. 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 . Hibiscus virgiiucus Walt. Fl. Car. 177. 1788. Not L. 1753- Erect, i°-S° 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'-^' long, or clustered at the ends of t
. 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 . Hibiscus virgiiucus Walt. Fl. Car. 177. 1788. Not L. 1753- Erect, i°-S° 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'-^' long, 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. 1753. Annual, depressed and branching from the base, pubescent with spreading hairs. Leaves petioled, ovate or orbicular in outline, pedately 3-7-lobed or divided, the lobes obtuse, dentate-crenate or cleft, the middle one longer; flowers pale yellow with a purple eye, i'-2i' broad, axillarj' to the upper leaves, each one remaining open but a few hours: petals tinged with purple on the outer edge; bracts linear, ciliate, much shorter than the membranous beauti- fully nerved hispid-pubescent 5-aneled inflated calyx; capsule globose-ovoid, hair>-; seeds roughened with short processes. In waste places. Nova Scotia to Florida. South Da- kota and Kansas, .\dventive from southern Europe. Devil's head-in-a-bush. Black-eyed susan.
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