. 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. MALVACEAE. Vol. II. 7. Hibiscus Syriacus L. Shrubby Althaea. Rose- of-Sharon. Fig. 2875. Hibiscus Syriacus L. Sp. PI. 695. 1753. A branching nearly glabrous shrub, io°-20° high. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, 2'-e,' 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 hai
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. 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. MALVACEAE. Vol. II. 7. Hibiscus Syriacus L. Shrubby Althaea. Rose- of-Sharon. Fig. 2875. Hibiscus Syriacus L. Sp. PI. 695. 1753. A branching nearly glabrous shrub, io°-20° high. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, 2'-e, ' 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. Aug.-Sept. Family 86. THEACEAE DC. Prodr. i: 529. 1824. Tea 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), hypogynous, imbricated, crenulate. Stamens 00, numerous, hypogynous, 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. Stewartia. Stamens 5-adelphous. 2. Gordonia. I. STEWARTIA L. Sp. PI. 698. 1753. Shrubs, with deciduous membranous serrulate leaves, and large showy a.xillary solitary flowers o