178 THE FLORA. 
8. HIBIS’CUS. Hibiscus. 
Calyx 5-cleft, surrounded by a many-leaved involucel. Styles united, 
stigmas 5, distinct. Fruit a 5-celled, 5-many-seeded capsule. Flowers 
large, often nearly a foot broad. 
§ Calyx, &c., hispid. Leaves palmately divided....1, 2 
§ Calyx, &e., velvet-downy. Leaves undivided, angularly lobed....3, 4 
§ Calyx, &e., glabrous, 4. ¢., smooth....a 
a Leaves deeply lobed or parted....5, 6 
a Leaves undivided or slightly lobed....7, 8 
1H. aculea’tus, Prickly H. Bractlets of involucel forked. Fis. sulph-yellow. 8. 
2 H.Trio’num. Flower-of-on-hour. Bractlets entire. Fls. chlorine-yellow. ¢. t+ 
8 H. Moschen’tos. Marsh H. Lvs. ovate, toothed. Sepals abruptly pointed. 
Rose-red. ¢. 
4 H. grandiflo’rus. Giant H. Leaves cordate, lower 8-lobed. Sepals gradually 
pointed. p-r. 8. 
5 H. milita’ris. Sword H. Lvs. hastately 3-lobed. Flowers tubular-hell-shaped, 
flesh-color. W. 
6 H. cocci’mus. Scarlet H. 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. wp. t+ 
420 
Fig. 418. Common Flax, Fig. 419, Plan, showing the posi 
tions of the parts of the flower, the imbricated sepals, the con 
torted sepals, the 5 stamens, and the 5 carpels. Fiy. 420. Crium- 
son Flax. e 
