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 Achania Malvaviscus. Scarlet Achania. 



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MONADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. duplex : exterior polyphyllus. Cor. convoluto-clau- 

 sa. Stigmata 10. Bacca 5-locularis, 5-sperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Achania Malvaviscus ; foliis scabriusculis, acuminatis, fo- 



Holis calycis externis erectis. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 839. 



Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 233. 

 Hibiscus Malvaviscus; foliis cordatis crenatis, angiitis la- 



teribus extimis parvis, caule arboreo. Sp. PL 978. 



Kniph. Cent. 1. n. 31. Swartz. Fl. Ind. occid. p. 1222. 

 Hibiscus frutescens, foliis angulatis cordatis acuminatis, 



petalis ab uno latere auritis. Brown Jam. p. 284. 

 Malvaviscus arborescens flore miniato clauso. Dill. Elth. 



210. t. 170. / 208. 

 Malvaviscus arborea. Cav. Diss. 3. p. 131. t. 48. f. I. 



Lam. Encycl. 4. p. 1. 

 Malva arborea, folio oblongo acuminato glabro dentato. 



Sloane Hist. 1. p. 216. t. 136./. 1. 

 Alcea indica arborea, folio molli flore amplo eleganter 



coccineo. Pluk. Aim. p. 14. t. 257. /. 1. quoad 



figuram, 



Descr. A tall shrub with alternate, three-lobed, acumi- 

 nate leaves, serrate, roughish : petioles recurved. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, one-flowered. External cali/x of several 

 leaflets linear, erect ; internal of one leaflet with a five-cleft 

 border. Corolla of five petals, obovate, convolute, never 

 fully expanding. Column of stamens and styles twisted, 

 twice the length of the corolla; anthers pendulous, scat- 

 tered along the column ; stigmas recurved 



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