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Hibiscus
Radix ramosus perennis
1. Moscheutos. Stem erect, smooth 6 feet high.
Caulis herbaceus, erectus 4-6 pedali, sub ramosus, teres,
scabrusculus, pur-
purascens.
leaves ovate, acuminate, obtusely dentate, smooth
Folia. alterna, cordato ovata, acuminata, integra obuse dentata
sub triner,
via venosa - subra pilis brevibus sparis pubescentia, subtus
glauca tomen tosa,
above, tomentose and glaucous beneath. Flowers
tomeno brevi.
Petioli- 1-2 pollicares, teretes pubescents superne paulo
turssida -
Flores. versus sammitatem caputi, solitarii axillares petiolis
innnati
growing from the petiole. Calyx downy. Corolla
Pedunculi. sub pollicares, crassi, teretes, pubescentes, versus
basin sub quasi articu-
lati, petioli post junctionem pedunculi dilatati compressi
obtusi marginati.
large white with a crimson bottom.
Calyx duplex-persistens, exterior 15 phyllus, foliolis subulatis
acutis, erectis, cal: interiore
fere dimidio brevioribus pubescentibus, interior monophyllus
campanula-
tis nervosis, pubescens, margine quinque partito, laciniis
lanceolatis
Walt: Mich: Willd: acuminati, erectis - 5,7 nervosis.
Corolla. quinque petala sup campanulata, petali obovatus
turbunatis, obtusis nervosis
albis fr basi purpureis, extus pubescentibus, deciduis, 3-
4 pollicar:
Grows in shallow ponds. Plentiful on the Ica Islands.
Stamina. Columna Staminifera 1-2 pollicari sulcatus, albus,
apice nudus sub dentatus
filimenta proporia 4-6 lineares, teretes, albi per paria
crescentes antherae
flowers from June through the summer —
Pistillum. Germen superum ovatum, glabrum, 5 sulcatum.
Stylus
filiformis superne incrassatis
corolla brevior, apice quinquefidus. Stigmata orbicularia depresssa,
alba, glandulosa
Pericarpium. Capsula ovata, glabra, quinque locularis, quinque
valoris.
Semina.
Habitat in paludibu. florens June — Sep.
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2 Scaber. Mich: Aculeatus Walt: not in Willd. —
Root. branching, perennial.
Stem. Sea Annual. Scabrous, with short recurved pilis hair. Spotted with purplish
glands from which proceed long radiating hairs —
Leaves. when young full grown 5 lobed. Lobes dentated, a little
sinuated, dilated toward the [?] — upper leaves 3 lobed, at
last
almost linear a little hastate and sinuate. Surface of the leaves
scabrous full of glands from which and the veins proceed hair
almost like
prickles —
Petioles of the young leaves very short, of the old as long as the
leaf. illegible
ed crowded with purple glands from which as from the leaf,
proceed prickle
like hairs —
Stipule awl shaped, hairy, 1/2 inch long.
Peduncle. 1/2 lis inch long, very hairy, axillary not
adhering to the petiole.
Calyx. Exterior 12 leaved. Leaves hairy awl shaped, bifid at the
summit
inner segment shortest. Interior. twice as long as exterior, five
cleft each segment shortest. Interiors twice as long as exterior,
five
cleft each segment 3 ribbed, glandular and hairy.
Capsule Corolla. petals large, obovate hairy on the outer
surface nearly
smooth on the inner. Yellow with a bright purple base. Column
of
anthers bright purple. Style and Stigmas yellow.
Capsule. hairy. 5 celled many seeded. Seeds obovate; angular, 2
rowed
in each cell —
Grows in damp Clayey soils not rare — flowers from June to
5th July 1810.