16% 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



nierous, 15 — 20, hispid, 2-liornecl, united in a truncated head. Seeds 3 

 in each capsule, compressed, nearly round, emarginale at base. 



Grows very common about buildings and in rich soils. 



Flowers April — June. 



. Abutiloides. 



M, foliis 5-angu 

 iari-lobatis, tomento 



Leaves ^vitli 



5 



an 



SIS 



; pednnculis siib-4- 

 floris, bifidis, axillar- 

 ibus 



5 



capsiilis poly 



spermis 



gill ai 



lobes 



9 



tomen- 



tose; pedimclcs 2 cleft, 



generally 4-flowered 

 axillary; capsules ma- 

 ny seeded. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 780. Pursh 2. p. 454. 



Tl'iis plant, a native of the Bahama Islands, I have never seen growing 

 in an indigenous state in this country. I believe it is sometimes cultiva- 

 ted in gardens. 



MALOPE. 



4 



Calyx duplex. 



ex- 



terior 3r-phyllus. Cap. 



sul(c 



absque 



ordine 



lomcratae, monosper- 



mae. 



1. Malacoides. 



M. foliis oblongis, 

 obtusis, iutegris, cre- 

 nalis^ supra glabris ; 

 pednnculis solitariis 

 axillaribus. 



5 



EN. 



P 



L. 



1136. 



Calyx double, tlio 



3-leaved. 



exterior 



Capsules clustered 



without 

 seeded. 



order 



9 



one 



Leaves oblong, ob 



tuse 



, entire, crenate 

 glabrous on the up- 



per surface 



J 



pedun- 



cles solitary, axillary 



Gen. n. 1136. Walt. 176. Pursh 2. p. 455. Nutt. 2. p. 82. 



* 



Plant annual, 12 — IS inches high, sparingly branched, 67c7?2 nearly 

 covered towards the siuninit with white transparent hair. Leaves ovate, 

 dentate, "^'f^ry obtuse at base, nearly glabrous on tlie upper surface, hairy 



along tlie veins undcrneatlu Petioles about an inch long. Fhwcrs ax- 



