MALVACEAE. 77 



Plate 131. 



MALVAVISCUS, Dill. 



Involucellum 7- 12-phyllum. Petala inasqiiilatera basi 

 hinc lobulo aucta, erecta, in tiibiim convoluta. Tubus sta- 

 mineus filiformis longe exsertus. Stigmata 10, capitata. 

 Fructus baccatus 5-locularis, loculis monospermis. Radicu- 

 la infera. 



Malvaviscus, Dill. Elth. p. 210. t. 170. Cav. Diss. 3. p. 131. t. 48. 

 Kunth in H. B. K. Nov. Gen. 5. p. 283. DC. Prodr. 1. p. 445 

 (excl. sect. 2.?). Endl. Gen. 5278. A. Rich. Fl. Cub. 1. p. 131. 

 t. 14. 



AcHANiA, Svvartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 2. p. 1222. 



Calyx subtended by an involucel of seven to twelve linear 

 persistent bracts, five-cleft, persistent ; the segments valvate 

 in aestivation. Petals d, inequilateral, auriculate by a small 

 lobe towards the base on one side, hypogynous, strongly 

 convolute in aestivation, not expanding, but remaining erect 

 and spirally convolute into a sort of tube, the claws united 

 with the base of the stamineal column. Stamens indefinite, 

 monadelphous ; the column long and filiform, much exserted, 

 becoming spirally twisted, its naked apex five-toothed : fil- 

 aments short, emitted in several series from the upper part of 

 the tube : anthers oblong or reniform, opening round the 

 convex side. Ovaries combined into a five-celled globular 

 compound ovary ; the cells opposite the sepals : styles united 

 into one, which is ten-cleft at the apex : stigmas 10, termi- 

 nal, capitate or truncate, minutely hispid. Ovule solitary 

 from the inner angle of each cell, amphitropous, pcritropous, 

 the micropyle inferior. 



Fruit baccate, depressed-globose, usually five-grooved, 

 five-celled ; the cells one-seeded. Seed ascending, obovate. 

 " Embryo arcuate in very sparing mucilaginous albumen : 



