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Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, 5 9f high. Segments of the leaves 6' 

 long, very acuminate. Flowers of a bright carmine red. Petals slender at the 

 base, 4 5' long. Column still longer, slender and terete. Jl. Oct. -j- 



6. H. GRANDTFLORUS. Michx. Great-flowering Hibiscus. Lvs. cordate, 3- 

 lobed, coriaceous, tomentose, hoary beneath ; cor. expanding ; caps, tomentose, 

 truncated. % Southern States. Stems 5 7f high. Leaves and flowers very 

 large, the latter, when expanded, nearly a foot in diameter. Petals flesh-color- 

 ed, red at the base. Jl. Oct. f 



7. H. SYRIACUS. Syrian Hibiscus. Lvs. cuneiform, ovate, 3-lobed, dentate ; 

 pedicels scarcely longer than the petiole ; involucel about 8-leaved. A beauti- 

 ful, hardy, free-flowering shrub, from Syria, 5 lOf high. Flowers purple. 

 There are varieties with white, red and striped flowers, both single and double, f 



8. H. TRIONUM. Mower of an Hour. Lvs. dentate, lower undivided, upper 

 3-parted, lobes lanceolate, middle one very long ; col. inflated, membranaceous, 

 veined. From Italy. An exceedingly beautiful flower, branching, 1 2f 

 high. Flowers large, numerous, but soon withering. Petals of a rich chlorine 

 yellow, the base of a deep brown, f (Fig. 41, 1.) 



9. H. ESCULENTUS. Edible Hibiscus or Okro. Lvs. cordate, 5-lobed, obtuse, 

 dentate ; petiole longer than the flower ; involucel about 5-leaved, caducous. Na- 

 tive of W. Indies. Plant herbaceous, 2 3f high, nearly glabrous. Petiole 

 with a hairy line on the upper side, nearly If in length. Lamina 8 10' broad. 

 The flowers 1 2' long, on a short peduncle. Petals greenish-yellow. The 

 large, mucilaginous pods are used for pickles, or served up with butter. 



6. MALOPE. 



Calyx surrounded by a 3-leaved involucel ; carpels irregularly ag- 

 gregated, 1 -seeded. 



M. MALAC01DES. 



" Lvs. ovate, crenate; slip, oblong-linear; ped. axillary, 1 -flowered. 

 Penn. Muhl. Stem 1 lif high, sparingly branched, clothed with white hairs 

 above. Leaves hairy on the veins beneath, nearly glabrous above. Petioles 

 1' long. Bracteoles setaceous. Carpels hispid, in a depressed, globular head. 

 Petals yellow." Torrey <$ Gray suppose it may prove a species of Malva. 



7. ABUTlLON. Dill. 



Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel, often angular ; ovaries 5, many- 

 seeded ; styles many-cleft ; capsule of 5 or more carpels, arranged 

 circularly, each I -celled, 1 3-seeded. 



A. AVICENN^E. (Sida Abutilon. Linn.") Indian Mallow. 



Lvs. roundish-cordate, acuminate, dentate, velvety-tomentose ; ped. shorter 

 than the petiole, solitary; carpels about 15, 3-seeded, inflated, truncate, 2-beaked. 

 (T) Native in both Indies and naturalized in most of the states, inhabiting 

 waste places, &c. Stem branched, 3 4f high. Leaves 4 6' diam., deeply 

 cordate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, very soft and velvety at surface. 

 Flowers yellow, near 1' broad. Jl. 



8. SIDA. 



Calyx 5-cleft, without an involucel, ovary 5 many-celled ; cap- 

 sule of 5 or more 1 -seeded carpels ; radicle superior. 



1. S. SPINOSA. 



St. rigid, branched, minutely pubescent; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, serrate, 

 with a spinose tubercle at the base of the petiole ; slip, setaceous ; fls. axillary ; 

 carpels birostrate. Sandy fields and roadsides, Middle, Southern and West- 

 ern States ! Plant bushy, 8 16' high. Leaves 9 15" long, | as wide, most- 

 ly obtuse at each end. Petals yellow, obovate, of short duration. Jl. Aug. 



2. S. NAPJEA. Cav. (Napgea laevis. Linn.) 



SL slender, glabrous ; Ivs. palmately 5-lobed, nearly glabrous, lobes ob- 

 long-linear, acuminate, coarsely toothed; ped. many-flowered; carpels 10, acu- 



