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in capitule, the greater part aborting at maturity ; a few accrescent, 

 scarcely separating from axis, dorsally dehiscing in 2 valves. Seed 

 adscendent (of Malopc). — Lofty perennial herbs; leaves angular; 

 flowers 1 axillary solitary or oo, pedunculate, encircled at base by 

 involucel 6-9-fid, lorger than calyx {South bank of Danube 1 ). 



60. Palava Cav, 3 — Flowers of Kitaibelia ; styles filiform, apex 

 swollen stigmatiferous ; mature carpels oo (of 3/alope), indehiscent 

 separating from receptacle. — Glabrous or tomentose herbs ; leaves 

 usually lobed or dissected, flowers 4 ecalyculate axillary, solitary, 

 pedunculate {Chili, Peru"). 



X. UEENE^. 



61. Urena L. — Flowers hermaphrodite ; calyx 5-fid or 5-dentate, 

 valvate. Corolla (of Malvea?) and stamens go (very rarely aborting 

 5-10) ; column below apex truncate or 5-dentate, filaments shortly 

 or very shortly exserted ; anthers reniform, 1-locular, extrorsely 

 rimose. Germen 5-locular ; cells oppositipelatous ; 1 ovule, ascen- 

 dent; micropyle extrorse inferior; style branches 10 (of which 5 

 alternate with the cells), capitellate stigmatiferous at apex. Mature 

 carpels separating from short axis at maturity, smooth, reticulate or 

 externally echinulate or aristate, sometimes muricate, or glochidiate 

 {Evurena), more rarely membranous-2-winged; or coriaceous, and 

 outwardly mucilaginous {Lopimia), either indehiscent {Lebretonia, 

 Evurena), or dehiscent 2-valved ; seed ascendent (of Malvea). — 

 Shrubs, undershrubs or herbs, glabrescent, tomentose or hispid ; 

 leaves often angular or lobed ; flowers sessile or more or less long- 

 pedunculate, sometimes at apex of branches capitate-congested or 

 glomerulate bractlets 5-co , free or connate among themselves at 

 base, and also with tube of calyx in verticillate involucel under 

 flower {All the warm regions of the Globe). See p. 94. 



1 Handsome, white or pink. Malvao., 16. — Benth., in Journ. Linn. Soe., 



- Spec. 1. K. vitifolia W., loc. cit. — vi. 101. — B. H., Gen., 200, n. 3. — Palavia 



Waldst. & Kitaib., PL Bar. Rung., i. 29, t. 3. Mcexch, Meth., 609. 



— Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ., v., t. 1G5. — Walp., 4 Purple. 



Rep., i. 290. 5 Spec. 2, 3, LhSrit., Stirp., t. 50 (Malope). 



3 Diss., 40, t. 11, figs. 4, 5.— Sav., in Lcmk. — Lame:., III., t. 57V.— Bot. Mag., t. 3100.— 



Diet., iv. 695 ; III., t. 577.— DC, Prodr., i. Bot. Beg., t. 1375.— Walp., Rep., i. 190. 



458.— Endl., Gen., n. 526G.— Patek, These 



