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CRISTARIA COCCINEA. SCARLET 
CRISTARIA. 
see eeekeseseseskak dese sea: 
Clafs and Order. 
MoNADELPHIA POLYANDRI Ao. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. fimplex, §-fidus. Petala 5, unguiculata, Sty/i pluress. 
Fruétus orbiculato-depreffus, pellicula tettus, dehifcens in arillos: 
bialatos. | 
Specific Charatter and Synonyms. 
CRISTARIA coccinea ; undique cano-tomentofa et pilis fellatis. 
obfita, follis 3—5-fidis: laciniis incifis acutis, racemis- 
terminalibus, caule diffufo. Pur Fl. Am. Sept. 2. p. 453+ 
MALVA coccinea. Frafer’s Catal. 
This beautiful and fingular little plant is a-native of North. 
America, growing on the dry prairies and extenfive plains of 
the Miffouri. Is a hardy perennial. The whole plant is 
covered with a ftellated pubefcence placed on a clofe white. 
tomentum. Flowers in July, Auguft, and September. Having 
only a fingle calyx, it does not correfpond with the charaéter of 
Matva, but with that of Sipa; from certain {pecies of which, . 
having a winged appendix to the arilli of the feed, the late 
Prof. Cavanitves framed a feparate genus under the name 
CrisTARia. 
Our drawing was made from a plant communicated by. 
Mefirs. Fraser, of the American Nurfery, Sloane-Square. 
Introduced by Tuomas Nutrat, Efq. 
