MALVACEZ. X, Pavonia. XI. Matyaviscus. 
ovate, obtusely toothed, very smooth, shining, full of pellucid 
dots; flowers sub-terminal, solitary ; involucel 5-leaved, con- 
` nate at the base, a little longer than the calyx ; genitals hardly 
exserted. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Rio Ja- 
neiro. Flowers yellowish, sometimes twin. 
Alder-leaved Pavonia. Fl. Aug. Shrub 5-6 feet. 
Cult, The greater part of the species of this genus are worth 
cultivating for the beauty of their blossoms. They are all free 
growing plants, for the most part ripening seed in abundance, 
and ripened cuttings of the shrubby and perennial herbaceous 
species will root freely if planted in sand under a hand-glass, 
placed in a moderate heat. The annual and biennial species re- 
quire the same treatment as other stove annuals and biennials. 
XI. MALVAVI'SCUS (from malva, mallow, and viscus, 
glue). Dill. elth. 210. Cav. diss. 3. p. 131. D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 445.—Achania, Swartz. prod. 2. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polyéndria. Calyx girded by a 
many-leaved involucel. Petals erect, convolute. Stigmas 10. 
Carpels 5, baccate, 1-seeded, sometimes distinct, but usually 
connected into a J5-celled fruit. Mallow-like shrubs, usually 
with scarlet campanulate flowers with the staminiferous column 
. protruding beyond the corolla. 
Secr. I. Acwa‘nia (from a priv. yaoc, chaos, an opening, or 
axarnc, achanes, firm; because the corolla always appears half 
closed). D.C. prod. 1. p. 445. Petals eared at the base. 
1 M. ca‘npipus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 
prod. 1. c.) leaves cordate, 5-cleft, rather acute, with the middle 
lobe longest; involucel 10 or 12-léaved, rather spreading. h . S. 
Native of Mexico. Flowers red. 
White-leaved Malvaviscus. Shrub 12 feet. 
2 M. arporeus (Cav. diss. 3. t. 48. f. 1.) leaves cordate, 3-5- 
lobed, acuminated, roughish ; leaflets of involucel erect. h.S. 
Native of Jamaica, NewGranada, and Mexico,on calcareous rocks. 
Achania Malvaviscus, Swartz, fl. ind. oce. 2. p- 1222. Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 2305. Hibiscus Malvaviscus, Lin. spec. 978.—Dill. elth. 
t. 170.—Sloan, hist. 1. p. 216. t. 136. f. 1. Flowers large, scarlet. 
Tree Malvaviscus. Fl. year. Clt, 1714. Shrub 12 feet. 
3 M. mo'xus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves cordate, some- 
what 3-lobed, soft, tomentose; leaflets of involucel rather 
spreading. h.S. Native of Mexico. Achania móllis, Ait. hort. 
kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 459. Ker. bot. reg. t. 11. Flowers scarlet. 
Soft-leaved Malvaviscus. Fl, Aug. Sep. Cit. 1780. Sh. 12 ft. 
4 M. pito'sus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves cordate, cre- 
nated, obtuse or acuminated; branches and petioles pilose. 
k. S. Native of the south of Jamaica in bushy places. Acha- 
nia pilésa, Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1224. Lodd. bot. cav. 
829. Flowers red. 
Pilose Malvaviscus. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1780. Sh. 12 ft. 
5 M. Barsgrsu (D.C. prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves cordate, acu- 
Minated, scabrous on both surfaces, with the nerves beneath as 
well as the petioles and branchlets hairy-tomentose ; pedicels 
twice as long as petioles. h. S. Nativeof? M. cordatus, 
Balb. herb. A very shewy plant with scarlet flowers and entire 
linear-acute leaflets of involucel. 
Balbis’s Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 
6 M. renputirtorvs (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ind. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves ovate, rather cordate, acute, serrated ; 
pedicels slender, nodding inwards; involucels erectish. k. S. 
Native of Mexico. Flowers red. 
Pendulous-flowered Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 
7 M. pentaca’rpus (Moc. et Sesse. fl, mex. icon. ind. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves cordate-ovate, acute, serrated, hardly 
3-lobed ; pedicels erect; leaflets of involucel linear; carpels 
5, baccate, somewhat distinct from each other. h. S. Native of 
Mexico. Atlat-zopillin. Hern. mex. 117. icon.. Flowers scarlet? 
475 
Five-fruited Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 
8 M. cizra‘tus (D.C. prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves ovate, acute, 
serrated; pedicels solitary ; leaflets of involucel linear, ciliated ; 
petals acutely auricled at the base. h.S. Native of the island 
of Tobago. Pavonia spiralis, Cav. icon. 5. t. 434. Achania 
ciliata, Spreng. Flowers scarlet. Leaves cordate. 
Ciliated-involucred Malvaviscus. Shrub 8 feet. 
9 M. concr’nnus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 286.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, cordate, grossly crenate-ser- 
rated; puberulous on both surfaces; flowers 2 or 3 together, 
somewhat corymbose ; pedicels shorter than the petioles ; invo- 
lucel 7-leaved, equal in length with the calyx. h.S.° Native 
of Peru near Loxa. Achania concinna, Spreng. Flowers twin 
or tern. Petals fringed, scarlet. Branchlets downy. 
Neat Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 
10 M. GranpirLorus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p. 286.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, rounded at the base or ob- 
soletely cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, serrated, smoothish ; pe- 
duncles solitary, longer than the petioles ; involucel 8-leaved, 
shorter than the calyx. h.S. Native of Mexico, near Gua- 
naxuato. Branches and petioles pilose. Flowers starlet. 
Great-flowered Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 
11 M. Acaputce’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p. 286.) leaves ovate, somewhat acuminated, profoundly-cor- 
* date, coarsely toothed, pilose on both surfaces, soft and canescent 
beneath ; peduncles solitary, longer than the petioles ; involucel 
usually 7-leaved, about equal in length with the calyx. k. S. 
Native of Mexico near Acapulca. Flowers scarlet. Perhaps 
the same as M. pildsus. 
Acapulca Malvaviscus. Shrub 12 feet. . 
12 M. Porrrci (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 100. under Achania) 
leaves truncate at the base, ovate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat 
3-lobėd, toothed, hairy ; involucels spreading ; genitals exserted. 
h.S. Native of Cuba. Flowers scarlet. 
Poppig’s Malvaviscus. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
Secr. II. Anorea (from a priv. and notus, known; not 
sufficiently known). D.C. prod. 1. p. 445. Petals not eared at 
the base. Species not sufficiently known. Distinct from Hibiscus 
in having 10 stigmas, from section Æchània in the petals not 
being eared at the base, but the plants appear to agree with sec- 
tion Malvaviscoidee of Pavona. . 
13 M.? corpa`rus (Nees. and Mart. nov. act. bonn. xi. 
p. 99. under Achdnia) leaves cordate, crenated, tomentose 
underneath ; involucel 8 or 9-leaved, and is as well as the calyx 
beset with bristles ; stamens not protruding beyond the flower. 
h.S. Native of Brazil. Flowers deep red. 
Cordate-leaved Malvaviscus. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 
14 M.? rra’vipus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined.) leaves 
acutely 5-angled, toothed, cordate at the base; corolla cylindri- 
cal; column of stamens erect, twice the length of the petals. 
h.S. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellowish. 
Yellow Malvaviscus. Shrub 6 feet. 
15 M.? prevro’conus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 446.) leaves palmately and acutely 5-7-lobed, 
toothed, cordate at the base; corolla somewhat campanulate ; 
column of stamens very long, somewhat declinate ; anthers for 
the most part secund. h.S. Native of Mexico. 
Side-angled Malvaviscus. Shrub 6 feet. 
16 M.? preurantue RUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined.) 
leaves. cordate at the base, acutely 3-5-lobed, palmatifid ; lobes 
toothed, middle one longest; flowers somewhat cylindrical ; 
column of stamens erect, equal in length to the petals; anthers 
secund. h.S. Nativeof Mexico. Flowers red? — 
Side-anthered Malvaviscus. Shrub 8 feet. 
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