. 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 . MALVACEAE. Vol. II. 7. Hibiscus Syriacus L. Shrubby Althaea. Rose- of-Sharon. Fig. 2875. Hibiscus SynucKS L. Sp. PI. 695. 1753. A branching nearly glabrous shrub, io°-20° high. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, 2-5' long, obtuse or cuneate at the base, acute but blunt at the apex, 3-5-lobed or the upper merely dentate, sometimes with a few scattered stellate hairs on the upper s
. 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 . MALVACEAE. Vol. II. 7. Hibiscus Syriacus L. Shrubby Althaea. Rose- of-Sharon. Fig. 2875. Hibiscus SynucKS L. Sp. PI. 695. 1753. A branching nearly glabrous shrub, io°-20° high. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, 2-5' long, obtuse or cuneate at the base, acute but blunt at the apex, 3-5-lobed or the upper merely dentate, sometimes with a few scattered stellate hairs on the upper surface; flowers axillary, short-pedun- cled, pink or white with a crimson centre, 2-4' broad; bractlets linear, shorter than the calyx, or slightly exceed- ing it; peduncles, bractlets and calyx stellate-pubescent; capsule ovoid, nearly i' long. Sparingly escaped from cultivation, Connecticut to Pennsyl- vania, the District of Columbia and Georgia. Introduced from western Asia. Family 86. THEACEAE DC. Prodr. i: 529. 1824. Te.\ Family. Trees or shrubs, with alternate or rarely opposite pinnately-veined mainly exstipulate leaves, and large axillary or terminal flowers. Flowers regular, mostly perfect. Sepals 5 (rarely 4-7), imbricated, the inner ones generally larger than the outer. Calyx often 2-bracted at the base. Petals 5 (rarely 4-9 1, hypog}-nous, imbricated, crenulate. Stamens oc, numerous, hypog}-nous, more or less united at their bases. Ovary sessile, 2-several-celled: styles i or several; ovules 2 or more in each cavity. Fruit a 3-5-celled generally woody capsule with loculicidal or septicidal dehiscence; endosperm little or none; embryo large, with condupli- cate cotyledons. About 16 genera and i6o species, natives of tropical and warm regions. Stamens monadelphous. i. Slezfartia. Stamens 5-adelphous. 2. GorJonia. I. STEWARTIA L. Sp. PI. 698. 1753. Shrubs, with deciduous membranous serrulate leaves, and large showy axillary solitary k-ers on short peduncle
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