the calyx. Carpels nearly, glabrous.—We have seen no native specimens of
this plant; but it is not uncommon in gardens.
12. S. dioica (Cav.): leaves palmately 7-lobed, scabrous; lobes lanceolate,
incisely toothed; peduncles many-flowered, bracteate, somewhat corymbose;
flowers dioecious; carpels 10, pointless. DC.—Cav. diss. 5. p. 278. t.
132. ƒ. 2 ; Pursh,fl. 2. p. 453; DC. prodr. 1. p. 465. Napsea dioica & sca-
bra, Linn.
In Virginia, Linnaeus: Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg.— If Leaves 7-9
lobed. Flowers crowded into heads ; the fertile ones with abortive stamens.
Carpels 8—10, in a depressed roundish head. Willd.—We have never seen
this species.
13. S. alcaoides (Michx.): erect, herbaceous; lower leaves triangular-
cordate, incised ; upper ones palmately many-cleft; corymb terminal; calyx
hispid. Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 44; DC. prodr. 1. p. 474.
Barren oak-lands, Tennessee and Kentucky, Michaux!—Peduncles 3-6-
flowered. Flowers about 1J inch in diameter.—This species has, as Michaux
remarks, the habit of Malva Alcea Or M. moschata. The fruit is
unknown.
14. $. malvafiora (D C .): radical leaves roundish, 9-lobed, truncate at
the base; those of the stem 5-parted; segments linear, somewhat toothed;
petioles of the lower leaves hispid; raceme terminal; segments of the calyx
lanceolate, with a long acumination, carpels 7, pointless.—DC*, prodr. 1. p.
474 ; Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1036; Hook.fi. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 108.
Plains of the Wahlamet and Umptqua Rivers, and on the N. W. Coast!—
Stem 1-2 feet high. Leaves 3-4 inches in diameter, hirsute; the lobes of
the uppermost ones nearly or quite entire. Racemes many-flowered: pedicels
at first shorter, at length longer, than the subulate bracts. Segments of
the calyx twice as long as broad. Petals purplish. Stamineal column somewhat
double; the filaments at the summit of the exterior one approximated
in pairs. Styles free at the summit: stigmas simple. Carpels oblong, acute,
but not mucronate.
15. S. Oregana (Nutt.! mss.): stem nearly glabrous; radical leaves
7-lobed, the lobes incisely 3-toothed; those of the stem palmately 7-parted ;
the segments 3-lobed and incised, linear-lanceolate; segments of the calyx
broadly ovate; raceme terminal; styles 8.
West.side of the Rocky Mountains, Nuttall!—About 18 inches high.
Radical leaves on very long petioles; cauline ones parted nearly to the base;
the segments acute. Flowers numerous in a long raceme, nearly an inch in
diameter, reddish-purple. Calyx about one-fourth the length of the corolla.
Filaments of the stamineal column in a double series near the summit: outer
series 5-lobed; each lobe composed of six united filaments. Styles unconnected
the greater part of their length, hairy on the inner surface : stigmas
simple. Fruit not seen.—Nearly allied to the preceding; but differs in the
more divided leaves, smaller flowers, shorter and broader lobes of the calyx,
&c.
16. S. diploscypha: hispid with spreading hairs; stem prostrate; leaves
digitately 5-parted; segments narrowly 2-3-lobed; petiole twice as long as
the lamina ; flowers aggregated at the summit of the branches; bracts 3,
long, filiform, at the base of the pedicels; calyx deeply 5-parted; stamineal
column cyatniform, double; the exterior deeply 5-lobed, the lobes antherife-
rous at the summitstyles 7-9.
California, Douglas !—Upper part of the stem retrorsely hirsute. Leaves
1-2 inches in diameter, stellately pubescent. Flowering branches longer
than the leaves, bearing at the summit 6-10 flowers as large as those of
Malva sylvestris. Pedicels 2-4 lines long, with villous bracteoles at the
base about J of an inch in length. Segments of the calyx lanceolate, attenuated,
with an oblong colored spot on the inside of each, near the base.
Petals broadly cuneiform, slightly emarginate, cream-color tinged with
purple. Stamineal column less than half the length of the petals : outer one
hispid externally, lobed below the middle; the anthers in a single row, about
5 at the summit of each of the lobes: inner one irregularly lobed, rather
shorter than the outer, and connate with it a little above the base. Styles
plumose^ included: stigmas simple. Fruit not seen.—A remarkable species
resembling some Bombacese in its stamineal column.
17. S. delphinifolia) (Nutt.! mss.): hispidly hirsute; leaves all pedately
7-parted; segments divided into linear rather obtuse lobes; flowers in a
long leafy raceme ; lobes of the calyx lanceolate; styles 7.
St. Barbara, Upper California, Nuttall I— If Stem 8-12 inches high.
Leaves about 14 inch in diameter, divided nearly to the base into narrow
segments. Flowers about an inch in diameter. Petals obovate-cuneiform,
purple, slightly emarginate. Styles hairy on the inside: stigmas simple.
Fruit not seen.
18. S. coccinea (D C .): stellately pubescent and hoary; leaves on long
petioles, deeply 3-parted; lateral segments 2-parted, the intermediate one
3-cleft; racemes terminal, leafy; styles 12.—D,C. prodr. 1. p. 465; Hook.!
fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 108. Malva coccinea, Nu tt.! gen. 2. p. 81; Bot. mag.
t. 1673; T o r r .l in ann. lyc. New-York, 2. p. 171. Cristaria coccinea,
Pursh/fi. 2. p. 453.
Plains of tfte Upper Missouri, above the confluence of the Platte, Nuttall,
James ! Plains of the Saskatchawan, Drummond!— If About a span
high, branching. Leaves 1—14 inch in diameter; the lobes often obtuse,
broadly linear. Raceme many-flowered : pedicels about 2 lines long. Flowers
an indh in diameter, scarlet. Petals truncate and emarginate. Stamineal
column half the length of the corolla. Stigmas capitellate. “ Carpels about
6, compactly and circularly arranged.” Hook.—The calyx is certainly not
involucellate in this species; but we have not had an opportunity of ascertaining
whether the seeds are like those of Sida.
19. S. dissecta (Nutt.! mss.): stellately pubescent and hoary; leaves
5-parted to the base; lateral segments 3-clert, the middle one multifid; ultimate
divisions narrowly linear ; racemes terminal, leafy ; styles 11.
Sources of the Platte near the Rocky Mountains, Nu tta ll!—' If Principal
stem about 6 inches high, with a dense tuft of branches at the base.
Leaves about § of an inch in diameter; the divisions scarcely a line wide.
Flowers numerous, scarlet: pedicels 1-2 lines long. Petals broadly obovate-
cuneate, emarginate. Stigmas capitellate. Fruit not seen.—Very near the
preceding; but smaller, the leaves much more divided, and with narrower
segments.
S. crispa (Linn.) is recordedjjy some writers as a native of Carolina; but we
strongly doubt whether it has been found native within the limits of our Flora.
10. HIBISCUS. L in n .; Lam. ill. t. 584; DC. prodr. 1. p. 446.
Calyx 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, surrounded by a many- or sometimes fewleaved
involucel; the leaflets of which are usually distinct, but sometimes
more or less united. Petals not auricled on one side. Stigmas 5. Ovary
5-celled; the cells with 3 or many ovules. Carpels 5, united into a 5-celled
loculicidal capsule; margin of the valves not introflexed; the cells several-
(rarely, by abortion one-) seeded.