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3. HIBIS'OUS. Hibiscus. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, surrounded by a many-leaved involucel. Styles united, 

 stigmas 5, distinct. Fruit a 5-celled, 5-mauy-seeded capsule. Flowers 

 large, often nearly a foot broad. 



§ Calyx, &c., hispid. Leaves palmately divided 1, 2 



§ Calyx, &c., velvet-downy. Leaves undivided, angularly lobed....3, 4 



§ Calyx, &o., glabrous, i. e., smooth a 



a Leaves deeply lobed or parted 6, 6 



a Leaves undivided or slightly lobed 7, 8 



1 H. aculea'tus. Pt'icHy H. Bractlets of involucel forked. Fls. sulph-yellow. S. 



2 H. Trio'num. Flower-of-an-hour. Bractlets entire. Fls. chlorine-yellow, c. t 



3 H. Moscheu'tos. Marsh H. Lvs. ovate, toothed. Sepals abruptly pointed. 



Rose-red. c. 



4 H. grandiflo'rus. Giant E. Leaves cordate, lower 3-lobcd. Sepals gradually 



pointed, p-r. S. 



5 H. milita'ris. Sword H. Lvs. hastately 3-lobed. Flowers tubular-bell-shaped, 



flesh-color. W. 



6 H. cocci'mus. Scarlet H. Lvs. palmately 5-parted. Cor. expanding, carmine-red. S 



7 H. Carolinia'nus. Lost H. Herb. Lvs. cordate. Fls. purple. Very ran. 8. 



8 H. Syri'acus. Tree H. Tree 8-15f high. Lvs. wedge-ovate, w.p. t 



Order XXVI. TILIACE^. Lindenblooms. 



Trees or shrubs with simple, stipulate, alternate, toothed leaves ; 

 flowers perfect, axillary, wnth 4 or 5 sepals and petals ; 

 stamens many, hypogynous, commonly united in sets ; 

 3-10 united into 1, forming a dry or fleshy fruit. 



1. TIL'IA. Linden. Basswood, 

 Sepals 5, valvate in bud, deciduous. Petals 5, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 

 CO in 5 sets. Ovary 5-celled, but in fruit becoming 1-celled, 1-2-seeded. 

 Large handsome trees with a tough bark, and soft wood. Flowers in 

 small cymes, w^ith the peduncle attached part way to the midvein of a 

 large bract. 



1 T. Europae'a. Linden or Lime-tree. Stamens slightly united and having no scales or 



staminodia (as in the next) ; leaves roundish, smooth. A fine shade-tree. 40f. 



2 T. Americana. Lassicood. Stamens having a petal-like scale, witli each of their 5 



sets opposite to the petals ; leaves broad-cordate, pointed, green both sides, often 

 downy beneath ; stjic as long as the blunt petals. A fine tall foreet-trec. There 

 is another epecies West. 



