MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. HiblSCUS. 
Dial. 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. pl. 3. p. 825. 
Icon. Cavan, diss, 3. t, 63. f. 2. DHL elth. 1. 156. f. 18Q. 
On the banks of the Mississippi, 7/. . 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. If. , 
July — Sept. V. V. Flowers very handsome and larger 
bright yellow with a dark purple bottom. 
457 
Manihot. 
scaber. 
