Ord malyaceje. 



1. PALAYA, Cav. 

 1. Palava moschata, Cav. 



Palava moschata, Cav. Diss. 1, p. 41, t. 11, f. 5 ; Lam. 111. t. 577. 

 Palavia moschata, Willd. Spec. 3, p. 768; DC. Prodr. 1, p. 458. 



Hab. San Lorenzo, near Callao, Peru: without flowers or fruit. 



2. MALVASTRUM, Gray. 



Malvastrum, Gray, PL Fendl. (Mem. Amer. Acad. 4), p. 21, & Gen. Am. Bor. 

 111. 2, p. 59. 



This genus is distinguished from Malva by the capitate stigmas; 

 from Sida by the peritropous-ascending ovule and inferior radicle. 

 The species with a manifest involucel have commonly been referred 

 to the former, and those with a small or caducous involucel, or none 

 at all, to the latter genus. 



1. Malvastrum Peruvianum. 



Malva Peruviana, Linn. Spec. ed. 1, p. 688; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 156; DC. 



Prodr. 1, p. 435. 

 M. Limensis, Hook. & Am. Bot. Misc. 3, p. 151; non Linn.? 



Hab. Near Lima and Obrajillo, Peru ; common. 



