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il/ALVA* Munroaw« 



Mr. Munro's Mallow. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



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Nat. ord. 

 MAL VA . 



fol 



> 4 



*- ^ 



Sect, Malvastrum. Carpella 1-locularia, monosperma. 

 § 7. Multiflorse, floribus purpurascentibus v. albis, pedunculis axillaribus 



ultifl 

 Munro 



foliis 



latis. 



qumquelobis dentatis, involucello setaceo, pedunculis terminalibus 



paniculatis. 



Munroana. Douglas in 

 Undique albo-tomentosa. 



rotunda, cordata^ subquinqueLoba^ dentata; lobo medio majore 



Calyx involucre d foliolis 



Hort. Soc» i / 



ilis ascendenSf 1^-2-pcdaZw, teres. 



Folia 

 Flores 



emarginatis. Carpella pi 

 in orbem disposita. 



5-Jidus. Corolla miniata, subglobos 

 \B.plurima, capsularia^ monosperma 



This plant was found by Mr. Douglas abundantly 



the barren plains of the Columb 



closely allied to Malva miniata of Cavanilles 



in July 1826; and is 



In 



beauty 



Gardens it does 



possess any very striking 



mode of managing 



but this is probably owing to a want of the right 



for Mr. Douglas speaks of 



of the most beautiful of the plants he collected ; and it 

 appears from his dried specimens that it really is a far 

 m^e showy plant when wild than when cultivated. It 

 suffers much in beauty from rain, which discharges the rich 

 vermilion of the petals, and gives the flowers a dirty red 



I^tin alteration of the Greek fiaxdxyi, sigtaifying 



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