Ilihiscus. iMAI.VACK.lO. 335 



== Bractlets of the involucel filiform or nearly 8o, niontly 2-forke<I or liilatod at tip, or with 

 one or two lateral lohe.s : fiowen* sliDrt-jM-diMKlcd : corolla vl-IIow : ralyx Mi<mtly hiopid or 

 hirsute, its tube 10-riblied, commonly an oldong j^land on Ihi- midrib of ihc loUi» . cap- 

 sule strigose-hispid ; seeds glai)ron». 



H. furcellatus, I^am. Shruliliy, minutely tomentosf, cint-rriiutt : leaven n.nlate. rommonlv 

 an^;ul:iU- or .i-lobed, dentiiulaie : condla .'J inchcH long: calyx ami rapwuli- inch or morn 

 long.— Diet. iii. :ibS; Ciiapm. VI ed. 2, GlO. — Siiures of Indian Uivcr, S. Ih.rida, fulmrr, 

 t'uiliss; porhajjs adveutivc. (Cuba. S. Am ) 



H. aculeatus, Walt. Herbaceous, 2 to f. feet higii. very rough hihj.idulous : loavei* Kn-<?n, 

 roundish in outline, lower somewhat cordalt! or riMiiforni and angulatc or .3 Itjiiod ; uptier 

 .3-5-cleft or parted into obovate or s|iatulatc or narrower an<l often Lieiniate-dentate divi- 

 sious: petals 2 inches long, with dark ])urple l);use. — Car. 177; I'oir. Supj)l. iii. 220 ; Torr. 

 &Gray, Fl. i. 236. //. scaber, .Michx. Fl. ii. 45; Ell. Sk. ii. IC'J. — Kdge.s of ^wamI». S. 

 Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



= = Bractlets of involucel entire, slender, numerous: flowers moderately long-|M>diin( led : 

 stems stout, 3 to 8 feet high. 



a. Herbage tomentosc or cauesceut, at lea,-<t the lower face of the leaves : cai>snli.- with v.:i]\» 

 hairy inside ; seeds glabrous, concentrically lineolate when dry, at full maturity minutely 



and sparsely papillose. 



H.* lasiocarpos, Cav.i Stem pubescent : leaves more or less velvety-tomentose lioth »idc«, 

 cordate or sul)curilate, acuminate, crenately dentate, some angulate or slightly S-lolK'd (4 to 

 6 or larger 8 inches long) ; upper ones often ovate-lanceolate : bractlets more or le.««s ciliate 

 with villous or hirsute hairs : calyx-loi)es at maturity prominently 5-7-nerved : corolla wliit« 

 or pale rose-color with crimson or deep purjde centre, the j)etals 3 or 4 inches long: cn|n>ulo 

 hirsute. — Diss. iii. 159, t. 70, f. 1 (oidy uppermoi*t leaves figured); Gray, I'roe. Am. Acacl. 

 xxii. 302 (excl. syn. //. gnnnlijlorus):- II. i/ratKliflorus, 'I'orr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 172; Torr. 

 & Gray, Fl. i. 238, in part; Gray, Man. ed. 5, 102 ; not Michx. — Marshes, coa.«.t of Georgia 

 to Louisiana, thence north to Tennessee, S. Illinois, S. Mi.s.souri, and \V. Arkan.«a«.' I'ul**- 

 cence soft-velvety : the species westward passing into 



Var. OCCidentalis, Gray, 1. c. 303. Leaves more uniformly cordate : capsule le«a 

 hirsute i>ut densely i)ub(>scent. — //. Moxchentos ? var. orcideiitaHs, Torr. Rot. Wilkes Kxjk"*!. 

 256. II. Ca/i/orn'irns, Kellogg. Proc. Calif. Acad. S.i. iv. 292; Brew. & Wats. Rot. Calif, i. 

 87 ; Wats. ibid. ii. 437.* - California on the Sacrament<» and San Joa<iuin ; first colL by 

 Pirkrrinf) & BrarJcenridge. (Mex. near Janos, Chihuahua, Tltmlur.) 



H.* grandiflorus, Mirnx. Stem soon glabrous : leaves ample, S-lobed, covered on Imth 

 surfaces with a close pale tomentum, cane.scent beneath ; l<d)es ovate, irregularly crenate or 

 even incisely serrate, acute : bractlets of the involucels finely tomentose but not hispid-<iliate : 

 corolla very large, 5 or 6 inches long. — Fl. ii. 46 ; Ell. Sk. ii. 166 ; Torr. & (Jniy. Fl. i. 23.'<, 

 in part. //. lasiorarpus, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xxii. 302, 303. as to syn. //. uraiidijiorus. — 

 Rracki.sh marshes. Florida, Michnux, Ciirtisit, Nash, and Georgia Jide Michaux, who also 

 extends the range westward to the Mississippi. 



H. Moscheutos, L. Leaves canescent beneath with minute and close down. less so or 

 glahrate and green above, ovate with rounded or subcf>rdate ba.se, acuminate ; some lower 

 ones angulately 3-.=)-lobed and incisely dentate and uppermost oblong-lanceolate ; ba.M« of 

 petiole and peduncle not rarely connate: bractlets and calyx canescent but not hairy ; IoIk»« 

 of the latter nearly nerveless : petals 2 to 4 inches long, light r.>se-rolor or white, with 

 crim.son-purple ba.se: capsule short-ovoid, glabrous. — Si)ec. ii. 693; 'I'orr. & (iniy. Fl i. 

 237; Grav, Man. 1. c, & Gen. 111. ii. t. 133. //. Mo'^rhntton, & //. pnlustns. L. Sih-c. ii. 69.1 

 (Cornut. Canad. t. 145 ; Moris. Hist. ii. sect. 5, t. 19. f. 6) ; Cav. Diss. iii. t. 65 ; Willd. Spec. 



1 Description and svnonvmy nlfered to exclude the next following upecies, which, as Dr. Small haa 

 pointed out (Bull. Torr. Club, xxiii. 127, 128), is with little doubt distinct. 



2 Add Watson, Gnnl. & For. i. 425. 



8 Also in Hemphill and Moore Counties, Texas, Cnrltton, Jide Holzinpcr, Contrib. V. S. NaU 

 Herb. i. 203. 



* Add Watson, Card. & For. i. fig. 68 on p. 426 (without varietal name). 



