MONADELPHIA FOLYANDRIA. 
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bis, utrinque tomento- 
sis, subtus incanis ; 
capsulis tomentosis, 
subtruncatis. 
bed, tomentose on 
both surfaces, hoary 
underneath ; capsules 
tomentose, slightly 
truncated. 
Mich. 2. p. 46. Pursh 2. p. 455. Nutt. 2. p. 82. 
Stem 5 — 7 feet high. Leaves very large, 3-lobed, covered with a soft, 
velvet like tomentum, glaucous on both surfaces though more conspicuous- 
ly so on the under. Petioles 6 inches long. Peduncles axillary, 2 — 4 
inches long, jointed, inserted at the base of the petiole. Calyx like the 
leaves covered with a fine tomentum ; the exterior 1 2 leaved. Petals 
nearly 6 inches long, obovate, ribbed, finely reticulate, flesh coloured, 
witn a deep red base. Seeds as in all of the species, numerous in each 
cell and generally attached in 2 rows to a central receptacle. 
Grows around ponds in the Southern parts of Georgia. 
Flowers July— September. 
4. Inc anus. 
H. foliis ovatis, a- 
cuminatis, obtuse ser- 
ratis, utrinque inca- 
no tomentosis ; pe- 
dunculis axiliaribus ; 
calycibus tomentosis, 
subaequalibus. 
Leaves ovate, acu- 
minate, obtusely ser- 
rate, hoary and to- 
mentose on both sur- 
faces ; peduncles ax- 
illary ; calyxes tomen- 
tose, nearly equal. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 807. Pursh 2. p. 455. 
This species, which is said to have been discovered by Bartram, has I 
believed escaped the notice of all recent botanists. 
5. VlRGINICUS. 
H. undique tomen- 
tosus ; foliis acumin- 
atis, inaequaliter den- 
tatis, cordatis, inferi- 
oribus indjvisis, >supe- 
Tomentose ; leaves 
acuminate, unequally 
toothed, cordate, the 
lower undivided, the 
, upper oblong, 3-lobed; 
