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confluent with the petiole. — Yellow. 2£. July — Aug. Southern Geo. 

 8 — 5 feet. 



5. H. Carolinia'nus, (Muld.) Stein smooth, tall. Leaves cordate, 

 acute, serrate, acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces, sometimes ob- 

 scurely 3-lobed. Flowers axillary. Calyx slightly scabrous ; involucel 

 12-leaved. Petals pubescent on the inner surface. — Purple. 21. July 

 — Sept. Raised by Elliott, from seed obtained from Wilmington 

 Island, Geo. 4 — 6 feet. 



6. H. milita'ris, (Cav.) Stem branching, glabrous. Leaves hastate, 

 8-lobed, acuminate, serrate. Flowers solitary, axillary; involucels 12 

 — 14-leaved, incurved, linear, subulate. Corolla tubular, campanulate, 

 finely pubescent. Capsule ovate, 5-valved, 5-celled, glabrous. — Rose- 

 color. If. July — Sept. Common on the banks of streams in the 

 middle country. 3 — 4 feet. 



7. H. specio'sus, (Ait.) Stem branching, glabrous. Leaves palmate, 5 

 parted, alternate, cordate ; lobes irregularly-serrate, generally with 

 colored veins. Flowers solitary, axillary, on peduncles jointed near the 

 summit; involucels 12 — lo-leaved, subulate. Petals 4 — 5 inches long, 

 obovate, a little pubescent near the base. Capsule glabrous, ovate, 

 acute, obscurely angled. Seed pubescent. — Red. 21. July — Sept. 

 Southern Georgia and Florida. 4 — 8 feet. 



The flowers of this genus are very showy, and though coarse, form a conspicuous 

 and beautiful ornament of the flower garden. They are used for no other purpose 

 than ornament, with a single exception. An Egyptian species affords seeds which are 

 employed in preparation of perfumery, on account of their peculiar odor, resembling 

 musk. The plants of this order are wholesome, yielding, some of them, a mucilage in 

 large quantity, which is employed as demulcents and emollients. The Okra is the 

 seed-vessel of the Abelmoschus esculentus or Hibiscus eseulentus. 



Order XXXIV.— TILIA'CE^E. Juss. 



Sepals 4 — 5, deciduous, with a valvate aestivation. Petals 

 4 — 5, hypogynous. Stamens generally numerous, hypogy- 

 nous, distinct. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary with 4 — 10 united 

 carpels, with as many stigmas. Styles united. Fruit 2 — 5- 

 celled. Capsule with several seeds in each cell. Seeds anatro- 

 pous. Leaves alternate, with deciduous stipules. Flowers ax- 

 illary. 



Gexus I.— COR'CHORUS. L. 12—1. 

 (The Greek name of a pot-herb.) 



Sepals 4 — 5. Petals 4 — 5, hypogynous. Stamens indefinite, 

 rarely equal the number of petals. Styles short. Stigmas 2 — 

 5. Capsule 2 — 5-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence, pod-like. 

 Seeds numerous. Nearly herbaceous. 



1. C. siliquo'sus, (L.) Stem branching. Leaves ovate or broad-lan- 

 ceolate, serrate. Flowers generally with 4 sepals and petals, late in 

 the summer, often 5. Capsule pod-shaped, 2-valved, many-seeded, lin- 

 ear. — Yellow. 21. Through the summer. 



