ORDER XXXIV. TILIACK.E. ^J(}\ 



confluent with the petiole. — Yellow. If. July — Aug. Soutliern Geo. 

 3 — 5 feet. 



6. H. Carolinia'nus, (Muld.) Stc77i smooth, tall. Leaves cordate, 

 acute, serrate, acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces, sometimes ob- 

 scurely 3-lobed. Floioers axillary. Calyx slightly scabrous ; involucel 

 12-leaved. Petals pubescent on the inner surfixce. — Purple. If. July 

 — Sept. Raised by Elliott, from seed obtained from Wilmington 

 Island, Geo, 4—6 feet. 



6. H. milita'ris, (Cav.) Stein branching, glabrous. Leaves hastate, 

 8-lobed, acuminate, serrate. Flowers solitary, axillary ; involucels 12 

 — 14-leaved, incurved, linear, subulate. Corolla tubular, campanulate, 

 6nely pubescent. Capsule ovate, 5-valved, 5-celled, glabrous. — Rose- 

 color, If. July — Sept, Common on the banks of streams in the 

 middle country, 3 — 4 feet. 



7. H. SPECio'sus, (Ait.) Stem branching, glabrous. Xmws palmate, 5 

 parted, alternate, cordate ; lobes irregularly-serrate, generally -with 

 colored veins. Flowers solitary, axillary, on peduncles jointed near the 

 summit; involucels 12 — 15-leaved, subulate. Petals 4 — 5 inches long, 

 obovate, a little pubescent near the base. Capsule glabrous, ovate, 

 acute, obscurely angled. Seed pubescent. — Red. If. July — Sept, 

 Southern Georgia and Florida. 4 — 8 feet. 



- The flowers of this genus are very showy, and though coarse, form a conspicuous 

 and beautiful ornament of the flower garden. They are used for no oilier purpose 

 than ornament, with a single exception. An Egyptian s[)ecies affords seeds whicli aro 

 employed in preparation of perfumery, on account of their peculiar odor, resetnMing 

 music. The plants of this order are wholesome, yielding, some of them, a mucilage in 

 large quantitj', which is employed as demulcents and emollients. The Okra is the 

 seed-vessel of the Abelmosckiis esculentus or Hibiscus esculentus. 



Order XXXIV.— TILIA'CE^. Juss. 



Sepals 4 — 5, deciduous, with a valvate estivation. Petals 

 4 — 5, hypogynous. Stamens generally numerous, hypogv- 

 nous, distinct. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary with 4 — 10 united 

 carpels, with as many stigmas. Styles united. Fntit 2 — 5- 

 celled. Capsule with several seeds in each cell. Seeds anatro- 

 pous. Leaves alternate, with deciduous stipule.-^. Flowers a.x- 

 iliary. 



Genus I,— COR'CHORUS, L, 12—1. 

 (The Greek name of a pot-herb.) 



Sepals 4 — o. Petals 4 — 5, jjypogynous. Sta?)iens indefinite, 

 r.arely equal tlie number of petals. Styles short. Stjymas 2 — 

 5. Capszde 2 — 5-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence, pod-like. 

 Seeds numerous. Nearly herbaceou.s. 



1. C. siLiQuo'sus, (L.) Stem branching. Leaves ovate or broad-lan- 

 ceolate, serrate. Flowers generally with 4 sepals and petals, late in 

 the summer, often 5. Capsule pod-shaped, 2-valved, many-sccdcd, lin- 

 ear, — Yellow. If. Tlnough the sujnmwr. 



