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PAVONIA spinifex. 

 Prickly -seeded Pavonia. 



MONADELPIIIA POLYANDRIA. 



Nat ord* Maivace^, Jussieu gen,^l, Dtv. II, Stamina in tubum 

 coroUiferum connata^ indefinita. Fructus multicapsularis ; capsulse verticil* 

 UtiC» in orbem dispositae aut in unam compactae- 



PAVONIA. CaL 5-fidus, calyculo 5-20-phyIlo aut mulripartito cinctus, 

 AntheriE in apice et superficie tubr. Stigmata 8-10. Capsulce 5 in orbem 

 dispositae, 2-vaIves l-spermae. Frutices, rarius fter/^a ; Jiores axillares aid 

 spicati terminales, Hifiisco affinis, sed multicapsularis. Capsule quarundam 

 apice spinas^, Juss. i. c, 272» 



P- spini/eXy foHis ovatis acuminatis subcordatis duplicate-- dentatis, peduncu- 



lis axillaribus, calyce heptaphyllo, capsulis quadriaristatis^ aristig di- 



vergentibus. fViild. sp. pL 3. 8S4. 

 Pavonia epinifex. Cavan. diss. 3, 133. t. ^5. fig, 2* HorL Kew* ed. 2. 4- 



232, 

 Hibiscus spinifex, Lin, sp, pL ed, % 2. 978. Jacq, kort, vindob, 2. 46. /. 109. 



Hort. Kew. 2- 455. 

 Abutilon americanuin fruticosum folio subrotundo Bore luteo, fructu acu<^ 



leato majore. Plum, spec, 2, ic. i, 

 ($) Pavonia aristata, caute fruticoso humili, foliis cordatts oTato-lanceolatif 



crenatis scabrtusculis, floribus solitarily parvis, capsulis arjstatis* Cavan* 



diss, 3. 133. tab, 4^5. Jg, 3, 



Frutex 2-3-orgyfl/ij; tmnco pfdlicem crasso ; nmis paucts longis, virgaiisf 

 teretibiis^ ereciisj junioribus scabriuscuUs, Fol- cordaiO'Ovaia, crenata, in* 

 divisa vd obsotei^ angnlata, haud admodum acuta, utringue scabriuscula^ 

 petiolalay alterna. Pt-dunculi un/Jlori, solitarii, axillares, petiolorum circiter 

 iongUudine, CaL e duplici seriejoliolorum Unearium vet lanceolatorum, et ad 

 eras pilosomm ; extenor qjfinist quern etiam nunc pluribus variantem observe; 

 interior semi-quiiiquejidus est. Cor. magna, lutea, elegans, inodora, et sub' 

 campanulata, ex petalis 5 obvers^ ovatis dorsoque nervosis, Antberas auran- 

 tiaciE, Germ. pilosum, Fructus ^ capsulis 5, unilocularibus, monospermisy 

 non dehiscentibusy maturis sibi invichn dtscedentibus. Hie singula spinis^^^ 

 urmantur iemis, Spinae laterales, quarumlibet duarum vicinarum capsutarum 

 adeof se invichn contingunif ut sajk unicam meniianiur, Senu oblonga, ni- 

 gricantia. Jacq, loc. cit* 



Pavonta is principally distipguished from Hibiscus by 

 having a fruit separated into 5 distinct bivalved oneseeded 

 capsules, instead of one united into a single five-celled 

 potyspermoiis capsule, as in the latter- 



The present shrub is native of South America; and was 

 introduced from the West Indies by Dr. William Wright in 

 1778, It is said to vary fro» with a very large corolla to 



