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MALVA calycina. 



Broad^cupped Mallow, 



MONADELPHIA POLY^yDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Malvacb^, Jussieu gen. 271- Div, IL Stam. in tubum 

 eorolliferum connata, indefinita* Fructus multicapsularis; capu. verdcU- 

 lats, in orbem dispositce aut in unara compacUe. 



MAL FA. SuprdfoL 295. 



Div* Foliis subiitdivisis, 

 M* calycina^ foliis cordatis crenatis iodivisis piloio-hispidis, floribus soHtarj'ii 

 iongd pedunculatiSf calyce exteriore maximo. Cavan, diss. 2* 81* t. 22. 



Malva calycina. Thunb. prod. 1 18. JVilld. sp. ^. 3. 777. 



Frutex interdum subbhrgyalis, ramosus, subxnscoso-hirsutus^ corttce sap^ 



rubescente. Fol. undique sparsa, remotiuscula^ cordata, virentta^ parum 



iongiora quam lata subsesquiuncialia v. ultras hirsuta, rugosa, subtus vartcoso* 



venosaj crenato-denfata^ obsolete sinuata^ suprema non adulta sublobata; 



^etiolMs plurih brevior laming, Stipulee 2 breves, ovatiB^ obtnsiuscuke, suprh 



convexiB. PeduncuH axillares, swiiariit l^fiorit longiores petiolo, birii, 



Jbliolo ad basin stipaiu Floras oblaio-campanulati^ cameit tnjerne nervii 



puniceis radiati^ 1,5- undce transversi. Cal. exterior S-phyllus^ ^B^ans in- 



terioremy Jbliolis ratione congenerum capensium latissimis, ell^wo-ovatiSf 



ncuminatist p^be brevi hirlis; interior semi-5-Jidus^ infemi suban^ulasa' 



iurbinatuSy superni campanulato-patenSf segmeniu lato^ovatis acununatu acu^ 



tissimis. Pet, rotundo-obcordata lamnSobuitSf summo marginesinu latoobso^ 



ieto subrepando-excisat lateribtts imbricato-incumbeniia^ injfr^ lanugine minutis- 



sima ciliata; ungue brevi albo. Tubus stamineus 5- brevior eorwlS^ basi ma^ 



cuUs 5 puniceis inter petala pictusy inferni glaber albus^ juxta in/ra comam 



uniherosam jpUorum brevium peniciUis paucis barbatus: anthene nigns rent' 



Jbrmesy polltne cinereo grumoso c spnarulis lavibus. Styli {l^i) punicei, 



papiUa siigmaiosa glunduiosd pallidS parum latiore capitati. 



We suspect the reason, why we do not find this shrub 

 among the rest of the genus recorded in the Hortus 

 Kewensis, to be, that it has been overlooked as a variety of 

 some of the Cape species. Plants of it from 13 to 16 feet 

 high, with the appearance of age, are met with in our collec- 

 tions, and show that it is one of no very recent date in 

 them* There is a spontaneous sample of it in the Banksian 

 Herbarium, from the Cape of Good Hope. The specific 

 name was suggested to Cavanilles by the leaves of the outer 

 calyx being proportionately the broadest of any of the con- 

 genei-s known to him. It has never been represented by any 

 published coloured figure before the present* 



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