 

 united , stigmas 5, capitate. Fruit a 5-celled loculicidal pod. Seeds several 

 or many in each cell. — Herbs or shrubs, usually with large and showy 

 flowers. (An old Greek and Latin name of unknown meaning.) 



* Indigenous tall perennials (4-8° high), flower inxj late in summer. 



1. H. MoscheiltOS, L. (Swamp Rose-Mallow\) Zeai-es oraff, pointed, 

 toothed, the lower 3-lobed, the uppermost oblong-lanceolate, all whitened under- 

 neath with a fine soft down, glabrous or slightly downy above; the 1-flowered 

 peduncles sometimes united at the base with the petioles; bractlets not hairy; 

 calijx not inflated; pod and seeds smooth or nearly so. — Brackish marshes 

 along the coast, from E. ]\Iass. southward, and lake shores and swamps west- 

 ward to 111. and Mo., especially Avithin the influence of salt springs. — Corolla 

 5-6' in diameter, light rose-color or white, with or without a crimson eye. 



2. H. lasiocarpus, Cav. Leaves soft-downy both sides, the lower broadly 

 ovate and heart-shaped ; bractlets ciliate ; pod hirsute ; — otherwise resembling 

 the last. (H. grandiflorus, Michx.) — Ind. to Mo., and southward. 



3. H. militkris, Cav. (Halberd-Leaved R.) Smooth throughout; lower 

 leaves ovate-heart-shaped, toothed, 3-lobed ; upper leaves halherd-form, the short 

 lateral lobes spreading at the base, the middle one prolonged and taper-pointed ; 

 peduncles ^\en(\er ', fruiting cali/x inflated; seeds hairy. — River-banks, Penn. 

 to Minn., and southward. — Corolla 2-3' long, flesh-color with purple base. 



* * Escaped from gardens or grounds. 



H. Tri6num, L. (Bladder Ketmia.) A low, rather hairg annual ; upper 

 leaves 3-parted, with lanceolate divisions, the middle one much the longest ; 

 fruiting cali/x inflated, membranaceous, 5-tcinged ; corolla sulphur-yellow with a 

 blackish eye, ephemeral ; hence the name flower-of-an-hour. (Adv. from Eu.) 



H. SYRiACrs, L. (Shrttbbv Alth.i:a of gardeners.) Tall shrub, smooth; 

 leaves wedge-ovate, pointed, cut-toothed or lobed ; corolla usually rose-color. 

 — Escaped rarely from cultivation, Penn., etc. Sept. (Adv. from Eu.) 



