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celled reniform, anfractuous or globose, poricidal or oblong-linear. 

 Styles single at the base, with the summit entire or with short 

 stigmatiferous divisions equal in number to the cells. Fruit dry, 

 dehiscent or indehiscent with carpels not separating, as a rule, from 

 the receptacle. Embryo with thick or foliaceous cotyledons straight 

 or crumpled, folded more or less upon themselves. Woody plants. 

 — (16 genera.) 



In 1789 the Genera of A. L. de Jussieu, 1 resuming the work of 

 his predecessors, enumerated in the divers groups here united under 

 the name of Malvacece, including the Hermanniece, of which he made 

 a first section with indefinite stamens of the order Tiliacece, 

 thirty-four of the genera which in reality belong to them. De Can- 

 dolle 2 knew fifty of them in 1824, viz., of Malvacece proper (ser. 

 VIII. to XI.), Malva, Alt/icea, Cristaria, Anoda, Sida ; of the Malopece, 

 Malope, Kifaibalia and Palava ; of the Urenece, Urena, Malachra,Pavo- 

 nia, Malvaviscus ; of the Hibiscece, Hibiscus, Thespesia, Gossypium and 

 Fuyosia ; of the Bombacece, Helicteres, Quararibea {Myrodia), Plagian- 

 tht/s, Cavanillesia {Pourretia), Adansonia, Bombax,Eriodendron,Chorisia, 

 Durio, Oc/troma and Chirantltodendron {Cheirostemon) ; of the Sterculiece, 

 Sterculia and Heriiiera ; of the BueUneriecB,Theobroma,Abroma,Guaziima, 

 Glossostemon, Commersonia, Buellneria, Ayenia and (l)KleinIiovia ; of the 

 Lasiopetalece, Seringia, Lasiopetalum, Guichenotia, Thomasia, Keraudrenia; 

 of the Hermanniece, Melochia, Waltheria and Hermannia ; of the Dom- 

 beyece, Buizia, Pentapetes, Dombeya, MelJiania, Trochetia, Pterospermum 

 a\\d(?)Kydia; oftheirallic/iiea {Eriolcenece), Eriolcena {Wallichia). Since 

 then it has been shown that the old genera Abutilon of Gartner, Mo- 

 diola of Mcench, and Wissadida of Medikus may be rightly preserved 

 as self-named. Bastardia of Kunth has also been equally maintained 

 as distinct. The genus SpJiceralcea was established by A. St. 

 Hiliare ; 3 Neesia and Tarrietia by Blume ; 4 Teiradia and Bidingia 

 by E. Brown; 5 Gcethea by Nees and Martius; 6 Cola and Ungeriaby 

 Schott ; 7 Beevesia and Asiiria by Lindley f Kosteletzkia, by Presl. 9 



1 P. 271-279, 289. 5 In Benn. PL Jav. Bar. (1847), and in Pot. 



2 Prodr., i. 429, 475, 481. Mty-, t. 2191 (1820). 



3 PI. Us. Bras. (1826). ! In Nov - Act - NaL Cur -> **■ (1823). 

 . T ._ . . V , ' .. . „.., 7 Melet. (1832). 



« In Nov. Act. Nat. Car., xvn., efc B V dr., „ Jn Bot ) Eeg > ^^ 18M)- 



227 (1825). 9 In Rd n mnlc ^ ;;. ( 1835 ). 



