Excerpt from The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States, in Their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects, Vol. 2
The natural order to which Hibiscus coccincus belongs is of immense value to man. Cotton, which has been called the king of all agricultural products, in a commercial sense, is a member of this order; and many of its other representatives are also employed in textile industry. The species which are comprised in it have a close family resemblance; or, as it would be technically styled, the order is a very natural one. The union of the stamens into a tube, leaving only the upper portion of the filaments with the anthers free, the whole surrounding the pistils, is eminently characteristic of Malvacc?; and although other orders, Geraniacca for instance, have a somewhat similar arrangement of stamens, there are yet certain attendant circumstances which are always present, and which will prevent the confusion of Malvacc? with any other family. The nearest relationship in structure to Malvacc? is perhaps shown by Tiliacc?, the order to which the linden belongs; but the difference in the general appearance of the two is so great that even the unbotanical observer will find no difficulty in deciding between them.
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