MONADELPHIA POLYA NDRIA. HibiscUS. 
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-phyllo, interiore hinc lacero, capsula hirsu- 
tissima pyramidata. — Willd. sp, pi. 3. p. 825. 
Icon. Cavan, diss. 3. t. 63. f. 2. Dill. elth. 1. 156. 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.A:5. 
H. aculeatus. Wdlt.fi. car. 177. 
Near the sea-coast, in marshes : Carolina to Florida. % . 
July — Sept. V. V. Flowers very handsome and larger 
bright yellow with a dark purple bottom. 
M 2 
457 
Manihot. 
scaber. 
