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flowers corymbose, peduncles and the many-leaved 
involucella pilose De Cand. 
A I there corymbosa, Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 1213. — Pavonia 
corymbosa, Willd. Sp. III. 83G. — De Cand. Prod. I. 444. 
HAB. Banks of rivers. — Sw. 
FL. ? 
Frutescent, 1-2 feet in height: branches pubescent. Pe- 
tioles long, glabrous. Stipules linear. Peduncles axillary, 
longer than the petioles, hirsute : flowers several, subcorym- 
bose, rather large, pedicelled, yellow. Leaflets of the involu- 
cellum 10-12, linear, pilose. Style 10-fid to the middle: 
stigma subeapitate, puberulous. Carpels 5, slightly muricated, 
1-seeded. — Sw. 
Described by Swartz as found on the banks of rivers in 
Jamaica and Hispaniola. 
V. Malvaviscus. 
Calycine involucellum many-leaved. Petals erect, 
convoluted. Stigmata 10. Carpels 5, berried, 1- 
seeded, sometimes subdistinct, more frequently con- 
nate into a 5-celled fruit. 
1. Malvaviscus arboreus. 'Tree-like Malvaviscus. 
Leaves cordate ovate acuminate occasionally 3-5- 
lobed subentire or obsoletely crenated minutely liispi- 
dulous, branchlets with a line of pubescence passing 
from the axil of one leaf to the side of the petiole of 
that which is above it. 
Sloane, I. 21G. t. 13G.f. 1. — Achania malvaviscus, Swartz, FL 
Ind. Occ. 1222. — Malvaviscus arboreus, Cav. diss. III. t. 48. f. 
1. — De Cand. Prod. I. 445. 
HAB. Common on the lower hills, especially in limestone 
districts. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
A shrub, G-10 feet in height : branches spreading, terete, 
glabrous with exception of a line of pubescence passing upwards 
from the axil of one leaf to one of the sides of the petiole of 
that which is above it. Leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, oc- 
casionally 3-5-lobed, indistinctly crenulated, nervose, venose, 
hispidulous with minute distant stellated hairs: petiole long, 
with a line of hispidulous hairs on the upper surface. Stipules 
small, lanceolate deciduous. Peduncle axillary, solitary, rather 
shorter than the petiole, I -flowered. Involucellum of 7-9 
linear leaflets. Calyx nerved, ciliated. Petals crimson, min- 
utely ciliated, externally puberulous. Column of the stamens 
