62 THALAMIFLOB.*. 



Peduncles subterete, hispid, bearing at the extremity, in a kind 

 of umbellet, about 6 shortly pedicelled somewhat attractive 

 flowers : bracteas lanceolate, about \ an inch in length. Leaf- 

 lets of the involucre 6, lineari-lanceolate, longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx 5-fid. Petals veined, externally (to the glass) puberu- 

 lous. Anthers 10-12, attached to the column of the stamens 

 by short pedrcels ; pollenary globules echinato-puberulous. 

 Style 10-fid ; divisions reflected in pairs between the pedicels 

 of the anthers : stigmata puberulous. Carpels distinct, 3-gonal, 

 2-valved, armed with a central awn, and with one at each of 

 the upper and outer angles ; awns hispid with reverted hairs : 

 seed solitary. 



3. Pavonia racemosa. Racemed Pavonia. 



Leaves ovate cordate acuminate obsoletely dentate 

 3-nerved minutely stellato-puberulous, raceme termi- 

 nal, involucellum 6-8 leaved shorter than the calyx, 

 carpels unarmed. 



Alcea fruticosa aquatica, Sloane, Jam. I. 121. t. 139. f. 2. 

 Althaea uliginosa, Browne, 284. P. spicata, Cav. diss. III. 136. 

 t. 46. f. 1. P. racemosa, Swartz, FL Ind. Occ. II. 1215. 



HAB. Sea-shore near Rochefort. 



FL. December April. 



A shrub about 6 feet in height : roots long and (according 

 to Swartz) arching over, similar to those of the RHIZOPHORA : 

 branches terete, stellato-hispidulous. Leaves alternate, petio- 

 late, ovate, cordate, attenuato-acuminate with the apex obtuse, 

 dentate with the teeth distant blunt and indistinct, 3-nerved 

 besides a marginal pair, minutely stellato-puberulous, and also 

 minutely punctulated beneath ; petiole terete, stellato-puberu- 

 lous. Stipules subulate, deciduous. Raceme terminal, elon- 

 gating, simple. Flowers greenish-yellow, subsecund on inch- 

 long pedicels. Leaflets of the involucellum 6-8, connate at 

 the base. Calyx 5-fid : divisions ovate, acuminate, erect, ex- 

 ternally puberulous, internally hoary. Petals convoluto-cylin- 

 draceous, nearly 2 ce the length of the calyx, oblong, not auri- 

 culated, rounded at the apex, narrowing at the base, veined, to 

 the glass puberulous. Column of the stamens declinate, minutely 

 puberulous ; the free portion of the filaments subsecund : 

 anthers numerous; pollen hispidulous. Style rather longer 

 than the stamens and petals obscurely 5-fid : stigmata capitate. 

 Capsule of 5 separable carpels, toothed at the angles where they 

 meet : seeds solitary. 



According to Swartz, the involucellum is 8-10 leaved; and 

 the style is 6-8-fid. 



3 * Pavonia corymbosa. Corymb-flowered Pavonia. 

 Leaves cordate or angulated serrated glabrous, 



