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MALVA LATERITIA. Pate RED-FLOWERED 
MALLow. 
KERR ERE ERE KEKE KEKE REK 
Class and Order. 
MonapELPHIA POoLyANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matvacez. ) 
Generic Character. *i 
Calyx cinctus involucro 3-phyllo, rarius 5—6-phyllo, 
bracteolis oblongis setaceisque. Carpella capsularia plurima 
in orbem disposita. D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Matva lateritia ; prostrata, pilis divaricato-bipartitis sim- 
plicibus stellatisque subhirsuta, foliis longe petiolatis 
3—5-lobis lobis oblongo-cuneatis inciso-dentatis, sti- 
pulis lato-ovatis herbaceis persistentibus, pedunculis 
axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio longioribus stamin- 
ibus numerosis, ovariis hirsutis sub-13. 
Our first knowledge of this plant is derived from Mr. 
Tweepiz, who sent us specimens in 1836 from Buenos- 
Ayres (?), and from Entro Rios. In September, 1840, Mr. 
Mackay favoured us with living specimens, which flowered 
in the open border in Dublin College Botanic Garden ; the 
seeds of which were derived from the same source. 
Descr. Stems prostrate, obtusely angled, herbaceous, 
branched. Leaves two to four inches long (rounded peti- 
oles about the same) cordate, deeply three- to five-lobed, 
truncate at the base, sparingly hairy, the lobes broadly- 
oblong, cuneate. Stipules broadly-ovate, herbaceous, per- 
sistent. Peduncles axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves, 
slightly hairy, single-flowered, nerved and ciliated. Calyx 
hairy, deeply five-cleft, the segments ovate, spreading. 
Involucre 
