MALVACEAE. IX. UKENA. 



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differs so much in habit from all the other species of this genus 

 that we doubt its being a genuine species of Urena. 

 Shemy Urena. Fl. Sep. Dec. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



2 U. LOBA^TA (Lin. spec. 974.) leaves roundish, obtusely sub- 

 3-lobed, soft and velvety on both surfaces, 7-nerved, 3-glanded ; 

 calyxes oblong-lanceolate. Q. G. Native of China. Dill, 

 elth. t. 319. f. 412. 



ioierf-leaved Urena. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 to 3 ft. 



3 U. SCABRIU'SCULA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 441.) leaves roundish, 

 acutely 3 or 5-lobed, scabrous above, but tomentose beneath, 7- 

 nerved, 1 to 3-glanded ; calyxes linear. Q . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, Nipaul, and Brazil. U.lobata, Cav. diss. 6. t. 185. 

 f. 1 Breyn. cent. t. 35. ? 



Roughish-leaveA Urena. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 1 to 4ft. 



4 U. REPA'NDA (Smith in Rees' cycl. 37. no. 6 ?) leaves 

 roundish, serrated, repandly-toothed, or somewhat lobed, pu- 

 berulous, pale, and netted beneath, with 1 -gland ; upper leaves 

 undivided ; involucels awl-shaped, longer than the calyx ; car- 

 pels smooth. O ? S. Native of the East Indies. Pavonia 

 repanda, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 98. 



Repand-\ea\ed Urena. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 feet. 



5 U. LAPPA'GO (Smith in Rees' cycl. 37. no. 11.?) leaves 

 bluntly and repandly sinuated, somewhat cordate, hoary-pubes- 

 cent beneath, with 1 gland ; involucel of 5-lanceolate lobes, 

 which are equal in length with the calyx. Jj . S. Native of 

 Amboyna. Rumph. amb. 6. t. 25. 



Burdock Urena. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? Shrub 3 feet. 



6 U. TOMENTOSA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 

 148.) leaves broad-ovate, angular, serrated, tomentose and 

 canescent beneath, with 1 gland, upper ones undivided, ovate or 

 lanceolate ; lobes of the involucel lanceolate, about equal in 

 length to the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Tomentose Urena. Shrub 2 feet. 



7 U. MULTI'FIDA (Cav. diss. 6. p. 336. t. 184. f. 2.) villous ; 

 leaves cordate-ovate, deeply-5-lobed, with narrow recesses, and 

 acute grossly notched lobes, pubescent above, pale and villous 

 beneath, with 1 gland, and 7 or 8 nerves, Tj . S. Native of 

 Bourbon and the Mauritius. Flowers yellow, racemose. 



Multtfid-\eaved Urena. Fl. Jan. Oct. Clt. 1817. Sh. 2 ft. 



8 U. SIEBE'RI (Coll. hort. rip. p. 142. t. 39.) leaves orbicu- 

 lar, sinuately 7-lobed, and deeply-toothed, hairy beneath, and 1 - 

 glanded ; involucel 10-cleft. lj . S. Native of the isle of 

 France. U. Mauritiana, Sieb. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 very short. Flowers violaceous. 



Sieber's Urena. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub 2 feet. 



9 U. PROCU'MBENS {Lin. spec. 975.) leaves hastate, cordate, 

 serrated ; stem shrubby, procumbent. Jj . G. Native of China 

 on mountains. 



Procumbent Urena. Shrub trailing. 



10 U. TRict/spis (Cav. diss. 6. p. 334. t. 183. f. 1.) leaves 

 ovate, angular, 1-glanded, tomentosely villous, 3-lobed, with 

 acuminated lobes ; lobes of involucel striated ; stem hairy. T . 

 S. Native of the isles of France and Bourbon. Flowers yellow. 



Three-pointed-leaved Urena. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



11 U. RETICULA'TA (Cav. diss. 6. p. 335. t. 183. f. 2.) lower 

 leaves 3-lobed, upper ones lanceolate, somewhat fiddle-shaped, 

 hoary and reticulated beneath, with 1 gland ; involucel exceed- 

 ing the calyx, fj . S. Native of Cayenne and St. Domingo. 

 U. Americana, Lin. fil. suppl. 308. but not of Smith. 



^e^erf-leaved^ Urena. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1819. Shrub 2 feet. 



12 U. SUBTRI'LOBA (Schrank. hort. mon. t. 79.) leaves with 1 

 gland beneath, soft, somewhat orbicular, 7-nerved, unequally 

 crenated, lower ones acuminated, middle ones 3-lobed, upper 

 ones deeply cleft ; lobes of all acuminated. O- S. Native of 

 Brazil. Flowers red. 



Subtrilobed-lewed Urena. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1823. PL 2 ft. 



13 U. GRANDIFLORA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 442.) leaves ovate, somewhat cordate, irregularly 3-lobed, 

 grossly and unequally notched ; petals glandular at the base. 



Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers red, half an inch in dia- 

 meter. 



Great-Jlorvered Urena. Shrub 3 feet. 



14 U. VIMI'NEA (Cav. diss. 6. p. 335. t. 184. f. 1.) leaves 

 somewhat rhomboid, toothed, netted and hoary beneath, with 1 

 gland, 5-7-nerved; pedicels 2-4 together, axillary; involucel 

 exceeding the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Brazil and Porto- 

 Rico. 



Twiggy Urena. Shrub 3 feet. 



15 U. MICROCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 442.) leaves ovate, 

 rhomboidal, somewhat 3-lobed, smoothish above, hoary beneath, 

 glandless, 3-nerved ; fruit beset with hooked prickles. T? . S. 

 Native of the Caribbee Islands. 



Small-fruited Urena. Fl. July. Shrub 2 feet. 



16 U. ? MONOPE'TALA (Lour. coch. 2. p. 508.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, serrated, downy ; involucel shorter than the calyx ; 

 corolla monopetalous. Tj . G. Native of Cochin-China. 



Monopetalous Urena. Shrub 2 feet. 



17 U. RIBE'SIA (Smith in Rees' cycl. 37. no. 5.) leaves acutely 

 3-lobed, rounded and cordate at the base, villous beneath, with 



1 gland ; lobes of involucel spatulate, blunt. Tj ? S. Native 

 of Surinam and the island of Barbadoes. Sloane, jam. 1. t. 

 11. f. 2. 



Current-like Urena. Shrub 2 feet. 



2. Leaves profoundly 3 or 5-lobed, with wide recesses and 

 scolloped lobed lobes. 



18 U. SWA'RTZII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 442.) leaves 3-lobed, pu- 

 berulous, pale beneath, with 1 gland ; fruit beset with prickly 

 bristles. Tj . S. Native of the Caribbee islands and Surinam. 

 U. sinuata, Swartz, obs. 264. U. Americana, Smith in Rees' 

 cycl. 37. no. 4. but not of Lin. Flowers red or white. Very 

 like the following species. 



Swartz' s Urena. Fl. July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 feet. 



19 U. SINUA'TA (Lin. spec. 974.) leaves 5-lobed, puberulous, 

 pale beneath, with 3 glands ; lobes 3-lobed, toothletted, ob- 

 tuse. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Cav. diss. 6. t. 185. 

 f. 2. Rheed. mal. 10. t. 52. U. aculeata, Mill. diet. no. 2. 



Scolloped-leaved Urena. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Shrub 



2 feet. 



20 U. PARADOXA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 278.) 

 leaves profoundly trifid, with 3 glands at the base, puberulous 

 above, hoary-tomentose beneath, with sharply-serrulated seg- 

 ments, middle segment rhomboidal, profoundly scolloped, 3- 

 lobed, lateral ones smaller, 2 or 3-lobed, with the others usually 

 obliterated. Tj . S. Native on the banks of the river Orinoco 

 near Ature. Flowers axillary, solitary, rose-coloured. Cap- 

 sules echinated. Resembling U. sinuata. 



Paradoxical Urena. Shrub 4 feet. 



21 U. MORIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 442.) leaves 5-lobed, 

 somewhat puberulous above, pale-velvety beneath, with 1 gland ; 

 recesses serrated, very wide ; fruit downy and bristly. Tj . S. 

 Native of the Friendly islands. Young leaves densely tomentose. 



Mulberry-leaved Urena. Shrub 3 feet. 



22 U. MURICA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 442.) leaves 5-lobed, 

 hairy, pale beneath, with 1 gland, with narrow toothletted re- 

 cesses ; fruit muricated from small tubercles. Tj 1 S. Native 

 of Bengal. 



Muricated-fruited Urena. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 2 feet. 



23 U. HETEROPHY'LLA (Smith in Rees' cycl. 87. no. 8.) 

 leaves profoundly 5-lobed, hoary underneath, 1-glanded, with 



