ish-green gland. Flowers solitary., axillary, on short pedun- 

 cles. Calyx five-cleft, glabrous, surrounded by a five-cleft, 

 downy involucre. Corolla of five, somewhat wedge-shaped 

 petals, combined at the base, of a delicate rose-colour, 

 streaked, and having a dark purple ring at their base. 

 Staminiferous tube with many anthers. Stigmas many. 

 Fruit consisting of five carpels, which surround the base of 

 the style, each clothed with long, soft papillae, stellato- 

 pilose at their extremity. Seed single in each carpel, ob- 

 long, fixed to the inner angle of the cell. 



A native of China, whence the seeds were communicated 

 to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, by Charles Millett, Esq. 

 It is unquestionably the U. lobata of Linnaeus and of 

 Dillenius. Auguste St. Hilaire considers it a native of 

 Brazil, and seems disposed to rank the U. heterophylla, 

 Swartzii, scabriuscula, and tricuspis, as mere varieties of 

 U. lobata. 



In common with the rest of the Mallow tribe, but in an 

 inferior degree to many, this plant possesses emollient and 

 mucilaginous qualities, which have obtained it a place 

 among the medicinal productions of Brazil. 



It flowered with us, in the stove, during the month of 

 July. 



Fig. 1. Calyx and Involucre. 2. Section of a Carpel. 3. Papilla from 

 the Capsule. — Magnified. 



