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\Malvace(B. 
Ord. VIII. PITTOSPORE^. Brown. 
1. Pittosporum Tobira; foliis obovatis obtusis coriaceis senioribus glaberrimis, pedunculis 
unifloris aggregato-umbellatis calyceque dense pubescentibiis. — Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. 
p. 27. Bot. Mag. t. 1396. 
The flowers in the wild state are not half the size of those represented in the Botanical Magazine. 
2. Pittosporum pauciflorum ; foliis obovatis subiter attenuatis basi cuneatis planis 
petiolisque glaberrimis, pedunciilis terminalibus unifloris subsolitariis giabris sepalis dorso 
glabris margine ciliatis oblongis acutis corolla subtriplo brevioribus, petalis linearibus obtusis. 
(Tab XXXII.) 
Frutex glaber, ramosus. Rami oppositi vel verticillati, teretes, versus apices foliosi. Folia altema, 
opposita, vel verticillata, obovata vel elliptica, vel oblonga, hasi plus minusve cuneata, apice in acumen 
breve acutum subiter attenuata margine exsiccatione subrecurvla, utrinque glaberrima, venis supra impressis 
subtus subinconspicuis, nervo medio subtus prominulo. Pedunculi terminales uniflori, plerumque solitarii, 
rarius biniternive, e squamis paucis minutls lanceolato-subulatis, bracteaeformibus orti, glabris vel potius sub 
lente pills paucis brevibus adpressis hinc inde adspersi, folio multo breviores. Calyx 5-sepalus : sepala dorso 
glabra, margine ciliata, oblonga, acuta, corolla duplo triplove breviora, post anthesin decidua. Petala 
5 glabra linearia, nullum discrimen inter limbum unguemque exhibentia, inferne in tubum conniventia, 
superne patula, obtusa. Capsicla lignosa, velutina, unilocularis, bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina 
plurima, secus septa utrinque superposita. 
This species is considerably allied to P. undulatum, Andi\, and still more to P. nilgherrense and P. tetra- 
spermum of V/ight and Arnott’s Prodromus Florse Peninsulae Indise Orientalis, in the course of publication. 
Tab. XXXII. Pittosporum pauciflorum. Fig. 1, Flower: — magnified. 
Ord. IX. MALVACE^. Juss. 
1. Malva tricuspidata ; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis subduplicato-serratis, floribus axillari- 
bus solitariis brevi-pedicellatis vel terminalibus subspicatis, carpellis 10-12 dorso superne 
bicuspidatis apice styli basi persistente aristulatis. — Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 210. De 
Cand. Prodr. v.\. p.^2>^. — M. Coromandeliana. Linn. Sp. PI. p.9&'^. Hort. JJpsal.p. 201. 
(excl. syn. Plukn.) — M. Americana. Cav. Diss. 2. t. 22. f. 2. — M. carpinifolia. Desr. in 
Encycl. Meth. 3. p. 754. — Sida carpinoides. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. /?. 461. 
Of this species, common to both the Old and New World, our synonyms are taken from notes made by Mr. 
Arnott, in De Candolle’s Herbarium, in 1825. To them ought probably to be added S. muc7-onulata, De 
Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 461, which is also a Malva, having a three-leaved involucre, and tricuspidate fruit; but 
De Candolle’s specimen difiers slightly in the more glabrous leaves. It may be added, that Sprengel 
has most erroneously united Sida carpinoides with S. ulmifolia, Willd., to S. spirceafolia, Link. The 
axillary flowers are always, we believe, solitary, but they are sometimes, though rarely, accompanied by a 
short branch, on which there are other flowers forming a kind of spike : this has given rise to the character 
sometimes given, of the axillary flowers being niunerous and densely clustered, “ floribus axillaribus 
glomeratis.” DC. 
1. Hibiscus tiliaceus. Linn. — H. elatus. Swartz. — Paritium tiliaceum. St. HU. 
There appears to be no difference whatever between the Eastern plant, and that from the West Indies. 
Both have the leaves more or less distinctly crenated, with from one to three linear pores beneath on the 
nerves. The same is sent us also by Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell, from the Island of Lintin. 
