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MALVACEAE. 



[Hypogynous Exogens. 



a valuable stomachic. The Cotton of commerce is the hairy covering of the seeds 

 of several species of Gossypium. For an excellent account of this plant, and the 

 various species used in commerce, see RoyWs Illustr. p. 84., and Wight's Rlustr. The 

 young leaves and seeds of Gossypium vitifolium are employed in Brazil in dysentery, 

 and steeped in vinegar are applied to the head in hemicrania. — Martius. 



Consult Duchartre in Ann. Sc. 3 ser. 4. 129, for his observations upon the progres- 

 sive development and consequent interpretation of the structure of these plants, 

 which he assumes to be dependent upon what is called the process of deduplication ; 

 to which I have objected elsewhere (Elem. of Botany, par. 413). 



The following, with additions, is Dr. Asa Gray's arrangement of the 



GENERA. 



Tribe I. Malope^;. 



Malope, L. 

 Kitaibelia, W. 

 Palava, Cav. 

 Palavia, Mcench. 



Tribe II. Malve^e. 



Althsea, L. 



AlthceaMrum, DC. 



Ferberia, Scop. 



Alcea, Linn. 

 Lavatera, L. 



Axolopha, DC. 



Olbia, Medik. 



Stegia, Mcench. 

 Savinionia, Webb. 

 Navasa, Webb. 

 Malva, L. 



Anthema, Medik. 

 Callirhoe, Nutt. 



Nuttallia, Barton. 

 Napsea, Clayton. 

 Sidaleea, Gray. 

 Malvastrum, Gray. 

 Sida, L, 



Malvinda, Medik. 



Stewartia, Forsk. 



Periptera, DC. 



Dictyocarpus, Wight. 

 Anoda, Cav. 

 Lawrencia, Hook. 

 Fleischeria, Steud. 

 Cristaria, Cav. 

 Gaya, Kth. 

 Bastardia, Kth. 

 Abutilon, Tourn. 

 Wissadula, Med. 

 Meliphlea, Zucc. 

 Sphseralcea, St. Hit. 



Phymosia, Desv. 



Sphceroma, Schlecht. 

 Modiola, Mcench. 



Haynea, Rchb. 



Tribe III. Urene^e. 



Malachra, L. 

 Urena, L. 

 Pavonia, Cav. 



Lopimia, Nees. 



Lebretonia, Nees. 



Gcethea, Nees. 



Malache, Trcw. 



Thorntonia, Rchb. 

 Pentameris, E. M. 

 Typha.lea, DC. 

 Cancellaria, DC. 

 Pentaspermum, DC. 

 Columella, Coinin. 

 Malvaviscoides, Endl. 

 Anotea, DC. 

 Malvaviscus, Dill. 

 Achania, Swtz. 



Tribe IV. Hjbisce^e. 



Kosteletzkya, Presl. 

 Decaschistia, W. & A. 

 Thespesia, Correa. 



Malvaviscus, Gsertn. 

 Serraea, Cav. 



Senrcea, W. 



Senra, DC. 



Dumreichera, Steud. 

 Fugosia, Juss. 



Cienfugosia, Cav. 



Cierifuegia, W. 



Redoutea, W. 

 Abelmoschus, Medik. 



Bamia, R. Br. 



Humenocali/x, Zenk. 



Manihot, DC. 

 Hibiscus, L. 



Krturio, Adans. 



Furcaria, DC. 



Cremontia, DC. 



Siihloriffa, DC. 



Polychlcena, Don. 



Trionum, Medik. 



Bombycella, DC. 



Paritium, A. Juss. 



Azanza, Moc. &. S. 

 Gossypium, L. 



Xylon, Tourn. 

 Sturtia, R. Dr. 

 Lagunaria, Don. 

 Lagunea, Cor. 



Solandra, Murr. 



Triguera, Cav. 



? Ingenhousia, Mof. it 



Sess. 

 ? Asti-ochlscna. Grcke. 



Numbers. Gen. 39. Sp. 1000. 



Geraniacece. 

 Position. — Stercul iacero. — M a lvaceje. — Byttneriacere. 



CMxmacecc. 



