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t- -^ Corolla spreading, bell-shaped ; plant pubescent. 



++ Leaves lobed. 



A. Darwini, Hook. Densely velvety-pubescent ; leaves 5-9-ribbed, 

 lower palmately 5-7-lobed to the middle ; flovrers 1-3 in the axils, dark 

 orange-red with blood-red veins. Brazil. 



++ ++ Leaves not lobed. 



A. insigne, Planch. Young branches and calyx reddish-brown with 

 stellate hairs ; leaves broad, cordate, coarsely serrate, with prominent 

 veins ; flowers in axillary, few-flowered racemes, purplish-crimson with 

 darker veins. New Granada. 



9. MODIOLA. (The shape of the depressed fruit likened to the Roman 

 measure modiolus.) Procumbent or spreading, small-flowered, weedy 

 plants. 



M. multlfida, Moench. Va. and S. , in low grounds ; leaves 8-7-cleft 

 and cut, or the earlier ones rounded and undivided ; flowers red, |' broad ; 

 fruit haiiy at the top. (g) 2/ 



10. KOSTELIITZKYA. (For Kosteletzky, a, Bohemi&nhot&mst.) 



K. Virglnica, Gray. Virgimav K. Koughish-hairy, 2°-5° high ; 

 leaves heart-shaped or mostly 3-lobed, often halberd-shaped ; flowers (in 

 summer) somewhat racemed or panicled, rose-purple, 2' broad. Salt 

 marshes, N. Y., S. 2/ 



11. HIBISCUS, ROSE MALLOW. (Ancient name, of obscure 

 origin.) Flowers showy, usually large, in summer and autumn. 



* Tall shrubs or even trees ; exotics. 



H. Syrlacus, Linn. Shrubby Alth.ea. Leaves nearly smooth, wedge- 

 ovate, and 3-lobed ; flowers short-peduncled in the axils, in autumn, about 

 3' broad, purple, rose-color, white, etc., often double. Levant; common 

 in gardens and grounds. 



H. Rosa-Sinensis, Linn. Chinesk H. or Rose of China. Very smooth ; 

 leaves bright green, ovate and pointed, somewhat toothed ; flowers on 

 slender peduncles, very showy, 4' or 5' broad, scarlet-red (rarely rose- 

 purple or even white), often double. Cult, in conservatories from China. 



* * Herbs, with persistent and regular, b-lobed calyx, and a short pod. 



H- Wild species, but sometimes cultivated; tall and large. 2/ 



++ Entirely glabrous. 



H. coccfneus, Walt. Great Red H. or R. 4°-7° high ; leaves 5- 

 parted or deeply cleft into long, lanceolate and taper-pointed divisions ; 

 bright-red corolla G'-ll' broad; petals narrow below. Wild in swamps 

 near coast. Ga. and Fla. ; cult. 



H. militaris, Cav. Halberd-leaved R. 3°-4° high ; leaves ovate or 

 heart-shaped, toothed or 3-lobed, some of them halberd-shaped ; peduncles 

 slender ; calyx inflated ; corolla flesh-colored, 4'-5' broad. Penn. to Minn. 



^" "^ • .«. ++ Leaves downy beneath, often also on top. 



H. actile^tus, Walt. I'kickly R. In swamps, S. C, S. and W., has 



the iiivoiucel leaves lobed, round-cordate 3-5-lobeid leaves, hoary beneath, 

 yellow purpU'-cpiitered flowers, and hispid stems. 



H. Moschetitos, Linn. Swamp R. 3°-7° high ; the ovate, pointed, 

 and often 3-lobed leaves hoary beneath, generally smooth above ; pedun- 



