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MALVA PROSTRATA. PimMPERNEL-FLOWERED 
Matiow. 
KEKE KEKE REE KEKE 
Class and Order. 
Monapetpuia PoiyanpRiA. 
Generic Character. 
_ Cal. duplex : exterior 3-phyllus. Caps. plurime mono- 
Sperme v. disperme. 
Specifie Character and Synonyms. — 
Matva prostrata; foliis. palmato-quinque-lobatis inciso- 
dentatis, pedicellis solitariis petiolo longioribus, fructu 
glabro, petalis integris. De Cand Prodr. p. 436. Cav. 
Diss. 2. t. 16. f. 3. ee 
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 Descr. Stem prostrate, hairy: branches divaricate, 
flexuose. Stipules semi-ovate, two at the base of each 
petiole. Lower leaves round, kidney-shaped, crenate : 
Upper leaves palmately divided into five wedge-shaped 
ents, incised towards the point. Peduncles axill 
solitary, one-flowered, when seed-bearing considerably 
longer than the petiole. Outer calyx consists of three 
subulate leaflets: inner calyx five-cleft, leaflets ovate. 
Petals suborbiculate, scarcely longer than the calyx, 
quite entire. Capsules many, two seeded, nearly smooth, 
two-awned : awns short, subulate. 
In Professor De Canpo.te’s elaborate account of the. 
natural family of Malvacee, he has divided the genus 
‘arpa into four sections, to the last of — our = 
Delongs. This section is formed into a separate genus by 
Mexcu, under the name of Moprota, adopted by De Can- 
POLLE as the name of the section, with a question, whether 
it ought not to be considered as a distinct genus. PE 
