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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. HibisCUS. 
esculentus. 
virginicus. 
militarise 
speciosus. 
Icon. JVendl. hort, herrenh, 4. t. 24. Bartr. ic. ined, in 
Mus. Banks. 
In Carolina. 11. Sept, -f-* Flowers very large^ sul- 
phur-coloured. 
5. H. foliis cordatis 5-lobis obtusiusculis dentatis, petiolis 
flore longioribus, calycibus exterioribus subdecaphyllis 
deciduis, interioribus longitudinaliter rumpentibus. 
iVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 827. 
Icon. Cavan, diss. 3. t. 6\.f. 2. Comm. hort. 1. t. ig. 
In cultivated grounds : Virginia and Carolina. ©.June 
* — Sept. V. V. Flovv^ers yellow. It is generally culti- 
vated by the name of Okra for the sake of its unripe 
capsules, which give a fine dish for the table. 
6. H. undique tomentosus, asper ; foliis acuminatis inaequa- 
liter dentatis, inferioribus cordatis indivisis, superiori- 
bus cordatis oblongis trilobis, pedunculis axillaribus 
et racemoso-termihalibns, floribus cernuis, pistillis nu- 
tantibus. fFilld, sp. pi. 3. p. 831. 
H. clypeatus. IValt.Ji. car. 177* 
Icon. Jacq. ic. rar. t. 142. Pluk. phyt. t. Q.f. 4. 
In salt-marshes, on the sea-coast : New Jersey to Caro- 
lina. 1/. Aug. Sept. V. V. Flowers small, rose- 
coloured. 
7. H. glaberrimus ; foliis 3-lobo-hastatis acuminatis serratis, 
corolla tubulato-campanulata, capsulis ovatis acumina- 
tis glabris, seminibus holosericeis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 808. 
H, laevis. Scop. del. insuh. 3. #.17. 
H, virgiiiicus. Walt.Ji. car. 177. 
H. hastatus. Mich.jl. amer. 2. p. 45. 
H. riparius. Pers. syn. 2. p. 254. 
Icon. Scop, del; insuh. 3. t. 1 7. Cavan, diss. 6. t. IQS. 
f. 2. 
On the banks of rivers in Louisiana and the western parts 
of Pensylvania and Carolina. 1/ . Aug. Sept. v. v. 
Flowers purple, large. 
8. H. glaberrimum j foliis palmato-5-partitis, laciniis lan- 
ceolatis acuminatis apice remote serratis, calycibus ex- 
terioribus decaphyllis, corolla patuia, capsuia glabra 
5-gono-ovata. — JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 822. 
H. coccineus. TFalt.Jl. car. lyy. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 360. JVendl. hort. herrenh. /. 11. 
On the banks of rivers of South Carolina and Flori- 
da. 2/ . Aug. Sept. V. V. A most elegant peren- 
