THE iMALLOW I'AMILV. ;^^j 



seen a white one spotted deeply at its petal's bases uuu ma-enta. The 

 leaves are ovate, or ovate lanceolate, often three lobed above the middle. 

 From Florida to Massachusetts it occurs westward to Louisiana and 

 Ontario, 



//. acideatus flaunts a rather coarse style of beauty, and nearly all its 

 parts are covered with white, glass-like bristles, tine and sharp. They even 

 occur on the outer sides of the lemon-yellow petals which at their bases 

 become deep magenta. Mostly these (lowers grow in an axillary way. and 

 it is noticed that their underlying bracts have a tendency to become forked 

 near the apex. 



In Florida especially, and through the south, there are many other 

 Hibiscus to be seen than those which have been mentioned. The flowers of 

 these vary from very small ones to those about two inches wide, or again 

 we see the great tiowered ones. 



Among common weeds also that have been introduced into this country 

 and members of the mallow family we find growing by fences and along 

 waysides Abutilon Abutilon, bearing small yellow flowers, and the better 

 known Malva rotundifolia with graceful, rounded leaves and small, bluish 

 l)urple flowers which later produce the parcheeses eaten and beloved by 

 children. 



As examples of the family seen in cultivation is tlie beautiful rose of 

 Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus ; the cotton plants, Gossypium, in species and 

 varieties, and the okra, Hibiscus esculentus. Of this last, as well as being 

 a vegetable of importance, it is known that its stems furnish fibres which, 

 like those of ramie and jute, are capable of being woven into fabrics. 



THE TEA FAHILY. 



Thcdcccc. 

 Trees, or shrubs with simple mostly alternate leaves and Iwarinj^ 

 large, regular and mostly perfect floiuers in either an axillary, or termi- 

 nal ifijlorescenee. 



nOUNTAIN STUARTIA. ANGEL=FRUITED STUARTIA. 



Stuart ia pentagyna. 



FAMILY COLCUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Jea. CrtLDn-ivkiie. Sceittlfss. Georiiia atui Alabatii.x to May-July. 



North Carolina and Kintucky. 



Flowers: large; solit.iry ; axillary. Calyx: with five lanceolate and hairy 

 sepals. Corolla : with five large obovatc petals, uneven about tiieir cilges. 



