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THALA.MIFLOR.E. 
Peduncles subterete, hispid, bearing at the extremity, in a kind 
of umbellet, about 6 shortly pedicelled somewhat attractive 
flowers : bracteas lanceolate, about | an inch in length. Leaf- 
lets of the involucre 6, lineari-lanceolate, longer than the calyx. 
Calyx 5-fid. Petals veined, externally (to the glass) puberu- 
lous. Anthers 10-12, attached to the column of the stamens 
by short pedicels ; pollenary globules echinato-puberulous. 
Style 10-fid; divisions reflected in pairs between the pedicels 
of the anthers : stigmata puberulous. Carpels distinct, 3-gonal, 
2- valved, armed with a central awn, and with one at each of 
the upper and outer angles ; awns hispid with reverted hairs : 
seed solitary. 
3. Pavonia racemosa. liacemed Pavonia. 
Leaves ovate cordate acuminate obsoletely dentate 
3- nerved minutely stellato-puberulous, raceme termi- 
nal, involucellum 6-8 leaved shorter than the calyx, 
carpels unarmed. 
Alcea fruticosa aquatica, Sloane, Jam. 1. 121. t. 139. f. 2. — 
Althaea uliginosa, llroivtie, 284. — P. spicata, Cav. diss. III. 136. 
t. 46. f. 1. — P. racemosa, Swartz , FI. lad. Occ. II. 1215. 
BAB. Sea-shore near RocHfefort. 
FL. December — April. 
A shrub about 6 feet in height : roots long and (according 
to Swartz) arching over, similar to those of the Rhizophora : 
branches terete, stellato-liispidulous. Leaves alternate, petio- 
late, ovate, cordate, attenuato-acuminate with the apex obtuse, 
dentate with the teeth distant blunt and indistinct, 3-nerved 
besides a marginal pair, minutely stellato-puberulous, and also 
minutely punctulated beneath ; petiole terete, stellato-puberu- 
lous. Stipules subulate, deciduous. Raceme terminal, elon- 
gating, simple. Flowers greenish-yellow, subsecund on inch- 
long pedicels. Leaflets of the involucellum 6-8, connate at 
the base. Calyx 5-fid : divisions ovate, acuminate, erect, ex- 
ternally puberulous, internally hoary. Petals convoluto-cylin- 
draceous, nearly 2 ce - the length of the calyx, oblong, not auri- 
culated, rounded at the apex, narrowing at the base, veined, to 
the glass puberulous. Column of the stamens declinate, minutely 
puberulous ; the free portion of the filaments subsecund : 
anthers numerous; pollen hispidulous. Style rather longer 
than the stamens and petals obscurely 5-fid : stigmata capitate. 
Capsule of 5 separable carpels, toothed at the angles where they 
meet : seeds solitary. 
According to Swartz, the involucellum is 8-10 leaved; and 
the style is 6-8-fid. 
3 * Pavonia corymbosa. Corymb-flowered Pavonia. 
Leaves cordate or angulated serrated glabrous, 
