HETERANTHERA— HIERACIUM. 



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menzi^sii, [11.) leaves spatnlate, fleshy; 

 pubescence 2-parted, appressed ; siliques 

 epreadiiig^ (when young) ; stem veiy short, 

 erect, simple. 



tri.'<"fis, (yellow rocket, ^ .) stem hispid ; 

 branches spreading. Ex. 

 IIETERANTIIE'RA. .3—1. (Narcissi.) [From 



items, other or different, and aner, anther, 



because the anthers are of different sizes in 



the .same flower.] 



rcmfur"miR, (Ju. Aug. w. IS-) leaves or- 

 bicular, renifomi ; spatha oblong, acumi- 

 nate, 3-5 flowered. 

 HEUCHE'RA. 5—2. (SaxifragcE.) [Heucher.] 



america'na, (alum-ropt, r. Ju. 2i.) viscidly- 

 pubesceut; scape and leaves somewhat 

 scabrous ; leaves radical, on long, pubes- 

 cent petioles; flowers in a long, tenninal 

 panicle ; stamens exserted ; calyx short, 

 obtuse ; petals lanceolate, as long as the 

 calyx. 2-3 f. 



pnhcs"cens, dusty-pubescent ; calyx large, 

 bell-form ; stamens scarcely exserted ; flow- 

 ers large, red and yellow. 



his"pida, (p. J. 2^.) hispid,- scabrous; 

 scape, petioles, and leaves, glabrous be- 

 neath; leaves hispid-pillo.se above, acute- 

 lobed, toothed; teeth very short, sub-retuse, 

 mucronate ; peduncles of the panicle few- 

 flowered ; calyx shortish, sub-acute ; petals 

 spatulate, as long as the calyx; stamens 

 exsert. 



caules"cens, (w. J. 2^.) suffruticose at the 

 base ; scape at the base, and petioles pilose ; 

 leaves glabrous above, pillose at the nerves 

 beneath, acutely lobed, ciliate, dentate ; 

 teeth acute, mucronate; calyx short, vil- 

 lose ; petals linear, twice as long as the 

 calyx ; stamens exsert. j 



acerifo'lia, {IX) petioles hirsute; leaves' 

 smooth, glaucous beneath, acutely 5-lobed, ' 

 unequally toothed ; teeth mucronate ; scape 

 smooth ; panicle elongated, lax-flowered ; ' 

 petals .short ; stamens exsert. 

 HIBIS"CIIS. 15—12. (Malvacece.) [From Tftz'jJ 



the stoik, which is said to be fond of it.] | 



phceiii'ccus, (phcDnicean mallow.s, r. Ju. ' 

 2^.) leaves ovate, acuminate, sen-ate, and 

 crenate, lower ones 3-cuspidate ; peduncles 

 jointed ; seeds woolly. 6-8 f. Ex. i 



milita'ris, (w-r. Au. 2X-) very glabrous ; 

 leaves 3-lobed, hastate, acuminate, serrate ; 

 corolla tubular, campanulate ; capsule ovate, 

 acuminate, glabrous ; seeds silky. 3-4 f. | 



virgin"icus, (sweat-weed, r. Au. 2/.) 

 dow^ny, rough ; leaves acuminate, unequally j 

 toothed, lower ones cordate, undivided, up- 

 per ones cordate-oblong, 3-lobed ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, and in terminal racemes ; 

 flowers nodding ; pi.stils nodding. 2-4 f | 



sy/'incus, (althea frutex, w. and p. Au. 

 Jp .) leaves wedge-ovate, 3-lobed, toothed ; 

 outer calyx about 8-leav'cd, of the length of 

 the inner. 5-10 f. Ex. 



esculcn"tMS, (okra, y. Ju. %.) leaves heart- 

 b'-lobed, obtusish, toothed; petiole longer 

 than the flower ; outer calyx about 5 leaved, 

 caducou.s bursting lengthwise. 3-5 f. Ex. 



trio'num, (beautiful ketmia, flower of an 

 hour, @.) flowers yellowi.><h-white, with the 

 lower paat purple ; calyx inflated ; leaves 

 toothed. Ex. 



moscheu'tus, (marsh mallows, -w-p. Au. 

 2J[.). leaves tomentose beneath; petiolea 

 bearing the peduncles; calyx tomentose. 

 Swamps. Flowers large, white, with a 

 purple centre. 



grandijlo'ms, leaves large, coriaceous 

 3 lobed, tomentose on both sides, hoary be- 

 neath; flowers large, red. 5-7 f ,S'. Ex 



inca'mis, (y-w. S. 2^.) leaves ovate, acu 

 minate, obtusely sen-ate, hoaiy-tomentoso 

 on both sides; peduncles axillary; calyx 

 tomentose, nearly equal. 



coccin"eus, (r. Au. 2^.) very glabrous ; 

 leaves palmate-5-parted ; divisions lance- 

 linear, acuminate, remotely sen-ate at the 

 apex ; cap.sule ovate, glabrous. 4-8 f S. 



sca'ber, (y. and p. Au. 2i.) stem scabrous ; 

 lower leaves cordate, angled, upper ones 

 palmate, 3-5 lobed ; lobes in-egulai-, dentate, 

 angled ; calyx vei-y hispid, twice as long as 

 the bracts. 3 f, S. 



carolin"ia'nus, (p. Au. 2^.) leaves cordate, 

 ovate, acuminate, serrate, smooth on both 

 sides, sometimes 6ub-3-lobed ; seeds hispid. 

 4-6 f. S. 



vesica' rius, (Afi-ican hibiscus, y-p. 0.) 2 f. 



HIERA'CIUM. 17—1. {Cichoracca.) [From 



hierax, a hawk.] 



'manan"um, (O. y. Ju. 2J!.) stem erect, 

 villose ; leaves oval-obovate, strigose, villose 

 on the keel, lo^ver ones sub-dentate ; ped- 

 uncles and involucre downy. 1-2 f. 



runcina'tum, hirsute; leaves radical, oval- 

 oblong, runcinate ; scape few-flowered, an- 

 gular ; involucre glandular-pilose. 1 f. S. 



gronc/vii, (y. Ju. 21.) scape leafy, naked 

 above, coi-ymb-panicled ; calyx and pedun- 

 cles glandular-pilose; radical leaves obo- 

 vate and lanceolate, ciliate, very pubescent 

 Yar. nudicaJi'le, stem about 1 -leaved ; pan- 

 icle somewhat fastigiate. 2-3 f. 



panicula'turn, (y. Ju. 2^.) somewhat gla- 

 brous ; stem erect, leafy, paniclcd, white- 

 woolly below ;. pedicels capillary; leaves 

 lanceolate, naked, toothed, membranaceous. 

 2-4 f 



fascicula'tum, somewhat glabrous ; stem 

 erect, leafy, simple, glabrous; leaves ses- 

 sile, oblong, acute, sharply toothed ; teeth 

 elongated ; brandies of the panicle divari- 

 cate, short ; pedicels pubescent, somewhat 

 fascicled. 



macrophyVlum, (y. 21.) very tall ; stem 

 erect, leafy, hispid, sulcate ; leaves tiordate, 

 half clasping, ovate-oblong, remotely coarse- 

 toothed, nearly naked ; nerves and veins 

 pubescent beneath; panicle divaricate-co- 

 rymbed; peduncles elongated, naked, gla- 

 brous ; calyx glabrous. 



vetio'smn, (vein-leaf hawkweed, y. Ju. 

 It-) scape naked, corynib-paniclcd. gla- 

 brous; leaves lance-obovate, witli thin 

 hairs above, and naked beneath, margin 

 cihate, glandular toothed, veins colored ; 

 calyx glabrous. 1-2 f. 



mirantt'acum. (orange hawkweed, y. 2^.) 

 scape leafy, hispid ; Uowersrnrymbed ; pod- 

 unclea glomerate ; leaves oblong, acutish, 

 pilose-hispid. Ex. 



kaV'mii, (y. Au. 2/.) stem erect, sub-vil- 

 lose ; leave** sessile, lanceolate, acuminato. 



