HAHSI1MALL0W9 H OUT US JAMAICENSIS. 4!^ 



1. ALTH.E.EFOMA. MARSIIJIALLOW-I.GAVED. 



Althea fiore luteoi Sloanc, v. 1, p. 218, t. 13(5, f 2. Erecta sah. 

 tncana vi/losa, ramulis brevioribiis, foliis oblongo-cordatis serraiis; 

 Jloribiis confertis ad alas siiperiores. Browne, p. 279. 



Leaves cordate, somewhat angular, obtnse, serrale-crcnate, tomentose on lioth 

 sides; beaks of the seeds siicrter than the cal^x. 



The whole plant is tomentose, hoary, and s(jft ; the peduncles are asjillarv, towards 

 tl'e top ot'the branchlets, shorter than the petioles, suli-solitiuy, soiucthnes, but raroly, 

 two or three together, round, tomentosej one-flowered. Flowers biggish, orange- 

 coloured, fulvous ;, capsules roundish,^ conipresMH), one-scede i. Sw. Bro'.vne call; 

 this the marshviallow nf Jama-ica^coiuvaort in all the lowlands and savannas of the island, 

 growing upright about two f>r three -feet, and branchy at top. l^he flowers and tender 

 buds are full of a fme muei'lagc,- ana gene-i'diy used instead nf niarshmalJow^- Sloane 

 saj-s it grevi'. on tlie sandy baaits near Old ri3.rb0uf.wrv plentifully. 



2. SPUNOS.A, THORNV, 



Maha erecta minor, carpinijoiio, fiore lufef, seminibus singulis siin- 

 plici aculcolongiori dojiatis. feloane, v. 1, p. 218. 



Leaves ovale-lanceolate, obsoietely cordate-tootlied ;. jjediincles sub-soliiac\-, 

 axillary; axils somewhat spiny ; stipules bristhj-shaped, longer than the p3- 

 duncle ; capsules two-beaked. '. 



Stem hairy, branching, near three feet high ; the branches come out from the bottom 

 almost to the top, and form a .p_) ianndal bush ; leaves lanceolate, deeply-serrate, on 

 short petioles ; riowers axillary, soinary towards the bottom of the stem, but above iii 

 clusters, of a pale sulphur colour; tlie seeds liave each along prickle. 



3. tlLIARlS. CILIATED. 



Maiva minor svpina bit omc(e folio, fiore corcinco, seniinibusr asperis. 

 bioane, v. 1, p. J 17, t 137, f.' 2. Malva. 2. Minima supiiia^ 

 foliis oblongis serratis, peduncidis uniformis.monopliyllis, calice ex- 

 terwri rfinoto, Joiiolis ungusl'ssnms ciliLiUs. Browne, p 282. 

 Leaves lanceolate-truncate, toothed, somewhat wedge-shaped. at the base-,; sti- 

 pules linear-cilidte, longer tiian liie flower; flowers sohtary, sub-sessile* 

 capsules awnltss, niu.ric*iLe^ , 



Stem five or six inches long, pubescent, filtformj" strict, ruggetl, with cUveroihir 

 branches. Leaves terminating, 111 clusters, oldong, .retuse, serrate towards the top ; 

 stipules the length of -the petioles ; ilowers blo..d-red ; capsules five, depressed, am- 

 ricate. Sw. Browne calls it the .^maii ( recpirig nuiUowSy very common in the low lands, 

 seldom running abjve seven or glit Vnelies in iengtii. The flowers gro.v smgle and 

 each of the footstalks generaiiy adorned \>uh one leaf and ihrc;^ filiated stipuics, which 

 compose the outward cup ; ijui tliose toward (he lop of the plant arc vi ;s short, so thaf 



the flowers appear as it tney were dispo--ed in .small heaps at th. axils of thfe leaves. 



It grows in dry savannas, and flowers alter rain. 



4. RHOMRUOLIA. RHCMB-I-EAFED. 



Maha minor accni, betonica- Jolio, Jiore luteo, semine duplici rostro 

 \ scu uiuleo jiTttUtlo. bloane, v. 1, p. 217, 



., Leaver./- 



