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BYTTNEJRIACEJ2. (BYTTNERIA FAMILY.) 



4. H. grandiflorus, Michx. Tomcntosc ; leaves round-ovate, cordate, 

 mostly 3-lobed, toothed-serrate, hoary beneath ; flowers*very large, pale rose- 

 color with a deep red centre ; peduncles free from the petioles ; capsule velvety ; 

 seeds smooth. — Marshes near the coast, Florida, Georgia, and westward. July. 

 — Stems several from one root, 3° - 5° high. Leaves 4'-G' long and nearly 

 the same in width. Flowers 10' - 12' wide. 



5. H. Carolinian US, Maid.? Ell. Smooth; leaves cordate-ovate, acu- 

 minate, serrate, sometimes slightly 3-lohed ; flowers purple ; peduncles slightly 

 adhering to the petioles ; seeds hispid. — On Wilmington Island, Georgia. July 

 •- September. — Stems 4° -6° high. Leaves 4' -6' long. Flowers G'-8'wide. ( * ) 



6. H. militaris, Cav. Smooth; leaves thin, on long and slender petioles, 

 serrate, slightly cordate, the lower ones roundish, 3-5-lohed. the upper ovate- 

 lanceolate, entire or somewhat hastate, with rounded lobes ; peduncles shorter 

 than the petioles ; calyx inflated ; corolla tubular-campanulatc, pale rose-color 

 with a red centre ; seeds silky. — River-banks in the upper districts, and westward. 

 July and August. — Steins 3° - 4° high. Leaves 3' - 5' long. Corolla 2^' long. 



7. H. COCCineUS, Walt. Smooth ; stem glaucous ; leaves long-petioled, 

 5-parted to the base, the lobes lanceolate, remotely toothed, with long-tapering 

 entire tips ; corolla expanding, bright scarlet ; petals long-clawed ; seeds pu- 

 bescent. (II. speciosus, Ait ) — Deep marshes near the coast, Florida, Georgia, 

 and westward. July and August. — Stems 4° - 8° high. Leaves 6' - 12' long. 

 Corolla 6' - 8' wide. Column of stamens naked below. 



*- •*- Trees or shrubs : stipules persistent. 



8. H. Floridanus, Shuttl. Hispid ; leaves small, ovate, obtuse, crc- 

 natc-serrate, often cordate, and slightly 3-lobed ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; corolla tubular-campanulate, crimson ; column of stamens exserted ; 

 seeds woolly. ( Malvaviscus Floridanus, Nutt. ) — South Florida. — Shrub 4° - 5° 

 high, branching. Leaves h' - 1' long. Stipules subulate. Flowers 1' long. 



9. H. tiliaceus, L. Leaves orbicular-cordate, acuminate, slightly crc- 

 nate, hoary-tomentose beneath ; stipules large, oblong, clasping ; involucel 9 - 

 10-toothed ; capsule tomentose ; seeds smooth. — South Florida. — A large tree. 

 Leaves 3' -4' long. Flowers yellow ? 



II. ESCDLF.NTUS, L. (II. Collinsianus, Nutt.?) is the garden Okra. 

 H. Syriacis, L., the Althaea, is everywhere cultivated. 



To tins family belongs the Cotton-plant (Gosstpicm, /. ), the numerous 

 varieties of which are now referred to two species, viz. the Shout Staple or 

 Upland (G. album, Ham.), and the Long Staple or Sea Island (G. ki- 



GBl m, Ham.). 



Order 08. BYTTNERIACEiE. (Byttneria Family.) 



Chiefly trees or shrubs differing from Malvaceae in having definite 

 stamens, of which those opposite the petals are usually sterile, 2-celled 

 anthers, with smooth pollen-grains, and a straight embryo. — Ovary 

 3-5-eelled. rarelv 1 -celled. 



