MALVACEAE. X. PAVONIA. XI. MALVAVISCUS. 



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ovate, obtusely toothed, very smooth, sinning, full of pellucid 

 dots ; flowers sub-terminal, solitary ; involucel 5-leaved, con- 

 nate at the base, a little longer than the calyx ; genitals hardly 

 exserted. Jj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Rio Ja- 

 neiro. Flowers yellowish, sometimes twin. 



Alder-leaved Pavonia. Fl. Aug. Shrub 5-6 feet. 



Cult. The greater part of the species of this genus are worth 

 cultivating for the beauty of their blossoms. They are all free 

 growing plants, for the most part ripening seed in abundance, 

 and ripened cuttings of the shrubby and perennial herbaceous 

 species will root freely if planted in sand under a hand-glass, 

 placed in a moderate heat. The annual and biennial species re- 

 quire the same treatment as other stove annuals and biennials. 



XI. MALVAVI'SCUS (from malva, mallow, and viscus, 

 glue). Dill. elth. 210. Cav. diss. 3. p. 131. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 445. Achania, Swartz. prod. 2. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx girded by a 

 many-leaved involucel. Petals erect, convolute. Stigmas 10. 

 Carpels 5, baccate, 1 -seeded, sometimes distinct, but usually 

 connected into a 5-celled fruit. Mallow-like shrubs, usually 

 with scarlet campanulate flowers with the staminiferous column 

 protruding beyond the corolla. 



SECT. I. ACHA'NIA (from a priv. \aor, chaos, an opening, or 

 a\avr)f, achanes, firm ; because the corolla always appears half 

 closed). D. C. prod. 1. p. 445. Petals eared at the base. 



'1 M. CA'NDIDUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. c.) leaves cordate, 5-cleft, rather acute, with the middle 

 lobe longest ; involucel 10 or 12-leaved, rather spreading. Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers red. 



W /<e-leaved Malvaviscus. Shrub 1 2 feet. 



2 M. ARBOKEUS (Cav. diss. 3. t. 48. f. 1.) leaves cordate, 3-5- 

 lobed, acuminated, roughish ; leaflets of involucel erect. Tj . S. 

 Native of Jamaica, NewGranada, and Mexico,on calcareous rocks. 

 Achania Malvaviscus, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1222. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 2305. Hibiscus Malvaviscus, Lin. spec. 978. Dill. elth. 

 1. 170. Sloan, hist.l. p. 216. t. 136. f. 1. Flowers large, scarlet. 



Tree Malvaviscus. Fl. year. Clt. 1714. Shrub 12 feet. 



3 M. MO'LLIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves cordate, some- 

 what 3-lobed, soft, tomentose ; leaflets of involucel rather 

 spreading. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Achania mollis. Ait. hort. 

 kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 459. Ker. bot. reg. t. 11. Flowers scarlet. 



Soft-leaved Malvaviscus. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1780. Sh. 12ft. 



4 M. PILO sus (D. C. prod."l. p. 445.) leaves cordate, cre- 

 nated, obtuse or acuminated ; branches and petioles pilose, 

 fj . S. Native of the south of Jamaica in bushy places. Acha- 

 nia pilosa, Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1224. Lodd. bot. cav. 

 829. Flowers red. 



Pilose Malvaviscus. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1780. Sh. 12 ft. 



5 M. BALBI'SII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves cordate, acu- 

 minated, scabrous on both surfaces, with the nerves beneath as 

 well as the petioles and branchlets hairy-tomentose ; pedicels 

 twice as long as petioles. T? Si Native of ? M. cordatus, 

 Balb. herb. A very shewy plant with scarlet flowers and entire 

 linear-acute leaflets of involucel. 



Balbis's Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 



6 M. PENDULIFLORUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ind. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves ovate, rather cordate, acute, serrated ; 

 pedicels slender, nodding inwards ; involucels erectish. ^ . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers red. 



Pendulous-flowered Malvaviscus. Shrub 1 feet. 



7 M. PENTACA'RPUS (Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon. ind. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves cordate-ovate, acute, serrated, hardly 

 3-lobed ; pedicels erect ; leaflets of involucel linear ; carpels 

 5, baccate, somewhat distinct from each other, tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Atlat-zopillin. Hem. mex. 117. icon. Flowers scarlet? 



Five-fruited Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 



8 M. CILIA'TDS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 445.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 serrated ; pedicels solitary ; leaflets of involucel linear, ciliated ; 

 petals acutely auricled at the base. Tj . S. Native of the island 

 of Tobago. Pavonia spiralis, Cav. icon. 5. t. 434. Achania 

 ciliata, Spreng. Flowers scarlet. Leaves cordate. 



Ciliated-mvolucred Malvaviscns. Shrub 8 feet. 



9 M. CONCI'NKUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 286.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, cordate, grossly crenate-ser- 

 rated ; puberulous on both surfaces ; flowers 2 or 3 together, 

 somewhat corymbose ; pedicels shorter than the petioles ; invo- 

 lucel 7-leaved, equal in length with the calyx. Tj. S. Native 

 of Peru near Loxa. Achania concinna, Spreng. Flowers twin 

 or tern. Petals fringed, scarlet. Branchlets downy. 



Neat Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 



10 M. GRANDIFLORUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 286.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, rounded at the base or ob- 

 soletely cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, serrated, smoothish ; pe- 

 duncles solitary, longer than the petioles ; involucel 8-leaved, 

 shorter than the calyx. ^ S. Native of Mexico, near Gua- 

 naxuato. Branches and petioles pilose. Flowers scarlet. 



Great-flowered Malvaviscus. Shrub 10 feet. 



1 1 M. ACAPULCE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 286.) leaves ovate, somewhat acuminated, profoundly-cor- 

 date, coarsely toothed, pilose on both surfaces, soft and canescent 

 beneath ; peduncles solitary, longer than the petioles ; involucel 

 usually 7-leaved, about equal in length with the calyx. ^ . S. 

 Native of Mexico near Acapulca. Flowers scarlet. Perhaps 

 the same as M.pilosus. 



Acapulca Malvaviscus. Shrub 12 feet. 



12 M. POPPI'OII (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 100. under Achania') 

 leaves truncate at the base, ovate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat 

 3-lobed, toothed, hairy ; involucels spreading ; genitals exserted. 

 Tj . S. Native of Cuba. Flowers scarlet. 



Poppig's Malvaviscus. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



SECT. II. ANO>TEA (from a priv. and notus, known ; not 

 sufficiently known). D. C. prod. 1 . p. 445. Petals not eared at 

 the base. Species not sufficiently known. Distinct from Hibiscus 

 in having 10 stigmas, from section Achania in the petals not 

 being eared at the base, but the plants appear to agree with sec- 

 tion Malvaviscoidece of Pavonia. 



13 M. ? CORDA'TUS (Nees. and Mart. nov. act. bonn. xi. 

 p. 99. under Achania) leaves cordate, crenated, tomentose 

 underneath ; involucel 8 or 9-leaved, and is as well as the calyx 

 beset with bristles ; stamens not protruding beyond the flower. 

 I? . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers deep red. 



CorrfaZe-leaved Malvaviscus. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



14 M. ? FLA'VIDUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined.) leaves 

 acutely 5-angled, toothed, cordate at the base ; corolla cylindri- 

 cal; column of stamens erect, twice the length of the petals. 

 Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellowish. 



Yellow Malvaviscus. Shrub 6 feet. 



15 M.? PLEURO'GONOS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 446.) leaves palmately and acutely 5-7-lobed, 

 toothed, cordate at the base; corolla somewhat campanulate; 

 column of stamens very long, somewhat declinate ; anthers for 

 the most part secund. Jj . S. Native of Mexico. 



Side-angled Malvaviscus. Shrub 6 feet. 



16 M. ? PLEURANTHE'RUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined.) 

 leaves cordate at the base, acutely 3-5-lobed, palmatifid ; lobes 

 toothed, middle one longest ; flowers somewhat cylindrical ; 

 column of stamens erect, equal in length to the petals ; anthers 

 secund. T; . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers red ? 



Side-anthered Malvaviscus. Shrub 8 feet. 

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