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Matva Munroana. Mr. Monro’s Mattow. 
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Class and Order. 
MonopeEtpuHiA PoLyANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Matvaces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx cinctus involucro triphyllo rarius 5—6-phyllo, 
bracteolis oblongis setaceisve. Carpella capsularia plurima 
in orbem disposita. De Cand. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Marva Munroana ; herbacea glaucescens, foliis cordatis ob- 
© tusis 3—5-lobis lobis crenato-lobatis pubescentibus 
pilis brevibus stellatis, stipulis subulatis deciduis, pe- 
dicellis axillaribus solitariis vel binis 1-pauci-floris lon- 
gitudine florum, involucri foliolis subulatis longitudine 
calycis. 
Matva Munroana. Douglas’ MSS.—Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 
1306. 
A very pretty showy species, flowering in June in the 
greenhouse. It seems to be hardy in England, but its 
beauty suffers by exposure to the wet. Introduced by Mr. 
Doveras from the barren plains of the Columbia, North- 
West America. I was disposed at first to refer it to M. 
miniata, which it considerably resembles in the size and 
colour of its flowers: but I find, on a careful examination, 
that the leaves are shorter and more obtuse, and the pedun- 
cles are shorter and fewer-flowered. It blossoms during 
the summer months. 
Descr. Stems weak and trailing, if not artificially sup- 
ported, rounded, glaucous, slightly downy. Leaves or 
petioles about equal to the blade in length, alternate, distant, 
cordate, very obtuse, glaucous, three to seven-lobed, and 
those 
