a exico: T 
flower isa fruit, Jak 5 Feb. 5 
NOTES ON MALVAVISCUS. 847 
Malvaviseus Peau bracleneys sp. n Frutex vel arbus- 
cula?; ramulis superne minute gealintint fhieunttion: inferne 
glabris ; foliis petiolatis oblongia vel ovato-oblongis haud lobatis 
2-3-plo longioribus quam latis, basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, 
— satan margine irregulariter undulatis vel crenato-undulatis 
utrinque minute stellato-pube ince us cum pilis stellatim et sparsim 
uli illavi itariis; i 
-7-phyllo, quam calyce ‘ca phyllis linearibus, margine pilis 
ciliatis ; calyce campanulato haud ad medium quinquefido, laciniis 
ovatis acutis; petalis quam calyce 2-8-plo longioribus; tubo 
stamineo quam petalis fere Te longiore. 
Hab. 2 uras, Belize, Stann Creek, Rev. John Robertson, 
Nos. 84 and 85. In flower and fruit, Dec. 27th, 1899. 
Shrub or sail tree? Leaves peng lamina oblong or oblong- 
ovate, unlobed, 4-6 cm. long, 1:5-3°0 em. broad, petiole often about 
lamina minutely siaetely pubescent, and also some 
seattered stellate TB margin undulate or undulate-crenate, apex 
acut 
e, base roun 
- Flowers ‘dilieins solitary. Peduncle — £ 1°3 em. long. 
Bracts linear, shorter than the calyx, + *5 cm. | Calyx 7-8 mm 
long, segments ovate or triangular-acute, sattibently pubescent 
internally. Petals + 2:0 cm. long, scarlet. Staminal column 
+ 8-7 cm. long, thus not -quite twice as long as the petals. 
Carpels + ‘5 em. high, when dried of a deep red colour. 
The Eadoesids features of this plant are the unlobed oblong or 
oblong-ovate leaves (which are not soft to the touch, as in the 6 
of M. arboreus Cav. ), and the rather small flowers with short bracts. 
M. civerevs Bak. fil. in Amer. Journ. Sci. u. 176 (18 895), 
nome rutex vel arbuscula?; ramulis superne pilis stellatis 
Sabosoanitivud, inferne glabrescenti ibus. Foliis petiolatis, laminis 
palmatim 8-5 acute lobatis supra cinereo- pubescent ntibus subtus 
pilis elpoed sift Hosen oa cordatis, margine Srrepalaice 
serratis; flori m terminalem dispositis et in ramulis 
axillaribus ; preolaoat Fi 10. )-phyllo foliolis subulatis canescenti- 
pubescentibus quam calyce longioribus; calycis laciniis triangu- 
laribus acutis vel Fen baeimitintes petalis quam calyee 2-8- plo 
longioribus extus pubescentibus cuneato-obovatis, apice rotundatis ; 
tubo stamineo exserto; stigmatibus capitellatis; carpidiis dorso 
igoeo -pubescentibus. 
Dr. Edward Palmer, No. 1990. In 
1892. 
Shrub or small tree? Branches stellately hairy Maik te ex- 
alm 
B 
the calys, einereous jraboosdnt, often twisted or turned near apex, 
