. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Hibiscus Moscheutos L. Swamp Rose- ]\Iallow. Mallow Rose. Fig. 28(39. Hibiscus Moscheutos L. Sp. PI. 693. 1753. Hibiscus faluslris L. Sp. PI. 693. 1753. Hibiscus opulifalius Greene, Leaflets 2 : 65. Erect, 4''-7° high, forming numerous cane-like stems from a perennial root. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceo- late, 3'-7' long, cordate or obtuse at the base, acute or acuminate
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Hibiscus Moscheutos L. Swamp Rose- ]\Iallow. Mallow Rose. Fig. 28(39. Hibiscus Moscheutos L. Sp. PI. 693. 1753. Hibiscus faluslris L. Sp. PI. 693. 1753. Hibiscus opulifalius Greene, Leaflets 2 : 65. Erect, 4''-7° high, forming numerous cane-like stems from a perennial root. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceo- late, 3'-7' long, cordate or obtuse at the base, acute or acuminate at the apex, the lower or sometimes all lobed at the middle, pahnately veined, dentate or crenate. densely white stellate-pubescent beneath, green â and glabrous or slightly stellate above; petioles 1-5' long; flowers 4-7' broad, pink, clustered on stout pedicels at the summits of the stems; peduncles often adnate to the petioles; bractlets linear, not ciliate, shorter than the calyx; calyx-lobes ovate; capsule ovoid, l' long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, ab- ruptly short-pointed or blunt; seeds glabrous. In brackish marshes, eastern Massachusetts to Florida and Louisiana, and on lake shores and in saline situations locally in the interior to western Ontario, Indiana and Mis- souri. Sea-hollyhock. Water- or swamp-mallow. Sept. 2. Hibiscus oculiroseus Britton. Crimson-eye Rose-r^Iallow. Fig. 2870. Hibiscus oculiroseus Britton, Journ. N. Y. Bot. Card. 4: 220. 1903. Similar to the preceding species in stems, foliage and pubescence, and about as high, the flowers about as large. Calyx-segments triangular-lanceolate, acute, near- ly twice as long as wide; corolla white with a dark crimson center; capsule ovoid-conic, long-pointed. In salt marshes, southeastern New York and New Jersey. A hybrid, with intermediate characters between this and the preceding, occurs on Staten Island, and also appeared in the New York Botanical Garden.
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