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MALVA capeiisis 



Cape Mallow, 



MONADELPHI A POL YANDRIA. 



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Nat. ord. Malvace^. Jussieu gen, 271. jDiV. //* Stain, in tubupi 

 corolliferutn connata, indefinita. Fructus niulticApstdarist ca|is8» Terticfl- 

 latfie, in orbem dispositsB aut in unam compacte. ^ 



MALVA. Ca/»5-fidus, calyculo cinctus 3-phyIla^ nuri{|8,l«2-4rpbynf, 

 Antherw in apice et superficie tubi; Stig. 8 aut plura. Capss. toUd^tm w 

 ©rbem dispositse, 1-spermae non dehiscentes, rarius IS-d-speriqie. FhUtcpf 

 aut seepius herbce^ Jlores axUlares aut terminalesm Joss* loc. cit« 372. 



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Divpfoliis angtdqsis. . ^. , • 



M. capensisy caule fruticoso, foliis quinquelobia, superioribQS triiobis cre- 



floribus binis cernuis, pedunciilia frucStiferti 



prod, 



WUld.4p. 



nato-dentatis glutinosis, floribus bims 



erectis petiolo Jongioribus, Cavan. diss 

 Malva capensis. Lin: syst. veg. ed. 13. 51 & 



pL 3. 782, Hort. Kew. 2. U8. ed. 2. 4f. 213, ^ :^ ^ 



Malva africana frutescens, flore parvo cameo unguTculis atrorubwehtiba* 



PtuJc, amalth. l¥i, t. 4i3\.f. .5, 



Frut«t Af-fedaUs scahriiu' hirsutus 

 erectus. Fol. alterna distantiay virentia, hirtiut pubescentia, tubcomigat^ 

 venosa, cordato-subrotundaf longiora sesguinrunaliat margine subuniwtta, 

 lobis apice rotundatis^ lateralibus divergentibtis, inferiorum suUobdtih'itwiHijt 

 medio produciiore Mbngo; petiolus du^ vel triplo breoior^ wHeAs, Scipidk 

 etemime, riaroee, herbaceis, ovato-acuminata, ctliatat. PeauBCttH awwrcr. 



tereif mrgatcHramotumma^ 



geminivet solitarii, raro bijlori, filiformesy duplov.uUri longiora 

 paulb infra florem angulo obtuse Jlexi, stricti^ erecto-patentes, Vwr^n^ 

 tantes, diamefro subunciali, camei, infeme supra basin ntaauts rtttoatu ffk" 

 nicns picti, Cal. exterior §- bre-oior tnterioref 4-8-pAy//if#, ttOMo-iMmpathi- 

 latus, foliolis angustis linearisubtdatis pilosis^ subcanaUcutetUj in^nor sem- 

 Sfidus, steUatQ-pilosus, duplo v. ultra brevior corolla, segmentts altatu ovato' 

 . acuminatis^ Cor. campanulato-rotata, petalis cuneato-obcordattSf dtstanttbus 

 v. latefibus non tangetitibus, unginculoprevi htits pUoso. Tubus rtamineoa 

 itifr^ steUato-velpenicellato-jdlbsus, iupr^ ramosus antheri^hts: and». ptarv^, 

 renifoKmes, thecis papilloso-scabris atro-sanguineis, Styli.l2? vropH fh^ma 

 'pnmceir klgmzta paptila terminaks glandulosa jUalHOa fOf^m' crasstores 



stylo. . ^ . ■ /.-■ ::..:. '.■ - ■ .^^. . 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. According to the 

 Philosophical Transactions cultivated in the Chelsea garden 

 as long ago as 1713. Till now unrepresented by any pub- 

 lished figure except the unsatisfactory ones we have cited 

 from the works of Cavanilles and Pluknet. A greenhouse 

 plant of easy culture and propagation ; flowering most partt 

 of the year; seldom exceeding the height of 4 or 5 feet. 

 More than sixty species, from humble herbs to tall shrubs. 



