214 MONADELPIIIA POLYANDIllA. PaVOnici. 



on young plants, to simple on the old ; all are linear-lanceo- 

 late, and serrate. Flowers axillary, solitary. Exterior calyx 

 of about ten subulate, permanent leaflets ; the itmer one five- 

 cleft. Capsules oval, hairy. 



A native of New South Wales. Flowers during the hot 

 season in the Botanic oarden. 



PAVONIA. Schreh. gen. N. 1140. 



Calyx double; the exterior one many-leaved. Stigmas 

 ten. Capsvles five, two-valved, one-seeded. 



1. P. Zeylanica. Wilkl. iii. 838. 



Erect, ranious, clothed with clammy pubescence. Leaves 

 deeply three-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, and notched. Stipvles 

 subulate. Peduncles axillarv. Exterior calux of from eioht 

 to twelve subulate, hairy leaflets. Stamina fifleen. 



Hibiscus Zejjlanicus. Linn, Flor. Zeyl. 22(5. Burin. Flor. 

 Ind. 153. t. 48.^: 3. 



Alcea pentacoccos. Pluk. Aim. 13. /. 125.y. 3. good. 



A native of Coromandel. Flowers during the rainy and 

 cool seasons. 



2. P. odorata. Willd. iii. 837. 



Erect, ramou«, covered with clammy pubescence. Leaves 

 round-cordate, angle-lobed, dentate. Peduncles axillary. 

 Exterior calyx from ten to twelve-leaved. Stamina fifteen. 



Teling. Chittle-bunda. 



A native of Coromandel. In the Botanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta, it is in flower all the year. 



