PLATE 361. 
Uekmannia malvaefolia, N. E. Brown (Kew BiiUetiu, 1895, p. 24). 
Natural Order, Sterculiac^. 
A prostrate sparsely leafy plant, l)earing j^^ellow flowers, and stellate tomen- 
tose in all parts. Stems several, wiry, elongate terete, 1 to 2 feet or more long. 
Leaves alternate, petiolate, stipulate, distant, orbicular, linely crenate, cordate at 
base, stellate tomentose on both surfaces, 3 to II lines long and wide ; petioles 2 
to 7 lines long ; stipules ovate, acute, dark brown. Flowers solitary, opposite to 
tlie leaves, pedicels 2 to oh lines long, l^racteate in the middle, bracts clasping. 
Calyx camjDanidate, 5-iid to middle, teeth acute, erect, IJ line long, tube 1 1- line 
long. Corolla of 5 obovate petals, stellate-tomentose externally in lower portion ; 
their claws incurved. Stamens 5, included, opposite to the petals ; filaments 
flattened above, wider upwards, tuberculated above the middle, sparsely stellate 
tomentose ; anthers 2-celled, opening outwards, aciuninate, finely ciliate. Ovary 
superior, subglobose, 5-celled, cells several ovuled ; style elongate, glabrous ; 
stigma obtuse. Capsule not seen. 
Habitat : Natal : On the Drakensberg, Bushman's River, 0,000 to 7,000 feet 
alt., growing amongst dry grass, July, Evans, 55. 
Drawn from Evans's 55. 
The only specimens in the Herbarium are not very complete, and have but 
few flowers, I have therefore had to rely on Mr. Brown's measurements ; the 
largest leaf we have is only 6 to 7 lines in diameter, but Mr. Brown gives the 
measurement as 3 to 11 lines. 
A note in the Kew Bulletin says : " This is quite unlike any other species in 
the genus ; the leaves resemble those of Malva rotundifoUa, L., but are smaller, 
and not at all lobed. 
Fig. 1, flower ; 2, calyx ; 3, a petal ; 4, a stamen ; 5, pistil ; 6, cross section 
of ovary ; all enlarged. 
