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at the base of the stamen column it is almost Tyrian rose; color 
slightly more intense in veins of lobes; areas of color extending 
up stamen column and into stamens. Pollen yellow. Stigmatic 
lobes smaller than in forms 1-6. Pods decidedly beaked. 
This form is undoubtedly sufficiently different from Hibiscus 
Moscheutos to be considered as a distinct species. In respect to 
flower color and shape of capsule especially, it is decidedly 
different from ordinary forms of the species. Thus far I have 
seen but one plant of this form growing wild. Two generations 
of self-fertilized offspring have bred true. 
Various crosses have been made between several of the above 
forms. In general the F; generation in each case has been rather 
intermediate. An F: generation has been grown of the cross 
between Races 5 and 7; the characteristics of Race 7 pre- 
dominated in the large majority of this generation. 
What appears to be a dwarf race has been observed growing at 
Rockaway, Long Island. Mr. Norman Taylor reported the 
occurrence of dwarf plants at this locality. When the writer 
visited the locality in the autumn of 1916, the plants were not 
in bloom. The dwarf habit of growth was very decided. No 
plant was found that was over 26 inches tall, and these plants 
were evidently several years old. Twenty-five plants were trans- 
planted to the experimental plots at the New York Botanical 
Garden for further observation. 
HIBISCUS OCULIROSEUS 
Britton (1903) proposed this name giving the rank of a species 
to the crimson-eyed Hibiscus then in cultivation and rather 
generally considered a variety of H. Moscheutos. The description 
by Britton and Brown (1913) is as follows: 
“Similar to the preceding species (H. Moscheutos) in stems, 
foliage and pubescence, and about as high, the flowers about as 
large. Calyx-segments triangular-lanceolate, acute, nearly twice 
as long as wide; corolla white with a dark crimson center; 
capsule ovoid-conic, long-pointed.”’ 
The pedigreed cultures of this species grown at the New York 
Botanical Garden have bred quite true to the ovoid character 
