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the petals cuneiform, with the apex truncate and slightly retuse. 

 Stamineal column and anthers as in the genus. Styles 8, united 

 below : stigmas capitellate. Ovary tomentose; the cells each contain- 

 ing a single ascending ovule. Mature fruit not seen : the young 

 carpels subulate-beaked more or less. 



10. Malvastrum pinjnatum. 



M. nanum, subacaule, cwspitosmn ; caudice multicipite crasso; foliis con- 

 fertis pinnatipartitis supra cano-tomentosis subtus glabratis, segmentis 

 linearibus integerrimis • floribus solitaiiis in medio petiolo alato Ms- 

 pido-ciliato sessilibus ; petalis oblongo-obovatis ■ ovario circiter 12-locu- 

 lari hirsutissimo. 



Sida pinnata, Cav. Ic. 5, p. 13, t. 422, f. 1; DC. Prodr. 1, p. 466. 



Hab. Alpine region of the Cordilleras of Peru, between Casa 

 Cancha and Culnai, &c. ; common. 



Plant growing in depressed and apparently dense and broad ccespi- 

 lose tufts, from a stout and thick branching caudex, only an inch high. 

 Leaves crowded and thickly covering the branches of the caudex, an 

 inch or more in length, including the dilated and spathaceous petiole; 

 which is 5 or 6 lines long, and combined (as in the preceding species) 

 with the adnate stipules, sparsely pilose externally, the margin ciliate 

 with hispid hairs. The stipules are adnate up to the base of the 

 lamina; the free portion lanceolate-subulate, hispid-ciliate. Lamina 

 of the leaf pinnately parted into 7 to 9 linear and entire segments, of 

 unequal length, nearly glabrous underneath, above canescent with a 

 white tomentum, the margins involute ; the segments tipped with one 

 or more hair-like bristles. Flower pretty large and showy, sessile on 

 the middle of the dilated petiole, in the manner of M. Phyllantlws, &c, 

 but considerably below the point where the stipules become free. 

 Calyx campanulate, tomentose-pubescent, five-cleft to the middle; the 

 lobes triangular, acute. Corolla (purplish?) nearly thrice the length 

 of the calyx; the petals oblong-obovate, 10 lines long. Stamens, styles, 

 &c, as in the genus. Ovary very hirsute, about twelve-celled, with a 

 solitary ascending ovule in each cell. Fruit not seen. 



