. Botany for young people and common schools. How plants grow, a simple introduction to structural botany. With a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany. POPULAR FLOKA. 133 1. Shrubby or Hibiscus. Shrub 5° to 10° high, smooth ; leaves -vvedge-ovate, toothed, 3-lobed ; flowers short-stalked, white, purple-red, &c. (single or double). Cialtivated for orna- ment. U. Synacus. 2. Gkkat Ked H. Herb 8° high from a perennial root, smooth; leaves deeply cleft into 5 lance-linear lobes; corolla red, 8' to 11' broad! S. and in garde
. Botany for young people and common schools. How plants grow, a simple introduction to structural botany. With a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany. POPULAR FLOKA. 133 1. Shrubby or Hibiscus. Shrub 5° to 10° high, smooth ; leaves -vvedge-ovate, toothed, 3-lobed ; flowers short-stalked, white, purple-red, &c. (single or double). Cialtivated for orna- ment. U. Synacus. 2. Gkkat Ked H. Herb 8° high from a perennial root, smooth; leaves deeply cleft into 5 lance-linear lobes; corolla red, 8' to 11' broad! S. and in gardens. //. 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. ]\lARsn 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, Sec. II. Jloscheutos. 5. Bladder-Ketmia H. (or Flower-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. Trionum. 18. LINDEN FAMILY. Order TILIACE^. Has the tougli and fibrous inner bark and the bland mucilage of the Mallow family, distinctions are shown in the only genus we have, viz. : — Its. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. New York : Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co
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