MALVACEAE. 609 



MALACHRA, L. 



Flowers capitate, surrounded by a 3 - 5-leaved involucre. Leaves of the 

 involucel 8-12, linear or setaceous. Stigmas 10, capitate. Capsule separat- 

 ing into five 1-seeded carpels. Herbs or shrubs, rough with rigid, often 

 stinging hairs. Flowers white or yellow. 



M. capitata, L. Bristly, and tomentose in lines ; stem much branched ; 

 leaves cordate, obscurely lobed and toothed ; peduncles single or 2 3 in a 

 cluster, axillary, 7-flowered ; involucre 3-leaved, cordate ; petals twice as 

 long as the calyx, yellow; capsule glabrous. Key in Chuckolusky Bay 

 ( Curtiss). Stem 3 - 5 high. 



URENA, L. 



Involucel deeply 5-clef t. Calyx 5-parted. Petals oblique. Column short ; 

 anthers few, terminal. Stigmas 10, capitate, capsule separating into 5 bristly- 

 barbed 1-seeded carpels. Branching shrubs. 



U. lobata, L. Stem stout, tomentose ; leaves roundish, slightly cor- 

 date, entire or obscurely 3 - 5-lobed, canescent beneath ; flowers small, 

 axillary, and crowded in a terminal raceme; leaves of the involucel 5-7, 

 subulate ; petals pale rose-color ; carpels densely bristly. Waste places. 

 Florida. Introduced. 



ABUTILON, Tourn. 



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. 



A. permolle, Don. Shrubby, velvety-tomentose ; leaves round-cordate, 

 acute, crenate ; peduncles twice as long as the flowers, the upper ones race- 

 mose; calyx-tube not plicate; petals yellow, twice as long as the calyx; 

 carpels 7 - 10, villous, 3-seeded. South Florida ( Grisebach). 



FTJGOSIA, Juss. 



Involucel 6- 9-leaved. Column of stamens naked above. Stigmas 3 or 4. 

 separate or united. Capsule 3- or 4-celled, 3- or 4-valved, few- or many- 

 seeded. Seeds woolly. Shrubby tropical plants, with solitary axillary 

 yellow flowers. 



F. heterophylla, Vent. Smooth, erect; stem angular, branching; 

 leaves lanceolate, obovate, or 3-lobed, 3-nerved ; peduncles long, dilated 

 under the flower ; leaves of the involucel minute, subulate ; calyx dotted with 

 black, the acute sepals 3-ribbed, much shorter than the showy petals ; stigmas 

 3, united; capsule 3-celled, 12-20-seeded. Keys of South Florida. Stem 

 12'-18'high. Corolla 1^-2' wide. ....... 



