150 MALVACEA. [Ci. J3. 



tmiMe of true Malracete, or Linnaean Columnifet 

 res. The following are more miscellaneous, or uncciv 

 tain. 



Sect. 4. Stam. united into a tube bearing the Co* 

 rolla, definite Fruit of many cclis. Scant Car., 

 Fugosa Juss. (Cienfuegoshi Cav.), genuine iMalraccte, 

 as likewise appears to be -Plagimithus Forst. t. 43. 

 Mijrodia Schr. Gen. 472 (Quararibea Aubl.) is sus-? 

 peered to be raiiier akin to the Mdite, especially to 

 Turrtfa. It has the smell of Melilot when dry. 



Sect. 5. Siam. all fertile, definite or indefinite, 

 united at the base into a small sessile cup. Mdoclmt y 

 Rmzia Cav., tituartia, fig. 51, 5'2 (inciQcling Mala-, 

 chockndniiri, as well as Stuartia, Juss. 1 29\ Gor- 

 dofua. Hagou'ia, Bombax 1 , and Adansoma. To these 

 the 3d Section of the slurairfia, Orel. 70, might per-! 

 haps be transferred. 



Sect. 6. Siam. united as in the last, partly imper- 

 fect ; definite, rarely indefinite. P&itapetes, Plci:o- 

 spermum Schr. Gen. 46!., Theobrorua, Abroma, Bu- 

 broma Schreb. (Guazuma Juss.), Jttdhcmia Forsk., 

 Assorim Schreb. 4GO. (including T)ombcya Cav.) and 

 Biittneria. 



Sect. 7. Siam. united into a cup, closely surround- 

 ing the Gennen, and elevated with it on a stalk ; ge-t 

 neral! v deiinite, and all fertile. Ai/enla, KlrirJiO'da, 

 Helicteres and Sterculia. 



Sect, 8. Akin to Mahacecc. Carollnea (PachirQ 

 Aubl.). 



