Pavoma.] xxv MaLVac e,e (masters). 191 



| This plant occurs also at Natal, the Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, etc. 



If ^ e y er i» Mast. A much-branched, downy, herbaceous plant. 



Leaves on long stalks, roundish-subcordate, sub-3-cuspidate or even more 

 I jeep y divided, crenate-dentate, downy on both surfaces, 5-7-nerved. Pe- 

 , auncles solitary, axillary, remote or crowded at the ends of the branches, 

 shorter than the petioles, not jointed. Epicalyx of 5-6 ligulate bracts, 

 shorter than the cup-shaped 5-parted calyx, whose lance-shaped segments are 

 traversed by three prominent green nerves. Corolla pink. Fruit of 5 cohe- 

 rent, oblong, obtuse, 3-sided, woody carpels.— P. mollis, E. Mey. ; Harv. 

 and Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 169 ; nee H. B. K. Nov. Gen. v. 283. 



Mozamb. Distr. Manganya hills, Dr. Meller J 

 Frequent in some parts of the Cape, also found in Natal. 



, 4. P. hirsuta, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 51. An erect or ascend- 



In g, much-branched, downy or villose perennial or undershrub. Petioles of 



varying length, sometimes very short, at other times as Jong as or longer than 



we blades. Leaves subcoriaceous, scabrous above, downy below, cordate, sub- 



wbieular obtuse or acute, sometimes obscurely 3-lobed, coarsely and irregularly 



toothed. Stipules linear, deciduous. Flowers on solitary stalks, in the axils 



P the upper leaves, crowded so as to resemble a leafy panicle. Epicalyx of 



12 linear villose segments, united at the base. Calyx campanulate, as long as 



°r longer than the epicalyx, 5-parted; lobes ovate-lanceolate, traversed by 



3-5 greenish, longitudinal striae. Corolla yellow, with a purple centre, 2-3 



in. across, much exceeding the calyx. Styles 10. Carpels 5, shorter than 



the calyx, oblong, obtuse or with an inflexed point, woody, rugose, covered 



*ith reflexed bristles, seceding one from another when ripe. — Walp. Rep. i. 



297. P. insignis, Fenzl in Plant. Kotscby and in Webb, Frag. Fl. iEthiop. 



42. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Heudelot ! 



North Central. Kouka, E. Vogel I 



Nile Land, Kotschy ! Speke and Grant ! "White Nile, Petherick ! Kordofan, Cien- 

 iotoski ! 



The plant seems to be subject to slight variation in habit, but not sufficient to warrant 

 specific distinction, as many intermediate forms may be found. The carpels are more or less 

 covered with mucilaginous exudation. 



5 - P. propinqua, Garcke in Sc/memf. Fl. ufithiop. i. 55. A small 

 undershrub, with an erect woody stem, dividing into numerous elongate 

 cylindrical branches, the younger ones sparingly clothed with stellate hairs. 

 Leaves stalked, 1-4 in. long, oblong, obtuse, subcordate at the base, unequally 

 Senate-dentate, scantily covered with stellate hairs ; stalks for the most part 

 porter than the blade. Stipules linear, subulate. Peduncles solitary, nxil- 

 m remote or clustered and subcapitate at the ends of the branches, 1- 

 flowered, jointed. Epicalyx of 10 linear-lanceolate ciliolate bracts, half as 

 p n S «gain as the sepals. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-cleft; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 ^orolla yellow, more than an inch across, exceeding the epicalyx in length. 

 Jniit subglobose, depressed, of 5 coherent, oblong, 3-sided woody carpels ; 

 ba(, k convex, sides flat, provided at the upper angles with two short prickles. 

 ~~P- gretoioides, Hochst. in PL Schimp. Abyss. 



