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3. HIBIS'CUS. Hibiscus. 



Calyx 5-cleft, surrounded by a many-leaved involncel. Styles united, 

 stigmas 5, distinct. Fruit a 5-celled, 5-mauy-seeded capsule. Flowers 

 large, often nearly a foot broad. 

 5 Jr'yx, &c., hispid. Leaves palmately divided 1,2 



5 Calyx, &c., velvet-downy. Leaves undivided, angularly lobed 3, 4 



| Calyx, &c., glabrous, i. ., smooth a 



a Leaves deeply lobed or parted 6, 6 



a Leaves undivided or ."lightly lobed.... 7, 8 



1 H. aculea'tus. Prickly H. Bractlets of involucel forked. Fls. sulph-yellow. S. 



2 H. Trio'num. Flower-of-an-/iour. Bractlets entire. Fls. chlorine-yellow, c. t 



3 H. Moschen'tos. Marsh H. Lvs. ovate, toothed. Sepals abruptly pointed. 



Rose-red, c. 

 4 H. grandiflo'rus. Giant II. Leaves cordnte, lower 3-lobed. Sepals gradually 



pointed, p-r. S. 



6 H. milita'ris. Sword H. Lvs. hastately 3-lobed. Flowers tnbular-bell-shaped, 



flesh-color. W. 

 6 H. cocci'mus. Scarlet II. Lvs. palmately 5-parted. Cor. expanding, carmine-red,. S 



7 H. Carolinia'nus. Lost H. Herb. Lvs. cordate. Fls. purple.' Very rare. S. 



8 H. Syri'acus. Tree H. Tree 8-15f high. Lvs. wedge-ovate, w. p. t 



OKDEK XXVI. TILIACE^E. Lindenblooms. 



Trees or shrubs with simple, stipulate, alternate, toothed leaves ; 

 flowers perfect, axillary, with 4 or 5 sepals aud petals ; 

 stamens many, hypogynous, commonly united in sets ; 

 pistils 3-10 united into 1, forming a dry or flesiiy fruit 



1. TIL'IA. Linden. Basswood. 

 Sepals 5, valvate in bud, deciduous. Petals 5, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 



00 in 5 sets. Ovary 5-celled, but in fruit becoming 1-cclled, 1-2-seeded. 

 Large handsome trees with a tough bark, and soft wood. Flowers in 

 small cymes, with the peduncle attached part way to the rnidvein of a 

 large bract. 



1 T. Europas'a. Linden or Lime-tree. Stamens slightly united and having no scales or 



staminodia (as in the next) ; leaves roundUh, smooth. A fine shade-tree. 40f. 

 ? T Americana. Bassuood. ttamens having a petal-like scale, with each of their 

 sets opposite to the petals ; leaves broad-cordate, pointed, green hoth sides, often 

 downy beneath ; style as long as the blunt petals. A fine tall forest-tree. Thera 

 if another species West 



