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longae; capitula ad apices ramulorum pedunculata vel subsessilia; bracteae 

 exlcriores late ovatae, iuteriores lanceolato-ovatae vel lanccolatae, omnes 

 breviter peliolalaOj planae, in petiolum atlenuatac vel basi obtusae, non 

 cordataCj apice mucronalac; calyx lierbaceiis^ lobis aculis, non aristatis; 

 petala rubra* 



Malachra heptaphylla FiscL in Honu^ SuppL L H7H; Link, Jin. plant, 

 hort. hot BeroL 11. WS; DC, Prodr. L 441; SL IIiL et NamL in Ann, sc. 

 naL Ser. IL T, XVIIL p. 46; Gilrke in Mart., Flor. Bras. I c. 465, 



Malachra Gaudichaudiana Jms. in St, IIiL Flor. Bras, mer. I. 170 (280); 

 Walp., Rep. L 52^. 



Malachra rosea Uoffmannscgg , 2. Nachtr, Verz. Pflanzcncult. Gra/L 

 Hoffmannsegg'schen Garten zu Dresden ii. Rammenaii IS4, 



Malachra fasciata^ BoL rcg. 407, non Jacq, 

 Malachra diver si folia ITassk, in Flora 1842^ BeibL 58. 

 Pavonia diversifolia Ilassk, in Cat, plant, Boyor, 196. 

 Hibiscus bracleatus VelL^ Flor. Flum. VIL lab. 33, Text p, 266. 



Caul is crectus, teres, simplex vel ramosus, 1— 1,5tnaUus, infcrnc glabrescens, su- 

 perne, ut rami, pilis basi tuberculosis simplicibus vel saepius stellatis rigidis patentibus 

 llavcsccntibus hispidus, praeterea pilis stellatis brevissimis sparsim, ad nodos densius 

 praeditus. Folia inferiora 7— 8 cm longa, totidem lata, 5-lobaj rarissime sinuata vel 

 angulaia, lobis valde inaequalibus dissimilibusquCj 2 scilicet inferioribus brevissimis 

 obtusissimisquc, 2 lateralibus rotundatis vel subspatbulatis, interdum subbilobis oblusis 

 lobo medio lateralibus majoro spatlmlato nee triangularis interdum subtrilobo^ obtuso, 

 ran) obtusiusculo; folia intermedia 3-loba, superiorasaepe indivisa, ovato-lanceolata vel 

 subpauduriformiaj omnia basi subcordata, apice obtusa vel rotundala, margineinaequaliter 

 sorrata, utrinque pilis basi tuberculosis simplicibus flavcscentibus adprcssis pilosa, 5 — 3- 

 nervia* Petioli plus minus patenteSj apice erecto, teretes, caulis ramorumque more 

 hispidi, inferiorcs 6 — 8 cm longi, intermedii breviores, supremi 2 — 3 cmlongi. Stipu- 

 lao 2, raro 4, e basi lineari plana subulato-setaceae, arcuato-erectac, tuberculoso-hispi- 

 dae, 1— 1,5 cm longae. Capitula 3—5 ad apices ramulorum, rarius singula, 2—5 cm, 

 longe pedunculata vel subsessilia, tO— 15-tlora, Bracteae extcriores 20 mm longae, 

 15 mm latac, late ovalac, interdum in folia caulina transeuntes, interioresgradalimmino- 

 res, lanccolato-ovatae vel lanceolatae, omnes breviter petiolatae, inpetiolumatlenuatae vel 

 basi obtusae, non cordatae, apice mucronatae, planae, margine integrae vel raro 1 — 2 den- 

 tibus obsoletis pracditacj basi obsolete membranaceo-pellucidac, utrinquc, praescrtim 

 supra pilis rigidis flavis, praeterea interdum basi pube stellata minutissima sparsa ob- 

 sitae, 7-ncrves, nervis dislinclis, subtus prominulis, venis obsoletis. Calyx 8 — iO mm 

 longuSj post antlicsin auctus, herbaceus, usque ad 1/3 partem inferiorem 5-fidu8; lobl 

 ovato-lanceolati, acuti^ non aristati, 3-nerves, ad marginem et secundum nervos utrinque 

 pilis longis rigidis hispidi, rarius praeterea pube stellata sparsa obsiti. Petala 15 — 18 

 mm longa. Tubus sta mine us 1 mm longus. Stylus 18 mm longus, Garpella4mm 

 longa, 2,5^ — 3 mm lata, glabra, Semina 3 mm longa^ 2 — 2,ii mm lata. 



Habitat in Bras ilia, prope Rio de Janeiro (Widgren, Froligh, Sciiiicn, 

 Martius, Pulnc. Nkovid., Gaudichald n. 922, Wawra n. 496, Riedel n* 31, 

 BtRCUKLL n. 1534. Glaziou n. 2700^ 6853); in prov. Bahia (Rlaxchet n. 210], 



St* Hil. et Naud, (1. c. p. 46) unterscheiden von M, heptaphylla 2 Vartetaten, die 

 eine, unter dem Namen var. heptaphylla^ rait herzfijrraigen Blatteru, die andere als var. 



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