. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus ii. MALLOW FAMILY,. 4. Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav. Hairy-fruited Rose-Mallow. Fig. 2872. Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav. Diss. 3: 159. pi. 70. /. /. 1787. Resembles the three preceding species. Leaves broadly ovate, dentate or 3-7-lobed, mostly cordate or truncate at the base; pubescence of the lower surface white and densely stellate, the upper surface darker, w
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus ii. MALLOW FAMILY,. 4. Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav. Hairy-fruited Rose-Mallow. Fig. 2872. Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav. Diss. 3: 159. pi. 70. /. /. 1787. Resembles the three preceding species. Leaves broadly ovate, dentate or 3-7-lobed, mostly cordate or truncate at the base; pubescence of the lower surface white and densely stellate, the upper surface darker, with longer soft mostly nearly simple hairs; bractlets of the involucels linear, equalHng the calyx or shorter, ciliate; capsule ovoid, densely and finely hairy; seeds nearly glabrous. Ill' swamps, southern Indiana to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. Aug. 5. Hibiscus militaris Cav. Halberd-leaved Rose-Alallow. Sweating-weed. Fig. 2873. Hibiscus militaris Cav. Diss. 3: 352. pi. 198. f. i. 1787. Hibiscus virginicus Walt. Fl. Car. 177. 1788. Not L. 1753- Erect, 3°-5° high, nearly glabrous throughout. Leaves 4-5' long, ovate in outline, acute or acumi- nate, cordate or truncate at the base, the lower, or sometimes all, hastately lobed, the margins dentate- crenate; petioles i'-6' long; flowers pink with a darker eye, 2-3' long, axillary or clustered at the ends of the stem or branches; peduncles shorter than the petioles and jointed above the middle; bractlets of the involucels linear, slightly shorter than the calyx, glabrous, or with a few scattered hairs; fruiting calyx inflated; capsule ovoid, en- closed by the calyx, glabrous, or very nearly so; seeds silky. Along rivers, southern Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Minnesota, Nebraska and Louisiana. 6. Hibiscus Trionum L. Bladder Ketmia. Flower-of-an-Hour. Venice Mallow. Modesty. Fig. 2874. Hibiscus Trionum L. Sp. PI. 697. I753- Annual, depressed and branching from the base, pubescent with spreading hairs. Leave
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