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5-partitaj intermedia 3-loba, superiora 3-loba vel indivisa, lanceolataj 



omnia basi obtusa, non cordataj serrataj loborum apicibus saepe reflexis; 



stipulae 2 — 3 cm longae; capitula in nxillis foliorum subsessilia vel bre- 



Yiter pedunculata; bractoac ovalae vel late triangulareSj medio longitudi- 



naliler conduplicataCj apicc reflexo longe acuminatae, subcordatae; calyx 



membranaceus, subalbidus, lobis aristatiSj arista nervisque fuscis; petala 

 albida vol rubra. 



fasciata 



Coll. IL HS2; Desr. in Lam,^ EncycL meth, 



IL iOr,i: Willd.. Smc. 



IIL 685, Linn.^ Syst. nat. ed, XJII {cw\ Gmelin). IL 1051; 



plant. IIL 769; Pers.^ Syn. planL IL 248; DC, Th^odr. L 440; Spreng,, 



SysL veg, IIL 95; Curiae m Mart., Fl Bras. L c, 463, 



Malachra humilis Benth., Plant. Ilartw, 113 et BoL of 

 Walp,, Rep. V. 93. 



70; 



Malachra squarrosa Klolzsch in Schomh.^ FL el Faun, Cnuyana 1171 , 

 Malachra radiata Walp. in LinnaeaXXIL 750; Griseh., Cat. pL Cub, 

 26 et FL Brit. West Ind. IsL SI et aliorum^ nee Linne. 



Malachra KegelianaGarche in LinnaeaXXIL 52; Walp.^ Ann, IL 157. 

 Malachra horrida Miq. in Flor. hid. Bat, L pars IL 149; Walp,^ 

 Ann. VIL 399. 



Malva horrida Span, in Linnaea XV. 168. 



Icones:Jacq.j Jc. rar. IIL tab. 348 ; Mart,, Flor. Bras. L c. lab. 81. 



Caulis crectus, teres, simplex vel ramosus, 0,5— 2,5 in alius, pilis basi tubercu- 

 losis simplicibus rarius stellatis rigldissimis flavescentibus hispidus, praeterea ad nodos 

 pills stellatis brevissimis obteclus. Folia inferiora 10—15 cm longa, 7—10 cm lata, 

 5-loba, rarius S-partita, sinubus rotundatis, latis vel angusUs, lobis inaequalibus dissi- 

 milibusque, 2 scilicet inferionbus brevissimis obtusissimis, saepe obsoletis^ 2 lateralibus 

 Iriangularibus acutis^ quinto medio ruaximo productiore acute triangiilari; folia inter- 

 media inferioribus similiaj scd minora etplerumquc 3-loba; suprcma indivisa, lancoolala; 

 folia omnia basi obtuso, marginc irregulariler grosscque serrala, loborum apicibus sacpe 

 reflexis, utrimjue pilis basi tuberculosis simplicibus rigidis flavescenlibus adpressis sparsis 

 hlspida, 5' — S'liervia. Petioli caulis ramorumque more hispid!, infcriores 8 — 10 cm 

 long], intcrniedii breviores, supremi 2—3 cm long!. Stipulac 2, raro 4, e basi lineari 

 plana subulato-setaceae, arcuato-erectae, luberculoso-hispidac, 2—3 cm longae. Capi- 

 tula in axillis foliorum superiorum subsessilia vel usque 15 mm longe pcdunculala, 

 6 — 9-nora. Bractcae exterioros 25 mm longae, 20 mm latae, intoriores gradatim mi- 

 nores; omnes breviter potiolalae, ovafae vel late triangulares, lucdio longitudinaliter 

 conduplicatae, apice reflexo longe acuminatae, basi subcordatae, margine intcrdum re* 

 volutO'tlentatae, saepo cilialac vel superne intcgrac, infcrne ulroquc latere 1 — 2 dentibus 

 niaximis praeditae, basi membranaceo-pellucidae, albidae vel rubescentes, utrinque, 

 iniprimis subtus, pilis rigidis flavis, praeterea intcrdum basi pube slellata minutissima 

 sparsim obsilae, 3 — 5-nerves, nervis venisque distinctis, subtus prominulis. Calyx 

 4— 5 mm longus, post antliesin auctus, membranaceus, subalbidus, ultra medium 5-fidus; 

 lobi lanceolatij aristati, 3-ncrvcs, arista nervisque fuscis, ad marginem, arislanj et secun- 

 dum nerves pilis longis rigidis hispidi, rarius praeterea pube stellata sparsim ol>sitT. 

 Petala albida, ante antbesin rubra, 10 mm longa. Tubus slamineus 5—6 mm, 

 stylus 6—7 mm longus. Carpella 3— 3,I> mm longa, 2—2,5 mm lata, pilis brevissimis 

 pubcrula. Semina 2 — 2,5 mm longa, 1,5 — 2 mm lata. 



