Favonia.] xxv. malvace^ (masters). 191 



This plant occurs also at Natal, the Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, etc. 



3. P. Meyeri, Mast. A much-branched, downy, herbaceous plant. 

 Leaves on long stalks, roundish-subcordate, sub-3-cuspidate or even more 

 deeply divided, crenate-dentate, downy on both surfaces, 5-7-nerved. Te- 

 duncles solitary, axillarj^ remote or crowded at tlie ends of the branches, 

 shorter than the petioles, not jointed. Epicalyx of 9-^ ligulate bracts, 

 shorter than the cup-shaped 5-parted calyx, whose lance-shaped segments are 

 traversed by three prominent green nerves. Corolla pink. Fruit of 5 cohe- 

 rent, oblong, obtuse, 3-sided, woody carpels. — P. mollis, E. Mey. ; Harv. 

 and Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 169 ; nee H. B. K. Nov. Gen. v. 283. 



Mozamb. Distr. Manganya hills, Br. Meller ! 

 Frequent iu some parts of the Cape, also found in Natal. 



4. P. hirsuta, Guill. et Terr. Fl. Seneg. i. 51. An erect or ascend- 

 ing, much-branched, downy or villose perennial or undershrub. Petioles of 

 varying length, sometimes very short, at other times as long as or longer than 

 the blades. Leaves subcoriaceous, scabrous above, downy below, cordate, sub- 

 orbicular obtuse or acute, sometimes obscurely 3-lobed, coarsely and irregularly 

 toothed. {Stipules linear, deciduous. Flowers on solitary stalks, in the axils 

 of the upper leaves, crow^ded so as to resemble a leafy panicle. Epicalyx of 

 12 linear villose segments, united at the base. Calyx campanulate, as long as 

 or longer than the epicalyx, 5-parted; lobes ovate-lanceolate, traversed by 

 3-5 greenish, longitudinal striae. Corolla yellow, with a purple centre, 2-3 

 in. across, much exceeding the calyx. Styles 10. Carpels 5, shorter than 

 the calyx, oblong, obtuse or with an inflexed point, woody, rugose, covered 

 with reflexed bristles, seceding one from another when ripe. — VValp. Rep. i. 

 297. P. insignis, ^eiiz\ in Plant. Kotschy and in Webb, Frag. Fl. iEthiop. 

 42. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Heudeloi ! 



North Central. Kouka, E. Vogel ! 



Nile Iiand, Kotschy ! Speke and Grant ! "White Nile, Petherick ! Kordofan, Cim- 

 kowski ! 



The plant seems to be subject to slight variation in habit, but not sufficient to warrant 

 specific distinction, as many intermediate forms may be found. The carpels are more or less 

 covered with mucilaginous exudation. 



5. P. propioqua^ Gar eke in Schwcnf. Fl. jEthiop. i. 55. A small 



undershrub, with an eject woody stem, dividing into numerous elongate 

 cj^lindrical branches, the younger ones sparingly clothed with stellate hairs. 

 Leaves stalked, 1-4 in. long, oblong, obtuse, subcordate at the base, unequally 

 crenate-dentate, scantily covered with stellate hairs ; stalks for the most part 

 shorter than the blade. Stipules linear, subulate. Peduncles solitary-, axil- 

 lary, remote or clustered and subcapitate at the ends of the branches, 1- 

 flowered, jointed. Epicalyx of 10 linear-lanceolate ciliolate bracts, half as 

 long again as the sepals. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-cleft ; lobes ovate-lanroolate. 

 Corolla yellow, more than an inch across, exceeding the epicalyx in length. 

 Fruit subglobose, depressed, of 5 coherent, oblong, 3-si{le(l woody carpels ; 

 back convex, sides flat, provided at the upper angles with two short prickles. 

 — P. grewioid^s, Hochst. in PI. Schimp. Abyss. 



