282 MALVACE^. 



interne pubescentibus. Petala {fg- 60 qmnque, hypogyna, insquilatera, latc obovata, rotundata, mul- 

 tincrvia, tenuitcr membranacca, glabra, sub.-rqualia, calycc multo longiora, subsesquipollicaria, violacea, 

 ad unguem purpurea. Stamina crcbra, monadelpha, purpurea; tubus stamineus tcnuis, glabcr, ubique 

 anthcris obsitus, corolla brevior, basi ampliatus et unguibus adnatus. Aktiierx parvx, reniformes, 

 uniloculares, bivalvcs, glabne. Ovamlm superum, parvum, subglobosum, glabrum, quinqncloculare {fig. 3.) ; 

 loculis monospcrmis. Ovula {fig. t\. 5. ) elliptica, dorso convexa, ventre angulata. Stylus filiformis, stamina 

 superans, glaber, apiccnovemlidus (10-fiduscx Humb.). Stigmata obtusa, puberula. Frcctls haud suppetunt : 

 Capsulaj 5, connatcc, unilocularcs, monospermce (cxllumb.). 



6. PAVONIA pellita. f 



P. Boffrnticosa: ramis fusccsccnti-tomcntosis; foliis ovatis, aculis,obsolele cordatis,crcnulatis, 

 molliter hirtis, subtus fuscescenti-canescentibus; floribus axillaribns tcrminalibusquc , hrcviter 

 nedunciilatis; foliolis calycinis exterioribus circiter 11 , lineari-filiformihus. 



Crescit locis humidis prope Maypure , ad ripam Orinoci T; ? Floret Majo. 



Hebba sufiruticosa; ramis terctibus, stellulato-tomentosis, fuscescentibus. Folia ahcrna, petiolata, ovata, 

 acuta, obsolete cordata, crcnulata, reticuIato-o-^-nervia, nervis venisquc primariis subtus promiucntibus, 

 membranacca, utrinquc molliter stellulato-hirta, subtus fusccscenti-cancscentia, a-y-a* pollices longa, 



20-21 lineas lata. Petioli 4 lineas longi, fuscesccnti-tomeutosi. Stipul* Flores axillarcs et subter- 



minalcs, brevitcr pedunculati , magnitudine Pavonias sneciosas. Calyx duplex, pcrsistcns; cxtcrior 

 ii-phvllus; foIioIisHneari-filiformibus, stcllulato-pilosis, subaeqiialibus ; intcrior subcampanulatus, quin- 

 ciucfidus, n.cmbranaceus, cxteriorc vix duplo longior, tomentoso-pilosus , fuscescens; laciniis ovatis , 

 acuminatis , triucrviis , aqualibus. Petala 5, bypogyna, rosca, basi violacca, glabra, tenuitcr mcmbranacca, 

 calyce multo longiora. Stamina crebra, monadelpha, corolla paulo breviora ; tubusstamincus cylindraceus, 

 glabcr, extcrnc anthcris obsitus, basi ampliatus ct unguibus adnatus. Aamu parvcc. Ovarilm supcrum, 

 parvum, subglobosum, quinqucsuleatum , quinquepartibilc, glabrum, quinquelocularc; loculis mono- 

 spcrmis. Situw iiliformis, stamina superans, glabcr, apice octo-(aut dcccm?-) fidus ct pubcrulus. Sticmata 

 subcapitata. FrdctoS dcsideratur. 



Diffcrt a Pavonia spcciosa , cui simillima, foliis ovatis, obsolete cordatis, crcnulatis, foliolis calycis cxtc- 



rioribus crebrioribus et multo angustioribus. 



7. PAYONIA mollis. t 



P. fruticosa ; ramis viscosis, pilosis; foliis subrolundo-ovatis , cordatis, acuminatis , ohsolete 

 trilobis scrratis, hirlis, suhtus canesccntibus, mollibus; floribus axillaribus terminalihusciue , 

 pcdunculatis; foliolis calycinis cxteriorihus 8, lincarihus. 



Crescit inter S. Jnna et Honda, locis temperatis et calidis Nova- Granatce, alt. i3o- 



200 hex. 1) ? 1'loret Julio. 



Ramlli terctiusculi, viscoso-birti pilisque longis patentibus obsiti. Folia altcrna, petiolata, subrotundo- 

 ovata, acuminata, cordata, integra aut sspius obsolctc triloba, scrrata, reticulato-septemnervia, nervis 

 venisquc primariis subtus prominentibus, mcmbranacca, utrinque stellulato-hirta , supra viridia, subtus 

 canescentia ct mollia, af-o-pollicaria, 2i-a5 lineas lata. Petioli scsquipollicares, molliter villosi. Stipulje 

 petiolares gemintt , lineares, pilosa, 2-a ~ lineas longic, patentes. Flores axillarcs et subtcrminales, solitarii, 



