POPULAR FLORA. 
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1. Shbubby or Althaea Hibiscus. Shrub 5° to 10° high, smooth ; leaves wedge-ovate, toothed, 
3-lobed ; flowers short-stalked, white, pnrple-red, &c. (single or double). Cultivated for orna- 
ment. H. Syriacus. 
2. Grbat Red H. Herb 8° high from a perennial root, smooth; leaves deeply cleft into 5 lance-linear 
lobes; corolla red, S 1 to 11' broad! S. and in gardens. H. coccineus. 
3. Halberd-leaved H. Herb 6° high from a perennial root, smooth; lower leaves 3-lobed, upper 
halberd-shaped; calyx bladdery after flowering; corolla flesh-colored, 3' long. H. militaris. 
4. Marsh H. Herb 5° high from a perennial root; leaves soft-downy and whitish underneath, ovate, 
pointed, the lower 3-lobed ; base of the flower-stalks and leafstalks often grown together; corolla 
5' broad, white or rose-color with a crimson eye. Salt marshes, &c. II. Moscheiitos. 
5. Bladder-Ketmia H. (or Flow er-of -an- Hour). Herb 1° to 2° high from an annual root, somewhat 
hairy; lower leaves toothed, upper 3-parted, with narrow divisions; corolla greenish-yellow with a 
dark-brown eye, opening only in midday sunshine; calyx bladdery after flowering, enclosing the 
pod. Gardens, &c. H. Tri'onum. 
18. LINDEN FAMILY. Order TILIACE^l. 
Has the tough and fibrous inner bark and the bland mucilage of the Mallow family . Its 
distinctions are shown in the only genus we have, viz. : — 
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323. American Linden, in flower. 324. Magnified cross-section of a flower-bud. 
325. A tuft of stamens with the petal-like scale. 326. Pistil. 327. Fruit 
cut in two. 
Linden or Basswood. Til in. 
Sepals 5, thick, valvate (the margins edge to edge) in the bud, falling off after flowering. Petals 5, 
Cieam-color. Stamens very many, on the receptacle, in 5 clusters : anthers 2-celled. Pistil one: ovary 
6-celled, with two ovules in each cell; in fruit woody, small, closed, mostly oue-seeded. — Large, soft- 
wooded trees, with heart-shaped leaves, often oblique at the base. Flowers in a small cluster on a 
slender and hanging peduncle from the axil of a leaf, and united part way with a narrow leaf-like bract. 
(Also called Lime-trees.) 
