MALVACEÆ. 109 
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. pr Jussinu,’ resuming the work of 
his predecessors, enumerated in the divers groups here united under 
the name of /alvacee, including the Hermanniee, of which he made 
a first section with indefinite stamens of the order 7/acce, 
thirty-four of the genera which in reality belong to them. Dr Can- 
DOLLE’ knew fifty of them in 1824, wz., of Malvacee proper (ser. 
VIII. to XI.), Malva, Althea, Cristaria, Anoda, Sida; of the Malopee, 
Malope, Kitaibalia and Palava ; of the Urenee, Urena, Malachra, Pavo- 
nia, Malvaviscus ; of the Hibisceea, Hibiscus, Thespesia, Gossypium and 
Fugosia ; of the Bombacee, Helicteres, Quararibea (Myrodia), Plagian- 
thus, Cavanillesia (Pourretia), Adansonia, Bombax, Friodendron. Chorisia, 
Durio, Ochroma and Chiranthodendron (Cheirostemon) ; of the Sterculiee, 
Sterculia and Heritiera; of the Buettnerice, Theobroma, Abroma, Guazuma, 
Glossostemon, Commersonia, Buettneria, Ayenia and (?) Kleinhovia ; of the 
Lasiopetalee, Seringia, Lasiopetalum, Guichenotia, Thomasia, Keraudrenia; 
of the Hermanniee, Melochia, Waltheria and Hermannia ; of the Dom- 
beyee, Ruizia, Pentapetes, Dombeya, Melhania, Trochetia, Pterospermum 
and (?) Aydia; ofthe Wallichiee (Eriolæence), Eriolena (Wallichia). Since 
then it has been shown that the old genera Abutilon of GÆrrNEr, Mo- 
diola of Ma@ncu, and Wissadula of Mupixus may be rightly preserved 
as self-named. Bastardia of Kunru has also been equally maintained 
as distinct. The genus Syhæralcea was established by A. Sr. 
Hintare ;* Meesia and Yarrietia by Buume ;* Tetradia and Rulingia 
by R. Brown ;’ Gethea by Nurs and Martius ; Cola and Ungeria by 
Scuort;’ feevesia and Astiria by Linpuxry ; Kosteletzkia, by Presu.° 

1 P, 271-279, 289. ° In Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar, (1847), and in Bot. 
2 Prodr., i. 429, 475, 481. Mag., t. 2191 (1820). 
3 PI. Us. Bras. (1826). $ In Nov. Act. Nat. Cur., xi. (1823). 
7 M ‘ 
4 In Nov. Act. Nat. Cur., xvii., et Bijdr., a Tree cans 1844) 
227 (1825). °In Rel. Henk, ii, (1835). 
