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flowers corymbose, peduncles and the many-leaved 

 involucella pilose De Cand. 



Altliese corymbosa, Sivartz, FL Ind. Occ. 1213 Pavonia 

 corymbosa, Willd. Sp. III. 836. De Cand. Prod. I. 444. 

 1 L\B. Banks of rivers. Siv. 



Frutescent, 1-2 feet in height: branches pubescent. Pe- 

 tioles long, glabrous. Stipules linear. Peduncles axillary, 

 longer than the petioles, hirsute : flowers several, subcoryni- 

 bose, rather large, pedicelled, yellow. Leaflets of the involu- 

 cellum 10-12, linear, pilose. Style 10-fid to the middle: 

 stigma subcapitate, puberulous. Carpels 5, slightly muricated, 

 1 -seeded. Sw. 



Described by Swartz as found on the banks of rivers in 

 Jamaica and Hispaniola. 



V. MALVAVISCUS. 



Calycine involucellum many-leaved. Petals erect, 

 convoluted. Stigmata 10. Carpels 5, berried, 1- 

 seeded, sometimes subdistinct, more frequently con- 

 nate into a 5-celled fruit. 



1. Malvaviscus arboreus. Tree-like Malvaviscus. 



Leaves cordate ovate acuminate occasionally 3-5-. 

 lobed subentire or obsoletely crenated minutely hispi- 

 dulous, branclilets with a line of pubescence passing 

 from the axil of one leaf to the side of the petiole of 

 that which is above it. 



Shane, I. 216. t. 136. f. 1. Achania malvaviscus, Sivartz, Fl. 

 Ind. Occ. 1222. Malvaviscus arboreus, Cav. diss. III. t, 48. f. 

 1. -De Cand. Prod. I. 445. 



HAB. Common on the lower hills, especially in limestone 

 districts. 



Throughout the year. 



A shrub, 610 feet in height : branches spreading, terete, 

 glabrous with exception of a line of pubescence passing upwards 

 from the axil of one leaf to one of the sides of the petiole of 

 that which is above it. Leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, oc- 

 casionally 3-5-lobed, indistinctly crenulated, nervose, venose, 

 hispidulous with minute distant stellated hairs : petiole long, 

 with a line of hispidulous hairs on the upper surface. Stipules 

 small, lanceolate deciduous. Peduncle axillary, solitary, rather 

 shorter than the petiole, 1 -flowered. Involucellum of 7-9 

 linear leaflets. Calyx nerved, ciliated. Petals crimson, min- 

 utely ciliated, externally puberulous. Column of the stamens 



