454 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Cristai'ia. 



Malva coccinea. Fraser. catal. 



On the dry prairies and extensive plains of the Missouri. 

 % . Aug. Sept. V. V. ; v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers 

 scarlet. 



CaulisXexe=,, subpedalis, ramosus, ramis difFusis, tomento- 

 sis, pilis stellatis distinclis obsitis, uti tota planta. Folia 

 alterna, petiolala, palmato-3 — 5-partita : laciniis sub- 

 pinnatifido-incisis, lobis sinubusqne acutis. Pelioli 

 teretes, longitudine folii. Slipulce lineares, erects, 

 marcescentes. Flares (erminales, racemosi, coccinei, 

 di<imelro pollicari. Calyx 5-fidLis, laciniis lanceolatis 

 acutis. Petala 5. oblique cuneato-obcordata, subun- 

 guiculata, ad ungues tasciculato-villosa, calyce duplo 

 longiora. FUavienta nionadelpha, numerosa, in co- 

 luranam brevem connata, superne libera, patentia. 

 Styli circiter 10. Fruclus orbiculatus. 



The singularly stellated tasciculi of hair, placed on the 

 close tomentum, and its bright scarlet flowers, make 

 ihis plant particularly interesting. 



554. MALVA. Gen. pi. 1134. 



abuliloidcs. l.M.foliis 5-angulari-lobatis tomentosis, pedunculis sub- 



4-floris bifidis axillaribus, capsulis polyspermis, JVilld. 



sp.pl 3. p. 780. 

 Icon. Jacq. hort. schoenhr. 3. t. 293. Cavan. diss. 2. 



t. 16. J. 2. 

 On the sea-coast of Carolina. 1/. June — Aug. v. v. 



Flowers large, purple. 

 caroliniana. 1. M. foliis 5-lobis palmatisve inciso-dentatis, pedunculis 



petiolo longioribus, petalis integris, fructu villoso, 



caule prostrato. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 784. 

 Icon. Cavan. diss. 1. t. 15. f. 1. Dill. ellh. t. A.f. 4, 



Schhuhr handh. \Q2. 

 Infields: Virginia and Carolina. G- July — Sept. v. v. 



Flowers dark red. 

 rotundifoUa, 3, M. caule prostrato, foliis cordato-orbiculatis obsolete 5- 



iobis, pedunculis fructiferis declinatis. IVilld. sp. pi. 3. 

 • p. 786. 

 Icon. Fl. dan. 721. Cavan. diss. 2. /. 26./. 3. Schkuhr 



handb. 1. 

 In culiivated grounds : Pensylvania to Virginia. % . June 



— Sept. V. V. Flowers white, small, 



