454 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Cristaria, 
Malva coccinea. Fraser, catal. 
On the dry prairies and extensive plains of the Missouri. 
11 . Aug. Sept. V. V. j V» s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers 
scarlet. 
Cajilisiexe^, subpedalis, ramosus, ramis diffusis, tomento- 
sis, pilis stellatis distinctis obsitis, uti tota planta. Folia 
alterna, petiolala, palmato-3 — 5 -partita : laciniis sub- 
pinnatifido-incisis, lobis sinubusque acutis. Petioli 
teretes, longitudine folii. Stipulce lineares, erectae, 
marcescentes. Flores terminales, racemosi, coccinei,, 
diametro pollicari. Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis lanceolatis 
acutis. Petala 5. oblique cuneato-obcordata, subun- 
guicuiata, ad ungues fasciculato-villosa, calyce duplo 
longiora. Filamenta monadelpha, numerosa, in co- 
lumnam brevem connata, superne libera, patentia. 
Styli circiter 10. Fructus orbiculatus. 
The singularly stellated fasciculi of hair, placed on the 
close tomentum, and its bright scarlet flowers, make 
this plant particularly interesting. 
554. MALVA. Gen. pi. 1134. 
&lutiloides. i. M. foliis 5-angulari-lobatis tomentosis, pedunculis sub- 
4-floris bifidis axillaribus, capsulis polyspermis. Willd. 
sp.pl. 3. p. 780. 
Icon. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 203. Cavan, diss. 2. 
t. 16. /. 2. 
On the sea-coast of Carolina. Ij. . June — Aug. v. v. 
Flowers large, purple. 
caroliniana. 2. M. foliis 5- lobis palmatisve inciso-dentatis, pedunculis 
petiolo longioribus, petalis integris, fructu villosoi 
caule prostrato. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 784. 
Icon. Cavan, diss. 2. / 15. f. 1. DHL ellh. t. A.f. 4. 
Schkuhr handb. 1Q2. 
In fields : Virginia and Carolina. ©• July — Sept. v. v. 
Flowers dark red. 
roiundifolia. 3. M. caule prostrato, foliis cordato-orbiculatis obsolete 5- 
lobis, pedunculis fructiferis declinatis. Willd. sp.pl. 3. 
p. 7^6. 
Icon. Fi. dan. 721. Cavan, diss. 2. t. 2Q.f. 3. Schkuhr 
handb. i . 
In cultivated grounds : Pensylvania to Virginia. I/ . June 
— Sept. V. V. Flowers white, small. 
