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2. A. permolle, Don. Stem erect (2° -3°), branching, smooth or soft- 

 downy ; leaves long-petioled, cordate or oblong-cordate, acuminate, unequally 

 crenate, velvety on both surfaces and hoary beneath, or roughish above; 

 peduncles solitary in the upper axils, l-Howered, about the length of the peti- 

 oles, or the upper ones longer; lobes of the calyx ovate or oblong, shorter 

 than the yellow petals ; carpels 8 - 10, rigid, hairy, longer than the calyx, 

 acute or beaked, 3-seeded. — South Florida. — Flowers 9"- 12" wide. 



3. A. pedunculare, HBK. Shrubby, velvety-tomentose ; leaves long- 

 petioled, round-cordate, acuminate, crenate, canescent beneath ; peduncles 

 axillary, as long as the petioles ; calyx-tube plicate ; petals " rose-color," 

 reflexed, twice as long as the calyx; carpels about 20, mucronate, villous, 3- 

 9-seeded. — South Florida (Miss Reynolds). — Stem 2°-6° high. Petals 10" 

 long. 



4. A. Indicum, Don, var. hirtum, Griseb. Stem pilose, 2° - 4° high ; 

 leaves cordate, acuminate, unequally-toothed, villous above, white-velvety be- 

 neath ; peduncles 1-flowered ; corolla orange-yellow, the centre dark brown, 

 twice as long as tlie calyx ; carpels 10 or more, as long as the calyx, 

 acuminate, pilose, 3 - 9-seeded ; seeds warty. — Coast and Keys of South 

 Florida. 



5. A. crispum, Gray. Hoary -tomentose ; stem erect, the lower branches 

 long and trailing; leaves round-cordate, acuminate, finely crenate; peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered, elongated, filiform, refracted after flowering; carpels 10, 

 beakless, inflated, corrugated, hispid, 2-seeded. — South Florida. — Stem slen- 

 der, 1° - 2° high. Leaves T - 2' long, the upper ones nearly sessile. Peduncles 

 as long as the leaves. Flowers 4" -6" wide, yellow. 



6. MODIOLA, Mcench. 



Involucel 3leaved, persistent. Stamens 10-20. Ovaries 14-20, trans- 

 versely 2-celled, each cell 1-ovuled. Stigmas capitate. Carpels 2-valved, 2- 

 seeded, separating at maturity from each other and from the central axis, 

 each valve tipped with a slender spine. — Prostrate herbs, with palmately 

 divided leaves, and .small axillary flowers. 



1. M. multifida, Mcench. Hirsute; stems diffuse ; leaves long-petioled, 

 cordate-ovate, more or less deeply 5 - 7-parted ; the divisions lobed and toothed ; 

 peduncles longer than the petioles ; carpels hispid. — Waste places, Florida 

 to North Carolina and westM-ard. July -Oct. 2/ — Seras l°-2° long. 

 Earliest leaves orbicular, undivided. Petals red, as long as the calyx. 



7. PAVONIA, Cav. 



Involucel 5- 1.5-leaved, persistent. Ovaries 5, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Stigmas 

 10, capitate. Carpels indehiscent or somewhat 2-valved, naked or armed at 

 the apex with three hispid awns, separating at maturity. Embryo incurved. 

 Radicle inferior. — Chiefly shrubs, with petioled stipulate leaves, and solitary 

 flowers on axillary peduncles. 



1. P. Lecontei, Torr. & Gray. Stem much branched, roughish-pubes- 

 ceut ; leaves ovate or somewhat sagittate, obtusely toothed, densely pubescent 



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