(J4 THALAMIFLORJE. 



2 ce - the length of the petals, spirally twisted, 5-toothed at the 

 apex, minutely puberulous, crimson : filaments, where free, re- 

 flected : anthers purple; pollenary globules minutely puberu- 

 lous. Ovary spherical: style longer than the column, lO-fid at 

 the apex : stigmata subcapitate, purple. Carpels 5, united to 

 form a globular berried capsule : seeds solitary. 



2. Malvaviscus pilosus. Hairy Malvaviscus. 

 Leaves cordate crenated attenuato-acuminate with 

 the apex obtuse, branchlets and petioles hairy. 



Achania pilosa, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 1224. Sot. Cab. 829. 



HAB. Common in the higher mountains. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



A shrub, about 8 feet in height : brandies terete, towards 

 their extremities stellato-pilose. Leaves ovate, cordate, very 

 much attenuated at the apex which is blunt, 8-nerved, une- 

 qually crenated, stellato-puberulous above, stellato-pilose, espe- 

 cially along the nerves and villous in their axils, beneath, min- 

 utely pellucido-punctulated : petiole bearing the leaf in a pel- 

 tate manner, pilose especially above. Stipules nearly an inch 

 in length, lineari-subulate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, terete, 

 stellato-pilose, 1-flowered. Leaflets of the involucellum 7-9. 

 Two or more of the divisions of the calyx accrete. Petals 

 veined, ciliated, scarlet. Column of the filaments much longer 

 than the corolla, spirally twisted, 5-toothed at the apex : an- 

 thers on reverted filaments. Style longer than the stamens, 

 10-fid at the apex: stigmata purple, puberulous. Fruit glo- 

 bose, yellow. 



There appears, at first sight, to be a great resemblance be- 

 tween these two species : but they are readily distinguished on 

 a closer examination. They are also found in very distinct 

 localities : the former is a native of our low hills and the damp 

 shady situations of our plains : whereas the latter is an inhabi- 

 tant of our mountains. The flowers of both are attractive and 

 beautiful, and deservedly claim a place in our gardens. 



VI. HIBISCUS. 



Calycine involucellum generally many-leaved, rare- 

 ly few-leaved or with the leaflets united. Petals in 

 this, as well as the succeeding genera, not auriculated. 

 Stigmata 5. Carpels united to form a 5-celled capsule, 

 with the valves longitudinally septiferous from the 

 centre : cells many-, rarely one-seeded. 



All the species abound in mucilage, and the bark of such as 

 have woody stems, may be manufactured into mats or cordage. 

 The name was that of the Mallow among the Greeks. 



