HETERANTHERA— HIERACIUM. 
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nienzie'sn, (11.) leaves spatulate, fleshy; 
pubescence 2-paited, appressed; siliques 
spreading- (when young) ; stem very short, 
erect, simple. 
tris"tis, (yellow rocket, ^ .) stem hispid ; 
branches spreading. Ex. 
HETERANTHE'RA. 3—1. (Narcissi.) [From 
eterns, other or different, and aner, anther, 
because the anthers are of different sizes in 
the same flower.] 
renifu/'mis, (Ju. Aug. w. 2i .) leaves or- 
bicular, renifoi-m; spatha oblong, acumi- 
nate, 3-5 flowered. 
HEUCHE'RA. 5—2. (Saxifra^ce.) [Heucher.] 
america'na, (alum-root, r. Ju. 21.) viscidly- 
pubescent; scape and leaves somewhat 
scabrous ; leaves radical, on long, pubes- 
cent petioles; flowers in a long, terniinal 
panicle ; stamens ex.serted ; calyx short, 
obtuse; petals lanceolate, as long as the 
calyx. 2-3 f. 
pube!i"cens, dusty -pubescent ; calyx large, 
bell-form ; stamens scarcely exserted ; flow- 
ers large, red and yellow. 
his"pida, (p. J. IX-) hispid, scabrous; 
scape, petioles, and leaves, glabrous be- 
neath; leaves hispid-pillose above, acute- 
lobed, toothed ; teeth very short, sub-retuse, 
mucronate ; peduncles of the panicle few- 
flowered ; calyx shortish, sub-acute ; petals 
spatulate, as long as the calyx; stamens 
exsert. 
caules"cens, (w. J. 2X .) suffrnaticose at the 
base ; scape at the ba.se, and petioles pilose ; 
leaves glabrous above, pillose at the nerves 
beneath, acutely lobed, ciliate, dentate; 
teeth acute, mucronate ; calyx short, vil- 
lose; petals linear, twice as long as the 
calyx ; stamens exsert. 
acerifo'lia, [11.) petioles hirsute; leaves 
smooth, glaucous beneath, acutely 5-lobed, 
unequally toothed ; teeth mucronate ; .scape 
smooth ; panicle elongated, lax-flowered ; 
petals short ; stamens exsert. 
HIBIS"CTTS. 15—12. (MalvacecR.) [From ibis, 
the stork, which is said to be fond of it.] 
phosni'ceus, (phcenicean mallows, r. Ju. 
2X-) leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, and 
crenate, lower ones 3-cuspidate ; peduncles 
jointed ; seeds woolly. 6-8 f. Ex. 
militafria, (w-r. Au. 2j[.) very glabrous ; 
leaves 3-lobed, hastate, acuminate, serrate ; 
corolla tubular, campanulate ; capsule ovate, 
acuminate, glabrous ; seeds silky. 3-4 f. 
virgin"icus, (sweat- weed, r. Au. 2-f.) 
downy, rough ; leaves acuminate, unequally 
toothed, lower ones cordate, undivided, up- 
per ones cordate oblong, 3-lobed; pedun- 
cles axillary, and in terminal racemes; 
flowers nodding ; pistils nodding. 2-4 f. 
syr"iacus, (althea frutex, w. and p. Au. 
y^.) leaves wedge-ovate, 3-lobed, toothed; 
outer calyx about 8-leaved, of the length of 
the inner. . 5-10 f. Ex. 
esculen"tm, (okra, y. Ju. ^.) leaves heart- 
5-lobed, obtusish, toothed; petiole longer 
than the flower ; outer calyx about S leaved, 
caducous, bm'sting lengthwise. 3-5 f. Ex. 
trio'niim, (beautiful ketmia, flower of an 
hour, @.) flowers yellowi.sh-white, with the 
lower pajt pui'ple ; calyx inflated ; leaves 
toothed. Ex. 
mo;^cheu'tits, (marsh mallows, w-p. Au. 
11) leaves tomentose beneath; petiolea 
bearing the peduncles; calyx tomento.se. 
Swamps. Flowers large, white, with a 
purple centre. 
grandijlo'rus, leaves large, coriaceous, 
3 lobed, tomentose on both sides, hoary be- 
neath ; flbwers large, red. 5-7 f. 'S. Ex 
inca'nus, (y-w. S. li) leaves ovate, acu 
minate, obtusely sen-ate, hoary-tomento.se 
on both sides; peduncles axillaiy; calyx 
1 tomentose, nearly equal. 
I coccin"eus, (r. Au. 2-f.) very glabrous ; 
leaves palmate-5-parted ; divisions lance- 
linear, acuminate, remotely serrate at the 
a.pex ; capsule ovate, glabrous. 4-8 f. ^S'. 
^ ' sea' her, (y. and p. Au. 2i.) stem scabrous ; 
lower leaves cordate, angled, upper ones 
palmate, 3-5 lobed ; lobes in-egular, dentate, 
angled ; calyx very hispid, twice as long ag 
I the bracts. 3 f. S. 
carolinf'ia'nus, (p. Au. 2^.) leaves cordate, 
i ovate, acuminate, sen-ate, smooth on both 
! sides, sometimes sub-3 lobed ; seeds hispid. 
4-6 ^. S. 
j vesica'rius, (African hibiscus, y-p. 0.) 2 f. 
HIERA'CIUM. 17—1. {Cichoracea.) [From 
I hierax, a hawk.] 
! maricm"um, (O. y. Ju. 11.) stem erect, 
villose ; leaves oval-obovate, strigose, villose 
on the keel, lower ones sub-dentate ; ped- 
uncles and involucre downy. 1-2 f. 
runcina- turn, hirsute ; leaves radical, oval- 
oblong, runcinate ; scape few-flowered, an- 
gular ; involucre glandular-pilose. 1 f. S. 
grono'vii, (y. Ju. 2i.) scape leafy, naked 
above, corymb -panicled ; calyx and pedun- 
cles glandular-pilose; radical leaves obo- 
vate and lanceolate, ciliate, very pubescent. 
Var. midicau'le, stem about 1 -leaved ; pan- 
icle somewhat fastigiate. 2-3 f. 
panicula'tum, (y. Ju. 2_f.) somewhat gla- 
brous ; stem erect, leafy, panicled, white- 
woolly below ; pedicels capillary ; leaves 
lanceolate, naked, toothed, membranaceous. 
2-4 f. 
fascicula'tum, somewhat glabrous ; stem 
erect, leafy, simple, glabrous; leaves ses- * 
sile, oblong, acute, sharply toothed ; teeth 
elongated ; branches of the panicle divari- 
cate, short ; pedicels pubescent, somewhat 
fascicled. 
macrophyVlum, (y. 21.) very tall ; stem 
erect, leafy, hispid, sulcate ; leaves cordate, 
half clasping, ovate oblong, remotely coarse- 
toothed, nearly naked ; nerves and veins 
pubescent beneath; panicle divaricate-co- 
rymbed; peduncles elongated, naked, gla- 
brous ; calyx glabrous. 
veno'siim, (vein-leaf hawkweed, y. Ju. 
2^.) sc-ape naked, corymb-panicled, gla- 
brous; leaves lance-obovate, with thin 
hairs above, and naked beneath, margin 
ciliate, glandular toothed, veins colored ; 
calyx glabrous. 1-2 f. 
auranti'acum, (orange hawkweed, y. ll) 
scape leafy, hi.«pid ; flowers corymbed ; ped- 
uncles glomerate ; leaves oblong, acutish, 
piloh^e hispid. Ex. 
kal'mit, (y. Au. 11.) stem erect, sub-vil- 
lose ; leavey sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, 
