MALVACEZ. X. Pavonra. 
flowered, much shorter than the petioles; involucel 5-leaved. 
h.S. Native of Bourbon. Columélla Malvinda, Comm. mss, 
Flowers purplish. 
Columella’s Pavonia. Fl. July. Clt. 1807. Shrub 3-6 ft. 
15 P. parvirtora (Desf. hort. par. Poir. suppl. 4. p. 335.) 
leaves rather hairy, 5-angled, with ovate or. lanceolate lobes ; 
pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, length of petioles, and are as well 
as petioles very hairy ; involucel 5-leaved h.S. Native of? 
Flowers yellowish-white. 
Small-flowered Pavonia. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 ft. 
16 P. Grecnomorpes (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 227. t. 45.) 
leaves orbicular, cordate, crenate, pilose on both surfaces, full 
of pellucid dots; flowers solitary, axillary ; involucel 5-6-leaved, 
about equal in length to the calyx; carpels unarmed, obovate, 
girded by elevated margins. k.S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Cis-platine, Monte Video, &c, Flowers white and 
flesh-coloured. 
Ground-ivy-like Pavonia. Fl. Nov. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
17 P. arrrnis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 229.) leaves hastate, 
lanceolate, obsoletely toothed, tomentose beneath, full of pellu- 
cid dots; flowers axillary, solitary; involucel 5-leaved ; leaflets 
broad, shorter than the calyx ; carpels unarmed, obovate, girded 
by prominent margins. h. S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 
vince of Minas Geraes. Flowers pale red. 
Allied Pavonia. Fl. May. Shrub 5-6 feet. 
18 P. sagittata (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 229.) leaves sa- 
gittate-lanceolate, toothed, tomentose beneath, full of pellucid 
dots ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-2-flowered ; involucel 5-7- 
leaved, a little shorter than the calyx ; carpels unarmed, obo- 
vate, girded by a prominent margin. h.S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Minas Geraes, in fields. Flowers rose-co- 
loured, l 
Var. B, sessiliflora (St. Hil. 1. c.) flowers sessile. 
Arrow-leaved Pavonia. Fl. Feb. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
19 P. sıværòLıa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 283.) 
leaves ovate, acutish, cordate, crenately-serrated, hairy aboye, 
hoary-tomentose beneath; flowers stalked, axillary, and termi- 
nal; involucel of 5 or 7 lanceolate leaves. %. S. Native of 
South America between Angustura and Trapiche de Ferreras, 
Branches hairy. Flowers yellow, dark purple at the base. 
Sida-leaved Pavonia. Pl. 2 feet. 
20 P. racemosa (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1215.) leaves 
Ovate, cordate, acuminate, serrated; raceme terminal, naked ; 
pedicels longish; involucel 8-10-leaved. h.S. Native of Ja- 
maica and Guadaloupe, in marshes. Roots rising above the earth 
and often arched as in Rhizophora or Mangrove. P. spicata, 
Cav. diss. 3. t. 46. f. 1.—Sloan. jam. 1. p. 121. t. 139. f. 2. 
Flowers brownish-yellow. Leaves scabrous above. 
Racemose-flowered Pavonia, Fl. June, July. 
Shrub 5-10 feet. 
21 P. cranpirLora (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 232.) leaves cor- 
date, acuminated, unequally toothed, velvety-tomentose on both 
surfaces ; flowers axillary, solitary ; involucel 12-leaved, about 
equal in length to the calyx; carpels smooth. h.S. Native 
of Brazil in the province of Goyaz. Flowers flesh-coloured. 
Great-flowered Pavonia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
22 P. vetutina (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 233.) leaves cordate, 
acuminated, crenulated, or 3-lobed, denticulately-serrated, vel- 
vety-tomentose on both surfaces; flowers solitary, axillary, or 
terminal, panicled ; involucel many-leaved, much shorter thari 
the calyx ; carpels unarmed, ovate, clammy. h.S. Native of 
Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Lopimia malacophylla, 
Mart. in act. bot. vol. xi. p.97? Flowers red. 
Velvety Pavonia. Fl. May, Oct. Shrub 3 to 7 feet. 
` 23 P. speciosa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 281. 
t. 477.) leaves ovate-elliptical, acute, cordate, toothletted, 
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Clt. 1817. 
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densely hairy, canescent beneath; flowers axillary, and somewhat 
terminal, on short peduncles; involucel of 7 or 9 lanceolate 
spatulate leaflets. X4. S. Native of South America near An- 
gustura. Petals violet, with purple claws 14 inch long. 
Shewy Pavonia. PI. 2 feet. 
24 P. paritiona’cEa (Cav. diss. 3. p. 140, t. 49. f. 2.) leaves 
roundish-cordate, acute, toothed ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, 
about the length of the petioles ; style ascending; involucel of 
10 leaflets. h.S. Native of the island of Taheity. Flowers 
yellow. Stem tomentose. 
Butterfly Pavonia. Shrub 3 feet. 
25 P. peLLi TAa (H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 282.) 
leaves ovate, acute, obsoletely cordate, crenulated, soft, hairy, 
brownish-canescent beneath; flowers axillary and terminal, on 
short peduncles; leaflets of involucel 11, linear-filiform, one- 
half shorter than the calyx. kh.S. Native of South America 
near Maypure on the river Orinoco. Petals red, violet at the 
base. Resembling P. speciosa. 
Clad Pavonia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
26 P. nupicav’Lis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 231.) leaves dis- 
tant, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, toothed, tomentose beneath; 
flowers terminal, crowded ; involucel 10-leaved, dilated at the 
top, about equal in length with the calyx. h.S. Native of 
Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Flowers flesh-coloured. 
Naked-stemmed Pavonia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
27 P. rorymérrua (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 232.) leaves round- 
ish or ovate, somewhat cordate at the base, denticulately-ser- 
rated ; flowers solitary, or crowded terminal; involucel 8-10- 
leaved, dilated at the top, shorter than the calyx; carpels 
smooth. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes, in dry fields. Flowers flesh-coloured. 
Var. B, cucurbitacea (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves ovate, cordate, 3 
inches long, hardly toothed, full of pellucid dots ; peduncles 
axillary, short, 1-flowered. 
Polymorphous Pavonia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
28 P. sessttirtorA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
281.) leaves ovate, acute, somewhat cordate, serrated, hairy 
above, clothed with long, soft, canescent hairs beneath ; flowers 
axillary, almost sessile or terminal, aggregate ; leaflets of invo- 
lucel 10, hooked backwards at the top, a little shorter than the 
calyx. h.S. Native of New Granada. near St. Anna, and 
Brazil. Flowers copper-coloured or yellow. Carpels 5, smooth. 
Sessile-flowered Pavonia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
29 P. u1’sprpa (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 99.) herbaceous ; leaves 
cordate, 3-5-lobed, hairy; lobes sinuated, bluntly toothed ; 
leaflets of involucel 7, awl-shaped ; peduncles 1-flowered, shorter 
than the petioles. h. S. Native of? Flowers white with a 
yellow base. Hibiscus hisipdus, Spreng. pug. 2. p. 73. 
Hispid Pavonia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
30 P. premo’rsa (Willd. spec. 3. p. 833.) leaves broadly- 
obovate, truncate, and crenated at the apex ; pedicels axillary, 
1-flowered, longer than the leaves ; involucel of 14 bristle-like 
leaves. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. 
mag. 436. P. cuneifolia, Cay. diss. 3. t. 45. f. 1. Hibiscus præ- 
morsus, Lin. fil. suppl. 309. Jacq. icon. rar, l. t. 141. Flowers 
pale-yellow. 
Bitten-leaved Pavonia, Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.1774, Shrub 5 ft. 
Secr. III. Cancerra‘rta (from cancellus, a lattice, or grate ; dis- 
position of the leaflets of the involucrum). D. C. prod. 1. p. 444. 
Carpels unarmed. Involucel of 5-15 leaves, longer than the calyx. 
31 P. Murrsu (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 283.) 
leaves ovate, somewhat acuminate, cordate, serrated, very soft, 
pubescent above, canescently-tomentose beneath ; flowers axil- 
lary and terminal, stalked ; leaflets of involucel 8, a little longer 
than the calyx. hk. S. Native of New Granada on mountains. 
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