MAl.VACE,!:. G3 



riovvers corymbose, peduncles and tlie many-leaved 

 involucella pilose. — De Cand. 



Altliese coryiubosa, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 1213. — Pavonia 

 corymbosa, Willd. Sp. III. S3G.—De Cand. Prod. I. 444, 



HAIj. Banks of rivers. — Siv. 



FL. ? 



Frutescent, 1-2 feet in height: branches pubescent. Pe- 

 tioles long, glabrous. Stipules linear. Peduncles axillary, 

 longer than the petioles, hirsute: flowers several, siibcorym- 

 bose, rather large, pedicelled, yellow. Leaflets of the involu- 

 cellum 10-12, linear, pilose. Style 10-fid to the middle: 

 stigma subcapitate, puberulous. Carpels 5, slightly mnricated, 

 1 -seeded. — Siv. 



Described by Swartz as found on the banks of rivers in 

 Jamaica and Hispaniola. 



V. Malvaviscus. 



Calycine involucellum many-leaved. Petals erect, 

 convoluted. Stigmata 10. Carpels 5, berried, 1- 

 seeded, sometimes subdistinct, more frequently con- 

 nate into a 5-celled fruit. 



1. Malvaviscus arboreus. Tree-like Malvaviscus. 



Leaves cordate ovate acuminate occasionally 3-5- 

 lobed subentire or obsoletely crenated minutely hispi- 

 dulous, branchlets with a line of pubescence passing 

 from the axil of one leaf to the side of the petiole of 

 that which is above it. 



Sloaiie, I. 216. t. 136. f. I. — Achania malvaviscus, Swartz, Fl. 

 Ind. Occ. 1222. — INIalvaviscus arboreus, Cav. diss. Ill, t. AS. f. 

 ].— Z)e Cand. Prod. I. 445. 



HAB. Common on the lower hills, especially in limestone 

 districts. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



A shrub, 6—10 feet in height: branches spreading, terete, 

 glabrous with exception of a line of pubescence passing upwai'ds 

 from the axil of one leaf to one of the sides of the petiole of 

 that which is above it. Leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, oc- 

 casionally 3-5-lobed, indistinctly crenulated, nervose, venose, 

 hispidulous with minute distant stellated hairs : petiole long, 

 with a line of hispidulous hairs on the upper surface. Stipules 

 small, lanceolate deciduous. Peduncle axillary, solitary, rather 

 shorter than the petiole, 1 -flowered. Involucellum of 7-9 

 linear leaflets. Calyx nerved, ciliated. Petals crimson, min- 

 utely ciliated, externally puberulous. Column of the stamens 



