62 THALAMIFLORiE. 



Peduncles subterete, liispid, bearing at the extremity, in a kind 

 of imibellet, about G shortly pedicelled somewhat attractive 

 flowers : bracteas lanceolate, about i an inch in length. Leaf- 

 lets of the involucre 6, lineari-lanceolate, longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx 5-fid, Petals veined, externally (to the glass) puberu- 

 lous. Anthers 10-12, attached to the column of the stamens 

 by short pedicels ; pollenary globules echinato-puberulous. 

 Style 10-fid; divisions reflected in pairs between the pedicels 

 of the anthers : stigmata puberulous. Carpels distinct, 3-gonal, 

 2-valved, armed with a central awn, and with one at each of 

 the upper and outer angles ; awns hispid with reverted hairs : 

 seed solitary. 



3. Pavoiiia racemosa. Racemed Pavonia. 



Leaves ovate cordate acuminate obsoletely dentate 

 3-nerved minutely stellato-puberulous, raceme termi- 

 nal, involucellum 6-8 leaved shorter than the calyx, 

 carpels unarmed. 



Alcea fruticosa aquatica, Sloane, Jam. I. 121. t. 139. f. 2. — 

 Althsea uliginosa, Broiv7ie, 284. — P. spicata, Cav. diss. III. 136. 

 t. 46. f. I. — P. racemosa, Stoartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. II. 1215. 



HAB. Sea-shore near Rochefort. 



FL. December — April. 



A shrub about 6 feet in height : roots long and (according 

 to Swartz) arching over, similar to those of the Rhizophora : 

 branches terete, stellato-hispidulous. Leaves alternate, petio- 

 late, ovate, cordate, attenuato-acuminate with the apex obtuse, 

 dentate with the teeth distant blunt and indistinct, 3-nerved 

 besides a marginal pair, minutely stellato-puberulous, and also 

 minutely punctulated beneath ; petiole terete, stellato-puberu- 

 lous. Stipules subulate, deciduous. Raceme terminal, elon- 

 gating, simple. Flowers greenish-yellow, subsecund on inch- 

 long pedicels. Leaflets of the involucellum 6-8, connate at 

 the base. Calyx 5-fid : divisions ovate, acuminate, erect, ex- 

 ternally puberulous, internally hoary. Petals convoluto-cylin- 

 draceous, nearly '2"'- the length of the calyx, oblong, not auri- 

 culated, rounded at the apex, narrowing at the base, veined, to 

 the glass puberulous. Column of the stamens declinate, minutely 

 puberulous ; the free portion of the filaments subsecund : 

 anthers numerous; pollen hispidulous. Style rather longer 

 than the stamens and petals obscurely 5-fid : stigmata capitate. 

 Capsule of 5 separable carpels, toothed at the angles where they 

 meet : seeds solitary. 



According to Swartz, the involucellum is 8-10 leaved; and 

 the style is C-8-fid. 



S * Pavonia corymbosa. Corymb -flowered Pcwonia. 

 Leaves cordate or angulated serrated glabrous, 



