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MALACHRA fasciata. | 
Rough-piled Malachra. 
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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. MALVACEE. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. II. Stamina in tubum 
corolliferum connata, indefinita. Fructus multicapsularis; capsule verticil- 
late, in orbem disposita aut in unam compact. 
MALACHRA. Involucrum 3-6-phyllum multiflorum, Singulo flori 
calyx 5-fidus, caliculo 8-12-phyllo cinctus. Anthere in apice et superficie 
tubi. Stigmata 10. Capss. 5, in orbem disposite, 1-sperme. Herba; 
Flores axillares. Juss. loc. cit. 272. . 
M. fasciata, capitulis pedunculatis triphyllis subquinquefloris, foliis subro- 
tundis obsoleté lobatis, caule villoso. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 768. 
Malachra fasciata, Jacq. ic. rar. 9. t. 548. Ejusd. collect. 2, 352.. 
. Planta annua?. Caulis unicus, erectus, 6-pedalis, pollice duplo crassior, 
teres, ex alis foliorum ferè omnium ramos emittens, inferno cinereus, pilis 
rigidis et pungentibus issime obsitus. Ex dextro latere axille ramorum 
omnium, qui ex caule egrediuntur, in caule fascia adscendit ferè ad proxi- 
mum ramum usque viridis glabra erecta et plùs minds 2 lineas lata. Folia 
sunt alterna longè petiolata, serrata, venosa, utrinque et ad ora hispidula, 
infima subrotunda et margine 5-loba, superiora 3-loba magisque oblonga et 
acutiora; ad petiolos utrinque stat stipula solitaria, subulato-setacea, erecta, 
hispida et uncialis (vel 3plo brevior). Florum capitula axillaria, brevitor 
pedunculata, 2-3 successivè. In basi cujusque folii perianthii communis 
sedet flos: reliqui brevissimo pedunculati centrum occupant. Uterque calyx 
longé ciliatus est, exterior insuper utrinque hispidus. Perianthii proprii tubus 
viret, lacinie pallent cum striis badiis. Cal. comm. 3-(poly-) phyllus, 5- 
(multi )fforus, istens: foliola ovato-acuminata, argute serrata, nervosa, 
inzqualia (ad basin bistipulata ut reliqua folia) cum interjectis setis solitariis 
(stipulis): cal. proprius profunde 5-partitus, erectiusculus, istens; lac. 
lanceolate, acuminate, 3-striate, eorollä duplo breviores. Cor. foris rosea 
cum strüs purpureis, intùs pallet, extùs villosula, 1-petala, infundibulifor- 
mis, subsemuncialis, limbo tente 5-partito, laciniis obovatis, obtusis, 
planis. Fil. plurima, monadelpha, infernè villosa, corollá breviora, erecta: 
anth. subrotunde, ochroleuce. Germ. subrotundum, ó-sulcatum. Stylus 
filiformis, longitudine staminum; 10-fidus, superné recuruns, apiculis ro- 
tundato-obtusis villosis terminatus. Pericarpium: arilli 5 glabri cinerei, in 
capitulum subrotundum collecti, introrsum. dehiscentes, decidui: sem. soli- 
taria. Jacq. coll. 2. 352. 
Ma acura is distinguished from its nearest coordinates 
(Malvacea:) principally by short-stalked subsessile flowers 
collected within a common involucre composed of the dimi- 
nished upper leaves with their stipules. The leaves disap- 
pearing from about the central flowers, while the stipules re- 
main, afford the appearance of an additional calyx. 
