102 MALVACi:^. (mai.low family.) 



top; the cavity tlivided into two by a cross partition, witli a single seed in each 

 cell. — Ilmnble, proeiunliLMit or creeping annuals or biennials, with cut leaves 

 and small puqili.-li flowers solitary in the axils. (Name from modiolus, the broad 

 and depresseil iVuit resembling in shape the Koman measure of tliat name.) 



1. M. multiflda, Maneh. Hairy; leaves 3 -S-cleft and incised ; stamens 

 15 -2U; t'luit hispid at the tup. — Low grounds, Virginia and southward. 



9. KOSTELETZKYA, Trcsl. Kosteletzkva. 



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

 (Named alter T. /•"'. Koslvletzkij, a Bohemian botanist.) 



1. K. Virginica, Presl. Koughish-hairy j)crcnnial (2°-4°high) ; leaves 

 halberd-shaped and heart-shaped ; the lower 3-lobed. (Hibiscus Virgiiiicus, L.) 

 — Marshes on the coast. New York to Virginia and southward. ^\ug. — Co- 

 rolla 2' wide, rose-color. Column slender. 



10. HIBISCUS, L. Eose-Mai.low. 



Calyx involuc-cllatc at the base by a row of numerous bn.ctlets, 5clcft. Col- 

 umn of stamens long, bearing anthers for much of its length. Styles united : 

 Btigmas 5, capitate. Fruit a 5-celled loculicidal pod. Seeds several or many iii 

 each cell. — Herbs or shrubs, usually with large and showy flowers. (An old 

 Greek and Latin name of unknown meaning.) 



* Iiidifjcnoits, tall percnniuls (4° - %°) flowering late in summer. 



1. H. Mosehetltos, L. (Swamp Kosk-Mallow.) Leaves ovtitf, lointvd, 

 toothed, the lower 3-lobed, whitened underneath with a fine soft down, glabrous 

 or shghtly downy beneath ; the l-flowered peduncles sometimes united at the 

 base with the petioles; calyx not inflated; jiod and seeds smooth or nearly so. — 

 Brackish marshes along the coast, sometimes extending up rivers far beyond 

 \hc influence of salt water (as above Harrisburg, Pcnn.) : also Or.ondaga Lake, 

 N. Y., and westward, usually within the influence of salt springs. — Corolla 

 V -6' in diameter, light ro.sc-eolor or white, with or without a crimson eye. 



2. H. grandifl6rUS, Jliehx. L( airs soft-douni/ loth sides, the hu-e'rhi-oad]y 

 ovate and lieart-shnped ; pod vi rij hirsute ; seeds smooth ; — otherwise resembling 

 the last. — Illinois (Lawrence Co., Friicheij) and southward. 



3. H. milit^ris, Cav. (Halbeud-Leavkd 1{.) Sii.ooth throm/hovt ; \owvr 

 leaves ovate-heart-shaped, toothed, 3-lobcd ; vpper haves halberel-funn, the short 

 lateral loi)es spreading at the base, the middle one jjiolongcd and tajjcr-pointed ; 

 peduncles slender ;/n(<</?i7 cnlyc inflated; s^ed^ hainj. — Kivcr-banks, Penn. to 

 Illinois and southward. — Corolla 4' - 5' in diameter, flesh-color. 



* « Escaped from rjardens or (/rounels. 



4. H. TiuuxLM, L. (Bladder Kktmia.) A low, rather /w/V7/oh»!w/; up- 

 l)er leaves 3-parted, Avith lanceolate divisions, the middle one much ihe longest; 

 fruiting calijx iiflated, niemlnanaceous, r^-winijul ; corolla sulphur-yellow with a 

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



5. H. SyrLvcus, L. (Siiruimjy Altii.ea of the gardeners.) Tall shrub, 

 smooth; leaves wedge-ovate, pointed, cut-toothed or lobcd ; corolla usually rose- 

 color. — Roadsides and copses, Pennsylvania, &c. Sept. (Adv. from Eu.) 



