284 MALYACE^. 



nervis subtus prominulis, mcmbranacea , supra hirtella ct viridia , subtus incano-tomcntosa , pilis stellulatis. 

 18-21 lineas longa, io-i5 1ineas lata. Petioli 7 -io lineas longi, internc canaliculati, tomcntosi , pilis 

 longis conspersi. Stipui* pctiolarcs duai, capillacea?, pilosa^, scsquilineam longas. Flores axillarcs ct sub- 

 terminalcs, solitarii, pedunculati, pollicarcs ; pedunculis sesquipollicaribus , filiformibus , tomcntosis , 

 supcrnc arliculatis. Calyx duplcx, molliter pubesccns et cancscens, persistcns; exterior 5-7-phyllus; 

 foliolis lanceolatis, acutis, planis, trinerviis, icqualibus; calyx interior cxtcriore triplo brevior, quinqucfidus; 

 laciniis ovatis, acutis, trincrviis, aiqualibus. Petala (a me haud visa) obovata, obtusa , flava, basi macula 

 purpurca notata (cxllumb.). Stamina generis (ex Ilumb.); anthcris flavis. Oyarium dcprcssum, orbiculare, 

 hirtellum. quinquesulcatum, inter sulcos linca proniincntc cristatum, quinqueloculare ; loculifl monospermis. 

 Stigmata 10, reflcxa, flava (cx Humb.). Capsula (haud suppctit) subrotunda, truncata, subpcntagona, quin- 

 quclocularis (ex Ilumb.). 



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P. herbacea; ramis viscoso- tomentosis; foliis ovatis, angustato-acuminatis, cordato-liastatis , 

 serrato-crenatis, supra hirtellis, subtus molliter cano-tomentosis; pcdunculis axillarihus tcrmi- 

 nalihusque, unifloris; foliolis calycinis cxterioribus i5-20, lincaribus; coccis muticis. 



Crescit in declivitate occidentali montium Mexicanorum, prope villam Acaguisotla , 

 .inter Acapulco et Chilpancingo , alL 5<4 hex. % Floret Aprili. 



Hrrba 3-4-pcdalis, ramosa ; ramis tcrelibus, stcllulato-tomenlosis, fusccsccnti-cancsccntibus. Folia 

 allcrna, pctiolata, ovata, apicc angustato-acuminata, basi cordata, lobis rohmdatis, approximatis, interdum 

 cordato-subbastata , serrato-crcnata, reticulato-vcnosa, subquinqucnervia, ncrvis subtus promincntibus. 

 mcmbranacca, supra hirtclla ct viridia, subtus mollitcr cano-tomentosa, pnescrtim in ncrvis, pilis stcllulatis, 



2 -2t pollices longa, 1C-1S lincas lata. Petioli 1 2- 1 4 lincas longi, tcrctcs, tomentosi. Stipul.e 



Pedlnculi axillarcs ct terminalcs , solitarii, uniflori; fructiferi bipollicarcs et longiores, teretcs, viscidulo- 

 tomciitosi, apicem vcrsus articulati. Flores crccti , magnitudine floris Malva; sylvestris. Calyx duplex , 

 persistcns ; extcrior polypbyllus ; foliolis ( 1 5-2o) lincaribus, acuminatis, piloso-bispidis, praiscrtiin margincm 

 versus, aiqualibus, calyce interiorc parum longioribus; calyx intcrior quinquepartitus, scricco-tomen- 

 tosus; laciniis ovatis, acutis, trincrviis, a^qualibus. Petala quinqur, bypogyna, calycc longiora, imequaliter 

 obovata?, flabellato-ncrvosa, rosea, glabra, jequalia. Stamina crcbcrrima, monadelpba, corolla brcviora ; 

 tubus stamineus ubique antbcris obsitus, basi ampliatus et unguibus pctalorum adnatus, apice quinquc- 



dcntatus (?). Antiiers rcniformcs, unilocularcs, bivalvcs, glabra-. Ovarium Stylus filiformis, stamina 



supcrans, glabriusculus,apicc octofidus ctpilosus. Stigmata subcapitcllata. CAPSULAsubglobosa, octangularis, 

 tctracocca semper?) , magnitiuline nuclei cerasi , calycibus persistentibus inclusa iisquc duplo brevior; 

 cocca dorso convexa ct sutura longitudinali promineutc notata, lalcribus cuncato-compressa, la^via, glabra, 

 cbariacca, unilocularia, bivalvia, monospcrma, mutica. Semina subelliptica, obsolcte trigona, apiccobtusa, 

 basi acutiuscula, lxvia, nigro-fusca, glabra, ad ventrem bilo oblongo uotala, magnitudinc grani minoris 

 tritici. Integumentum duplcx; exterius crustaceum; intcrius mcmbranaccuin , fusccscens. Emrryo scmini 

 conforiuis, subrcctus, albidus. Cotyledones foliaccrc, marginibusinvolutaj, apicc intrinsecus plica iustructa: 

 ideoquc cmargiiiata\ Radicula iufcra, oblonga, acutiuscula. 



Flores suppetentcs caric dcstructi crant. 



