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MALVA fragrans. 



Sweet-scented Mallow. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANBRIA. 



Nat. ord. Malvaceje. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. IL Stam. in tubnRi 

 corolliferum connata, indefinita. Fructus multicapsularis; capss* Terticil-* 

 latae, in orbem dispositse aut in unam compactse. 



MAL VA. Supra foL 295. 



Dh.Jbliis angulosis^ 

 M.Jra^rans, caule frutescente viscoso atropurpurascente, foliis cordatm 

 «5-7-Iobatis crenatis, floribus solitariis peduncmis captllaribos folio breri- 



oribus. Cavan. diss. 2. 72. t. 25. Jl 3. 

 Malva fragrans. Jacg. horU vindob. 3. 20. t. 33. Thunb.prod. 118. fforf^ 



Kexv. ed. 2. 4. 213. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 782; (excluso synontfrno PluknetiJ^ 

 M. scabrosa. Lin. in amcen. acad. 4. 825. 

 M. capensis. y. Lin. sp. pL 2. 968. 



M. foliis subcordatis laciniatis hirsutis, caule arborescente. MiU. dRct. edm 



7. n. 14. 

 M. africana frutescens flore rubro. Comm. hort. 2. Vjl* t. 



Frntex erectus S-12-pedalis viscido'hirsuiusy viretis^ axiUari-ramosut^ foUu 

 odorem gratissime balsamicum redolens. Fol. aUerna^ m&Uia^ sesmii-S'^uncialia, 

 hirta, subriigoso-venosa^ transverse longitudinem aquantia^ acute crenatay bas$ 

 subcordata^ lobis obtusis subsinuatis^ medio ovato productiore: petioius 8-p/a 

 brevi&r lamindv. magts. Stipulse 2, ovato-acuminataf breves^ patenHmfn^^ 

 integerrimo! . JPeduncuIi axiUareSy snepiils binaiiy l^J^riy recti^ patentissimi^ 

 Jiliformesy hirsutiy subbreviores folio ^ his teroe longhres petioloy foliolo vd 

 bracted ad basin. Flores cameo-purpurei, diametro infra unciale^ rotate^ 



"^ campanulati. CaL exterior 3{4f)'^huUus, bis brevior inierioreffoliolis linearis 

 lanceolatis^ planis: interior setnuB-jUus hirsutus, segmentii avato-^minatis. 

 Pet. nan multum prqfundiora calyce, collaterali-contiguay lamind oblato^ 

 rotunda^ venosdy margine superiore suhcrenato-^mdy basi saturattus rubente, 

 vnme brevi albicante villosiusculo ciliato. Columna staminea f circa brevior 



coroUdy albicans^ nudiuscula v. pilis paucissimis stellatis obsita^ bast maculis 5 



ctnerets grumaso-concsreniwus. oij'u v^^»/ ^i^^wj 

 papill^ Uigm^tom glandulosd parilm crassiore pallente terminati 



The whole of this shrub diffuses a very gratefiil balsamic 

 odour, perfuming the hand for some time after it has been 

 drawn over the plant, and rendering it one of the most 

 desii-able species of the genus for the conservatory. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Cultivated by Miller, at Chel- 

 sea, in 1759, In bloom from April to July, and longer. 



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