184 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



July, August Perennial. — Drummond, Schotf, and Thur- 

 her. 



A. CRISPUM, Gray. Hoary- tomentose ; stem sparingly 

 branched; leaves round-cordate, acuminate, finely crenate; 

 2)eduncles axillary, 1-flowered, elongated, filiform, re- 

 fracted after flowering; carpels 10, beakless, inflated, cor- 

 rugated, hispid, 2-seeded. Stem slender, l°-2° high. 

 Leaves 1-2' long, the upper ones nearly sessile. Peduncles 

 as long as the leaves. Flowers 4"-6" wide, white. Kio 

 Grande. — Thurher, 



MODIOLA. 



Not represented in Texas as £ar as known. 



PAVONIA. 



Involucel 5-15-leaved, persistent. Ovaries 5, 1-celled, 

 1-ovuled. Stigmas 10, capitate. Carpels indehiscent or 

 somewhat 2-valved, naked or armed at the apex with three 

 hispid awns, separating at maturity. Embryo incurved. 

 Radicle inferior. Chiefly shrubs with petioled stipulate 

 leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary peduncles. — P. 

 Drummoiidii. 



KOSTELETZKYA, Presl. 



Capsule depressed, the cells 1-seeded. Otherwise as in 

 Hibiscus. 



• K. ViRGiNiCA, Presl. Rough-hairy ; stem erect, stout, 

 branching; lower leaves ovate, cordate, serrate, mostly 

 3-lobed, the upper ones narrower and usually entire ; 

 flowers in terminal racemes, purple. — Var. Althe^folia. 

 Densely stellate-pubescent and somewhat hoary; leaves all 

 undivided, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unequally 

 toothed-serrate ; racemes dense-flowered ; capsule hirsute. 

 — Ffl^r. smilacifoli A. (Hibiscus smilacifolius. — Shutil) 



