STERCULIACE.E MALVACE^. Ill 



G. cauUJlora, Nees. and Mart. B Brazil. — 'T/ieobroma guianense, 

 Willd. 5 Guiana.— r. bicolor, H. and B. 5 N. Granada.— 7; an- 

 gustifolium, Moc. and Sesse. "b Mexico. — Abroma fastuosum, Gartn. 

 5 Timor, N. Holland. — Guazuma ulmifolium Lam. b W. Indies. — 

 G. polyhotryum, Cav. b St. Domingo. — Commersonia platyphylla, 

 Andr. ; B. M. 43, t. 1813. 5 Moluccas. — Bilttnera microphylla, 

 L. b St. Domingo. — B. scabra, L. b S. America — Ayenia pusilla, 

 L. %. W. Indies. — A. magna, L. b Mexico. — Melochia tomentosa, 

 L. S W. Indies. — Riedleia corymbosa, DC. "S Mexico. — R. nodiflora, 

 DC. 5 Jamaica. — R. jamdicensis, DC. b Jamaica. — Hermannia hys- 

 sopifolia, L. 5 C. G. H. — H. flammea, Jacq. B C. G. H. (B. M. 33, 

 t. \Md.)—Mahernia bipinnata, L. ; B. M. 8. t. 277. B C. G. U..—M. 

 incisa, Jacq. ; B. M. 10, t. 353. B C. G. H.—M. Burchellii, Swt. 

 (M. grandiflora. B. Reg. 3. t. 224.) B. C. G. H. 



ORDER LXX.— MALVACEAE. Juss.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 95. 



THE MALLOW TRIBE. 



Herbs, undershrubs, shrubs, rarely climbers, and trees, referred to 36-37 

 genera. Of species, DC. pr. and Spreng. syst. assign about 260 to S. 

 America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 50 to Europe ; 24 to Bourbon and 

 Mauritius ; 16 to N. America ; 12 to N. Africa ; 12 to New Holland and 

 the South Sea Islands ; 8 to China ; 7 to tropical Africa ; 6 to the Levant ; 

 4 to Timor ; 4 to the Canaries ; 3 to Madagascar ; 5 to Arabia ; 1 to 

 Persia ; 1 to Siberia ; and 1 to Caucasus. Forty have been found in 

 S. Africa ; {Harvey) and, judging from our materials, 130 in the E. Indies, 

 viz. 9 of Malva ; 1 of Althaa ; 10 of Urena ; 4 of Pavonia ; 2 of Lebreto- 

 nia ; 30 of Hibiscus ; 3 of Paritium; 2 of Decaschistia ; 14 of Abelmoschus ; 

 3 of Thespesia ; 5 of Gossypium ; 2 of Lagunea ; 1 1 of Abutilon ; and 34 

 of Sida. From these must, however, be deducted 12-41 species, common 

 to other parts of the world. As in Sterculiaceae, by far the greater part of 

 the order is tropical, a few species only extending to the slope of the 

 Himalayahs. 



" The uniform character of this tribe is to abound in mucilage, and to be 

 totally destitute of all unwholesome qualities." (Lindl.) The peculiar pro- 

 perties are noticed under the several species. 

 Malva, L. (DC. pr. I, p. 430 ,—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 45.) 



1. americana, L. (DC. I. c.) St. Domingo. Fl. small, yellow, Feb. 



and March ; fr. April. Domesticated about Serampore. 

 • 2. polystnchya, Cav. (DC. pr. \,p. 430.) B Peru. Has been introduc- 

 ed into H. C. G. Fl. } 



3. hispanica, L. (DC. pr. 1, p. 431.) Spain, Barbary. Fl. small, 

 fiesh- coloured, C. S. ; fr. March. 



