HIBISCUS SPECIOSUS. 



SCARLET MALLOW. 



Monadelpkia Folyandria, Linn. Malvaceae, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix double; exterior many-leaved. Petals 5. Stigmas mostly 5. Capsule 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves 5-parted, palmate, smooth ; divisions lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, entire 

 towards the apex ; exterior calix ten-leaved, stem, branches, petioles and peduncles 

 very smooth and glaucous. Calix glabrous. B. 



SYNONYM. 



Hibiscus coccineus, Walt. Car. 177. 

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