MONA DELPHI A POLYANDRIA. HlbisCUS. 
nial. When in high perfection, the stem will rise 
to more than eight feet, and the deep scarlet flowers 
grow to a larger size than any other Hibiscus I know. 
g. H. caule petiolisque inermibus, foliis palmato-digitatis 
7-partitis, laciniis linearibus, pedunculis hispidis, calyce 
exteriore 1 -phy lio, interiore hinc lacero, capsula hirsu- 
tissima pyramidata. — Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 825, 
Icon. Cavan, diss. 3. t.63.f 2. Dill. elth. 1. 1 56. f. I89. 
On the banks of the Mississippi. % . July—- Sept. v. v. 
Flowers sulphur-yellow, with a purple bottom, very 
large when in rich soil. 
10. H. caule scabro, foliis asperis basi truncatis circumscrip- 
tione subrotundis, superioribus palmatis, lobis superne 
dilatatis crenatis, floribus subsessilibus, calycibus hispi- 
dissimis exteriore furcellato. Mich.Jl . amer. 2.p.45. 
H, aculeatus. Walt.jl. car . 177. 
Near the sea-coast, in marshes : Carolina to Florida. 1 ( . 
J uly — Sept. v. v. Flowers very handsome and large* 
„ bright yellow with a dark purple bottom. 
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