Hibhcus. MALVACi:.!:. 333 



* * Floweralarger, the rose-colored petals an inch or moro in longth: hmctleU of involurel 

 filiform or setaceous-suhulate, rather Hhortor than the calvx : i*oo«l« cAriuaU<ribbe<l on the 



l.aik. 



K. smilacifolia, Oka v. slender, Rlahrous or barely pul*erulent. 2 f«-ct or more high : 

 leaves all but the lowtst iiastate with lonf^ middle lobo linear-lanceolate and entire or 

 denticulate and the lateral lobes* mo(*tly linear: branclu-M few-tiiiwere<i : calvx niinutrlv 



canesceut : ca|i!*ule his|)id, angles littler salient; seeds nlabr<ju«, very obscunlv linea(4>. 



n. Wright, i. 23; Ciiaimi. Fl. ed. 2, 610. I/ihisrus (/'fri/iix/wrmiim) imiliirifj.ut, Shuttl. 

 in distr. pi. Hugel, no. l(«,. /('(/»■ (iray, 1. c. — Low grounds, Ijctwecn the Mauale* Kiver rikI 

 Sara/.ota Bay, S. Florida, Rmjil. 



K. Virginica, Pkksi,. Stellular-jjuberulent, cinereous or green, atnl iMimewhal ncabnjuii, 

 3 to T) feet high : lower leaves corilate and often angulate or coarsely few t<Mithed, alsoiuTru- 

 late : upper or some of them lanceolate-hastate (2 to 6 inches long), the lateral loben or 

 auricles short and triangular : calyx cauescent : capsule hirsute, or hispid when yming, tlio 

 rounded lobes slightly larinate-aiigled ; seeds as of the j>reee<ling. — I'n-sl in (Jray, fJen. 111. 

 ii. 80, t. 132; Gray, Man. ed. 2, 68; C:hai)m. Fl. 57, partly. Uilnsmx I'lnjiuirut, U. Sfiec. ii. 

 697; Jacq. Ic. Kar. t. 142? Torr. Fl. X. Y. i. 114. //. cli/i^alus 1 Walt. Car. 177. 

 //. jientaspermiis, Nutt. Am. Jour. Sci. v. 298. Paroiiiti Virginini, Spreng. Syst. iii. 98. — 

 Swamps near the co:ist, New York to Louisiana.' 



K. althesefolia, Gr.vy.^ lioughish-tomentose with stellular hairs and finer down and 

 l)raiiclies ruuglily stellular-hirsute: leaves cordate, acuminate, and np|MT dvate-lanrenlate 

 with suhcordate liase and usually some of them hiu*tate: calyx stellularhir>ute as well as 

 cauescent: capsule hirsute-hispid, carinate-angled ; .^eeds glabrous, striate-Iineate on the 

 sides. — PI. Wright, i. 23 (genus indicated but no specific de.scr.), &. in Wats. Uibl. Index, 136 

 (first publication as s])ecics). A'. Vin/inira, var. nlthnt j'olin, Chapm. Fl. 57. A', haftntn, 

 Griseb. Cat. Cub. 28, not Presl. Ifilnsnis llifjiuirus, Michx. Fl. ii. 46; Ell. Sk. ii. 167. at 

 least partly. //. {Pfiiliisiximiim) oliheitfoliiis, Shuttl. in distr. jd. Kugil. no. 102. ? Mulnt 

 abuti/oidfis, Pursh, Fl. ii. 454, not L. — Marshes, chiefiy along the vaoKt, Cardiiia to FK(ri<la 

 and Texas. (Cuba.) 



20. HIBtSCUS, L. RosK Mallow. (Name of Dioscori.loH for Marsh 

 Mallow.) — Herbs, .shrubs, or even trees, of wariii-teinperate and trojiirai roun- 

 tries, mostly witli showy flowers produced in summer and autumn. — (Jen. no. 

 562 (exol. syn.) ; DC. Prodr. i. 446; Gray, Gen. 111. ii. «1, t. i;}:3 (with AM- 

 moschus) ; Benth. &, Hook. Gen. i. 207. 



§ 1. EuHlBi'sCUS. Calyx 5-cleft, not spathaoeous, persistent, as al.-io mostly 

 the distinct bractlets of the involucel : capsule simply 5-celled. — Hibiscus, Kndl. 

 Gen. 982 ; Gray, 1. c. 



* MALVAviscofnES. Corolla cylindraceons, the petals .strongly convolute and envt or only 

 at summit spreading, but not anriculate : cidumn at length exserteil : seeds rather numer- 

 ous, clothed with long cottony wo<d. — Part of Cnmnntiii, DC. of liombicflla, (irisoti. 



H. tubiflorUS, DC. Frutescent or shrubby, with slender branches, hin«utely stellular- 

 pubescent or on the stems hispidulous: leaves cordate or sultoonlate. wrnite. s«>metiine« 

 angulate or 3-lobed : peduncles recurving, l-fiowered. h«nger than the jK'ti.des and upi^-r 

 longer than the leaves: bractlets of the involucel about 10. slender, hanily etjnallinir the 

 fructiferous calyx: corolla bright crim.son, an inch long. — PnMlr. i. 447 ; A. DC. Cal<(Ue« 

 des Dess. t. 83; Gray, Proc. Am. .Acad. xxii. .302. //. li<iiirr,>fh\inu>, M.icf.idyen. Fl. Jam. 

 70; GrifJeb. F"l. W.' Ind. 85. //. tnnimtus. A. Rich. Fl. Cub. 144. t. 16. //. I\rppi<iii, 

 Garcke, Jahresb. Naturwiss. Ver. Halle, 1849-50, 133. //. Floridanu». Shutll. in dirtr. 



1 A specimen somewhat intermediate as to pubescence bt^wccn this specie* and K. altkftr/olitt hu 

 been collected at .Stockton. Marvlaml, bv Rusbtj. 



2 This name is arbitrarily al'tereJ to' A'. nlth.ri/„lin by Dr. Ruxby (Mem. Torr. Club, v. 224'. who, 

 overlooking the prior publication in Watson's Ilibl. Index, cites the species as Li* own. 



