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MALACHODENDRON ovatum. 
Ovate-leaved Malachodendron. 
ee: — 
POLYADELPHIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. TERNSTRÖMIACER Decand. 
MALACHODENDRON Cav. Calyx 1-bracteatus. Petala 5-6, limbo 
crenulato. Ovarium 5-sulcatum. Styli 5, à basi liberi. Stigmata capitata. 
Carpella capsularia, 5, connexa, 1-sperma. Semina ignota. Decand. prodr. 
1. 528, 
Malachodendron ovatum. Cavanilles dissert. 5. 302. fig. 2. Decand. l. c. 
Spreng. syst. 3. 126. 
Stewartia pentagyna.  L'Hérit. stirp. nov. 1. p. 155. t. 74. Smith, exot. 
botany, 101. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 234. 
Folia ovato-oblonga, acuminata, serrata, v. integra, supra glabra, infra 
pallida, reticulato-venosa, costá pilosá. Flores magna, albi, petalis cochleatis, 
margine crispis, incisis, extüs sericeis. Ovarium lanatum. Styli 5, distincti. 
A very noble hardy shrub, seldom met with in gardens, 
although its large white or cream-coloured flowers render 
it extremely desirable. It is a native of the mountains of 
Carolina and Georgia, where it flowers during the months 
of August and September, 
Count Hoffmannsegg asserts that the name of this genus 
should be written Malacodendron, and not Malachoden- 
dron; supposing, it would seem, that it is derived from 
pedazos, soft: it is, however, better to consider parayy, a 
mallow flower, to be the root of the word, in which case 
the common orthography will be correct. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate, or entire, 
smooth above; pale, with a reticulated venation, and a 
hairy costa, beneath. Flowers large, white, with cochleate 
petals, which are crisp and cut at the edge, and silky 
on the outside. Ovarium woolly. Styles 5, distinct. 
