MA LVACÉES. 151 
latis; stylo ad apicem clavato, 3, 4-sulco v. m ramos 3, LH, breves 
erectos clavatos stigmatiferos, diviso. Capsula loculicide 3, 4-valvis ; 
seminibus subglobosis, sæpius pubescentibus v. lanatis; embryonis 
parce albuminosi cotyledonibus 2, 3-plicatis, basi auriculata radiculam 
brevem involventibus. — Frutices v. suffrutices ‘; foliis integris, lobatis 
v. rarius partiUs; floribus ? plerumque solitariis axillaribus peduneu- 
latis; bracteolis sub flore 3- «æ , sæpius parvis v. deciduis, nunc denti- 
formibus ?, (America calid., Africa trop., Australia * 
70? Kosteletzkya PResz. * — Flores fere Æibisci ; columna stami- 
nea filamenta æ , sub apice integro v. 5-dentato, exserente. Germen 
o-loculare ; ovalis in loculo solitariis adscendentibus; micropyle ex- 
trorsum infera; styli ramis 5, apice stigmatoso capitato v. nune dila- 
lato. Capsula depressa, prominulo-5- angularis , loculicida ; seminibus 
solitariis reniformibus adscendentibus ; cæteris Hibisci. — Frutices 
v. herbæ, sæpius hispidi v. scabri; foliis nune sagittatis v. angulato- 
lobatis ; floribus 5 solitariis v. pluribus axillaribus, nunc in racemos 
simplices ramososve dispositis; bracteolis sub calyce 7-10, nunc parvis 
V. 0. (America calid. *) 
71. Decaschistia Wicur et Arx.®— Flores fere Hibisci (v. Kostelelz- 
lyæ); columna staminea sub apice filamenta  exserente. Germen 
10-loculare ; loculis 4- ovulatis ; styli ramis 10, apice stigmatoso capi- 
tellatis. Capsula loculicide 10-valvis ; Le RER adscen- 
dentibus ; micropyle extrorsum infera. — Frutices v. herbæ tomentosi ; 
foliis integris v. lobatis; floribus in axillis supremis solitariis v. ad 
Summos ramulos glomeratis, breviter pedicellatis; bracteolis 10, sub 
flore verticillatis. (Zndia or, u 
ne Thorntonia Reicus., Consp., 202 (part.). 
: Sepius flav spe ciosis 6. Flavidis, roseis v, purpureis ; corolla pa- 
3. Potius boces.« eu “ÿ Thespesia et Hibiscum in rt À KES nvoluta. 
F4. gr. conjungen Spec. ad 5. Cav., Diss., Il, t. 50 (Hi- 
se Spec. 10-12. \ s. > FI, Bras. mer. é: Mon — DC, Perse [, 447 (Hibisci sect, 
29 — h 09, 50, — Ben ,» FI. aust A A hr — GI , FL brit, W.-Ind., 
9, — Mas, in Oliv. Fr re Afr., 8. 83. URC à Bull. be: arrgin 192. 
LE “eg: t. 4218, 4261. — Wap ee — Ta. . mi. in Ann. sc. nat., Brie. 
gui Vs 925 Ann., IN, 308; VII, 408, 409 165. — Wazp., Rep., 1, 302; ns 4 10 
or M, 125 IV, 308 à Vi, 401. 
pros ‘Bank, (Il, : 4000 1:70 ces DO, dr, FI. penins. ind, 52: Jcon., t. 42, 
cru” #47, — ENDL., Gen., n. 5276. — 8, aa DL,, Gen., n. 5 M 5 “Thèse 
at Thèse Malvac., 20, — À. GRAY, Gen. gene 90, — B; H., Gen 206, n. 30 
AR BB. Geti 206-009. 9. Spec. 2. WALP., Rep. 1, 312. 
