POPULAR FLORA. 



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1. Shkobby or Alth/EA Hibiscus. Shrab 5° to 10° high, smooth ; leaves wedge-ovate, toothed, 



3-lobed ; flowers short-stalked, white, purple-red, &c. (single or double). Cultivated for orna- 

 ment. E. Syriacut. 



2. Great Eed H. Herb 8° high from a perennial root, smooth ; leaves deeply cleft into 5 lance-linear 



lobes; corolla red, 8' to 11' broad! S. and in gardens. M. coccinens. 



3. Halbeed-leaved H. Herb 6° high from a perennial root, smooth ; lower leaves 3-lobed, upper 



halberd-shaped ; calyx bladdery after flowering ; corolla flesh-colored, 3' long. S. miliiaris. 



4. Marsh H. Herb 6° high from a perennial root; leaves soft-downy and whitish underneath, ovate, 



pointed, the lower 3-lobed; base of the flower-stalks and leafstalks often grown together; corolla 

 5' broad, white or rose-color with a crimson eye. Salt marshes, &o. B. Mofcheiitos. 



5. Bladder-Ketmia H. (or Flower-of-an-Bour). Herb 1° to 2° high from an annual root, somewhat 



hairy; lower leaves toothed, upper 3-parted, with narrow divisions; corolla greenish-yellow with a 

 dark-brown eye, opening only in midday sunshine ; calyx bladdery after flowering, enclosing the 

 pod. Gardens, &c. B. Trionum. 



18. LINDEN FAMILY. Order TILIACE^. 

 Has the tough and fibrous inner bark and the bland mucilage of the Mallow family. Itj 

 distinctions are shown in the only genus we have, viz. : — 



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— j-r^f^"^"'*^. 



323. Americnn Linden, iij flower. 324. Ma^ified cross-section of a flower-bud. 

 '&25. A tiiU of stamens witli the petal-like scale. 326. Pistil. 327. Fruit 

 cut in two. 



Linden or Basswood. Tilia. ^ 



Sepals 5, thick, valvate (the margins edge to edge) in the bud, fallmg off after flowering. Petals 5, 

 cream-color. Stamens very many, on the receptacle, in 5 clusters: anthers 2-celled. Pistil one: ovary 

 5-celIed, with two ovules in each cell ; in fruit woody, small, closed, mostly one-seeded. — Large, soft- 

 wooded trees, with heart-shaped leaves, often oblique at the base. Flowers in a small cluster on a 

 slender and hanging peduncle from the axil of a leaf, and united part way with a narrow leaf-like bract. 

 (Also called Lime-trees.) 



