HIBISCUS 



nearly or quite glabrous above, the long petiole often 

 joineil to the peduncle: involucre bracts linear, nearly 

 or quite as long as the tomentose calyx: fls. very large 

 (4-7-8 in. broad), light rose-color (or white in var. 

 aJftiis), with a purple eye: capsule glabrous. Marshes 

 along the coast from Mass. to Fla. and west to L. Michi- 

 gan. B.M. 882. B.R. 17:14G3; 33:7. Mn. 2:161. Gng. 

 2:227. H. rdseiis, Thore, of Europe, a rose-colored 

 form, is considered to be a naturalized form of this 

 American species. R.H. 18711: 10. -One of the best of 

 the Marsh Mallows, tlnivinu- in ;uiy t'ood garden soil. Of 

 easiest culture ami p. rl'.-rtl-, IkmMv. Blooms in Aug. 

 and Sept. The f..li:,-.. is -tr-ii,- ;ind effective. The 

 most generally culiivatf.l ..i tlie hardy herbaceous 

 kinds. The form liuowu as (_iriuison Eye (clear white 

 with a crimson center) was introduced 1894 by Wm. F 

 Bassett & Son. It was found in a swamp in New Jersey. 

 There is some question, however, as to wbetlier it is 

 specifically the same as ff. Moscheiitos. The fls. are 

 pure white (except the center), expand wide, and the 

 Ivs. are bronze-tinted. The carpels are more attenuate. 



10. incinus, Wendl. Much like JET. Moscheufos, and 

 sometimes passing for it in the trade: Ivs. smaller and 

 narrower, ovate-lanceolate, not lobed, serrate-toothed: 

 fis. sulfur-yellow, with acrimson eye. S. Car. and south. 

 — Seems to be hardy in the North with a mulch protec- 



11. Cali!6rnicU3, Kell. Strong growing, 5 ft., the stem 

 terete or slightly grooved above, more or less pubes- 

 cent: Ivs. distinctly cordate, ovate, shallow-toothed and 

 not lobed, dull ashy gray beneath : involucre bracts 

 hairy: corolla white or rose, with a purple eye, 3-5 in. 

 across : capsule pubescent. Calif. — Gray regards this 

 as a form of II. lasiocarpuSf Cav. (var. oceideufalis, 

 Gray). A portrait of H. laswrnrpnx will be found in 

 G.F. 1:421). Although the naTue ff. r.ii;i,.,;,i.-„< is com- 

 mon in the trade, it is a qiu'-i i ii li^i" i Ii ni i h.' stc.ck, 



if any, is this species. (_'•■)■: ■ ' ii i // M(>$- 



cheutos. Prom if. Moscli. - i ,, , ,, i,,|,| i,y its 



cordate ashy-tomentoso Ivs. imii li:(;r\ .'ilinit- imolucre 

 bracts. The plant known to the trade us U. Califonii- 

 cits is hardy. 



cc. Lvs. strong!;/ lobed. 



12. grandiflfirus, Miehx. Tall and stout (3-8 ft.), the 

 terete reddish stem becoming glabrous: lvs. large, 3- 

 lobed, the lobes ovate-acuminate or ovate-oblong-acu- 

 minate, the side ones widely spreading, blunt-toothed 

 or even again lobed: fls. very large (6-8 in. across), 

 white or rose, with deeper eye. Ga., Fla. west.— Aside 

 from the large fJs. and lobed lvs., this is very like B. 

 Moxclieiilos. It is doubtful if the true If. gravdiflorus 

 is in the trade. 



HIBISCUS 



vity 



743 



in the 



iddle 



AAA. Shrubs, hardy in the North (o 



states). 



13. Syrlacus, Linn. (4W7i(^a A-iXca-, Hort.). Shrubbt 

 Althea. Rose of Sharon. Figs. 1056, 10.i7. Shrub, 



-12 ft. high, much br 



Mk 



seedling stock. Nativity uncertain, but probably not 

 Syrian, as Linuipus supposed : probably native in 

 China. To this species belong such trade names as 

 H. ptu-piireiis, H. specibsiis ridier, B. ranuncultefldrus, 

 B. tc-iliis dlbiis. B. Leopoldli, II. pwonifldr^ts, H. coeUs- 

 tis, B. violAeeus, B. anemonitfldriis, B. at~6ri,btiis. 

 B. bleolor, B. camelliefldrjis, B. eleyaiitis.^i i„hs. etr. 



14. Hamibo, Sieb. &Zucc. A Japanes,. s|„.,.i rt. i..l 



by importers but not yet tested in tliis niMiitr, . ;itm1 

 probably not hardy south of the southern-iiii'l.Ue statt-s : 

 6-10 ft. high, closely pubescent: lvs. roundish, with an 

 abrupt short point, irregularly shallowly toothed, white 



•ly or quite glabrous: 

 lvs. rather small, short-petioled, 

 strongly 3-ribbed, triangular- or 

 rhombic-ovate, mostly 3-lobed 



i.lies: fls. solitary in tlie axils 

 1 the young wood (late in the 

 rason), somewhat bell-shaped, 

 -'-:j in. long, rose or purple, usu- 

 ally darker at the base : pod 

 short, splitting into 5 valves. 

 Asia. B.M. 83. R.H. 1845:133 

 (var. s;)ecioA'»s, with double fls.). 

 -One of the commonest of orna- 

 mental shrubs, and hardy in On- 

 tario. It is immensely variable in 

 character of fls., the colors rang- 

 ing from blue-purple to violet- 

 red, fiesh color and white; also 

 full double forms. There are 

 forms with variegated lvs. Col- 

 ored plates of some of the double-fld. forms will be 

 found in Gn. 52:1150. The species thrives in any good 

 soil. Prop, by seeds, by cuttings of ripened wood taken 

 in the fall, and named vars. by grafting on the ( 



1057. Hibiscus Syriacus (X K). 



tomentosei involucre of scales united at the base: fls. 

 solitary in the upper axils, large, yellow, with a darker 

 base. 



aaaa. Shrubs of qlasshouses, or permanently planted 



out in the far South. 



B. Li-s. hoary beneath. 



15. elitns.Swartz (Pnrrtifim elAtum, G.Vou). MocN- 



TAiN Mahoe. A West Indian tree, now introduced in 



S. Calif.: lvs. round-cordate, short-cuspidate, entire; 



