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HIBISCUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 693. 1758. 



About 180 species, chiefly iii subtropical and tropical zones, both hemispheres. 

 North America, 15. 

 Hibiscus aculeatus Walt. Fl. Car. 177. 1788. ROUGH ROSE MALLOW. 



Hibiscus sealer Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 45. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 169. Chap. Fl. 57. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region to Lower Pine region. Grassy pine barrens. 

 Crenshaw County ( K. A. Smith). Clarke, Washington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers pale yellow, with a dark purple spot in the center, July, August; frequent. 

 Perennial. 



-Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hibiscus moscheutos L. Sp. PI. 2 : 693. 1753. SWAMP ROSE MALLOW. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 165. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 100. Chap. PI. 57. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England; west to Michigan and 

 Missouri, south to Florida and through the Gulf States to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Swampy banks of streams, bor- 

 ders of marshes. Talladega County, Ironaton. Cullman County, 800 feet. Jeffer- 

 son County, Elyton (E. A. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers June, July. The form 

 with white flowers. Common in the tide- water districts. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav. Diss. 3 : 159, t. 70, f. 1. 1787. HOARY HIBISCUS. 



Hibiscus incanus Schrad. Sert. Han. *. 24. 1798. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 167. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 100, in part. Chap. Fl. 58; ed.3,51. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, 

 south to South Carolina, middle Florida, and western Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Prairie region. Low wet woods. Tuscaloosa 

 County (E. A. Smith). Montgomery County. Flowers large, sulphur-yellow, crim- 

 son spot in center; July. Three to 4 feet high. Rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " V. S. unicnm exemplar apud D. de Jussieu." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hibiscus militaris Cav. Diss. 6 : 352, 1. 198, f. 2. 1788. 



HALBERT-LEAF ROSE MALLOW. 



Hibiscus virginicus Walt. Fl. Car. 177. 1788. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 168. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 100. Chap. Fl. 58. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, south 

 from West Virginia to Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Low banks of streams. Dallas 

 County, Cahaba ( G. R. Vasey}. Baldwin County, banks of Tennessee River. Flowers 

 rose- pink, June. Three to 4 feet high . Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Ludoviciana." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hibiscus syriacus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 695. 1753. ALTHEA TREE. 



MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE, SYRIA. 



ALABAMA : A rare escape from gardens in several localities of the State. Mobile 

 County. Small tree. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Syria." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



KOSTELETZKYA Presl, Rel. Haenk. 2 : 130, t. 70. 1836. 

 About 6 species subtropical and tropical America, chiefly Mexican. 

 Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) Gray, Gen. 111. : 80, 1. 132. 1849. 



VIRGINIA KOSTELETZKYA. 

 Hibiscus virginicus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 697. 1753. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 167. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 100. Chap. Fl. 57. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Long Island, New York to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Littoral region, river marshes, fresh or slightly brackish. 

 Mobile County. Flowers pink, June to August; 3 to 4 feet high. Perennial. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Virginiae paludosis salsis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



