MALVACE. 97 
Hibiscus whose flowers are small, the seed covered with a cottonous 
down, and the epicalyx sometimes very small or altogether wanting. 
Hibiscus syriacus, 

Fie. 155. Fra. 156, 
Bud, Longitudinal section of flower. 
It is the same in Lagunea, consisting of species of Hibiscus with 
seeds glabrous or covered with very short hairs, and Zayunarie which 
Hibiscus syriacus. 

Fie. 160, Fre, 159, Fic. 161. 
Seed (§). Fruit, Longitudinal section of seed. 
has a thin endocarp separable from the exocarp, and most of the 
organs covered with a fine scaly down. Finally Paritium, generally 
separated as a genus, consists of Rose Mallows with large cordate 

1 Cav., Diss., 173, t. 71, fig. 1 (nec alior.). VENT, Malmais., t. 42.—Ture., in Dict. Sc. 
— Triquera Cav., Diss., 41 (nec 107). Vat. Atl, t. 138.—SIMs, in Bot. Mag. 
2 G. Don, Gen. Syst., i. 485.—ENDL., Gen.  t. 769. 
n, 5282.—B. H., Gen., 35, n. 208.—Lagunea 3 GÆRIN., Fruct., t.51.—A. Juss., in À. S. H. 
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