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(6) M. pisticua. (Ser.) 
Ident. W. & A, prod. I. p. 44.—Dec. prod. I. p. 892, 
Syn. Pharnaceum distichum, Linn. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 3.—Pluk. t. 130. f. 6. & t. 332. f.9. 
Spec. Cuan. Pubescent: stems diffuse, angled: leaves thiek= 
ish, nearly linear: panicles stiff, slightly branched: stamens usual: 
ly 5: petals wanting : seeds inconspicuously dotted. 
Peninsula. Palaar, 
(7) M. spereura. (Lina.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 44.—Dec. prod. I. p. 391. 
Syn. Mz. verticellata, Roxb. ft. Ind. I. p. 360.—M. parviflora, 
Dec. prod. I. p. 891.—Pharnaceum mollugo, Linn.—Roxd, fl 
Ind. II. p. 102.—P. parviflorum, Roth. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal, X. t. 24.—Burm, Zeyl. t. 7.—Pluk. t. 
130. f. 5.—Burm. Ind. t. 5. f. 4: 
Spec. Cuar. Annual: stems straggling, branched: leaves ob 
long, or obovate, more or less succulent: pedicels 1-flowered, 
several together, forming a somewhat sessile umbel: stamens 3-5, 
or 10: petals narrow, cleft to the middle or wanting: seeds rough, 
minutely tubercled: flowers small, white. : 
Peninsula, flowering nearly all the year. 
ORDER XIX. MALVACEZ. 
Herbs, trees or shrubs: leaves alternate, stipulate, often dis 
vided: sepals 5, rarely less, more or less cohéring at the base, 
and often with an outer calyx or involucel: sstivation valvate: 
petals 5, hypogynous, twisted in the bud, either distinét or co« 
hering to the staminiferous tube: stamens numerous, with mo- 
nadelphous filaments: anthers I-celled, opening transversely : 
ovaries forming a ring of several carpels round a common axis, 
distinct or united: styles free or united, entire or divided, as 
many as the carpels: fruit capsular or baccate, each carpél 
being 1 or many-seeded, united or dehiscing in separate folli« 
cles: seeds sometimes hairy: albumen little or none; embryo 
curved, 
