454 MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, Gne. | . 
Malva coccinea, Fraser. catal. 
On the dry prairies and extensive plains of the Missouff. 
X. Aug. Sept. v. v.; v. s. in Herb, Lewis. Flowers 
. Scarlet. 
N Caulis teres, subpedalis, ramosus, ramis diffusis, tomerito- 
sis, pilis stellatis distinctis obsitis, uti tota planta. Folia 
alterna, petiolata, pàlmato-3 —5-partita: laciniis sub- 
pinnatifido-incisis, lobis sinubusque acutis.  Petioh | 
teretes, longitudine folii, Stipule lineares, erecte, 
marcescentes. Flores terminales, racemosi, éoccinel, 
a diametro pollicari. Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis lanceolatis 
= acutis. Petala 5. oblique cuneato-obcordata, subun- 
guiculata, ad ungues fasciculato-villosa, calyce duplo 
longiora. Filamenta monadelpha, numerosa, in co- 
lumnam brevem connata, superne libera, patentia. 
Styli circiter 10. Fructus orbiculatus. 
The singularly stellated fasciculi of hair, placed on the 
close tomentum, and its bright scarlet flowers, make 
this plant particular nteiestings 
B MALVA. Gen. pl. 134. 
abutiloides. — 1. M. foliis 5-angulari-lobatis tomentosis, pedunculis sub- 
.. 4-floris bifidis axillaribus, capsulis polyspermis. Willd. 
sp. pl. 3. p. 780. 
Icon. Jacq. hort, scheenbr. 3. t. 293. Cavan. diss. 2. 
j. 16. f. 2. 
On the sea-coast of Carolina. Y. June—Aug. v.v. , 
Flowers large, purple. y 
caroliniana, 2. M. foliis 5-lobis palmatisve inciso-dentatis, ere 
caule prostrato. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 784... 
Icon. Cavan, diss. 2. t, 15, f. 1. ‘Dill. ara 
"d Schkuhr handb. 192. 
n fields: Virginia and Carolina. ©. July—Sept. v.v 
Flowers tak ref 2 J - 
rotundifolia. 3. M. caule prostrato, foliis camioni ‘oheolete Be 
Mj pedunculis fructiferis decanus. Willd. sp.pl.3. _ 
p. 780.. 
Icon. Fl.dam.721. Cavan. diss. 2. t, 26. f3. RE 
handb. 1. 
In cultivated grounds : Pensylvania to Virginia. z June 
—Sept, v.v. Flowers — mii "a 
