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MALVA grossularifolia; «; inodora. 
Gooseberry-leaved Cape-Mallow. 
—fa——— 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. MALVACER. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. I. Stamina in tubum 
corolliferum connata, indefinita. Fructus multicapsularis; capsule verticil- 
late, in orbem dispositz aut in unam compacte. 
MALVA. Supra vol. 4. fol. 295. 
Div. Foliis angulatis. 
M. grossularifolia, foliis oblongis subtrilobis inequalitér dentatis, pedunculis 
solitariis petioli longitudine.. Willd. sp. pl. 3. '783; et enum. 2. '730. 
Malva grossularifolia. Cavan. diss. 2.'71. t. 24. fig. 2. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 
214. ; 
Malva capensis. 8. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2. 968. 
Malva capensis frutescens grossulari folio majore hirsuto. Dillen. hort. 
elth. 209. t. 169. f. 207. . 
(8) MauvA balsamica, foliis ovatis subtrilobis acutis inequalitér dentatis, 
pedunculis solitariis petiolo longioribus. Wélld. sp. pl. 3. 782. 
Malva balsamica. Jacq. ic. rar. 1. t. 140; (nee verd mise. 2. 321, ubi forte 
fragrantis varietatem intelligitur?) Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4, 214. 
Frutex ramosus 4-pedalis v. altior cortice fusco: rami hirsuti rubro-fusci, 
novelli virentes. Fol. (in planta adulté) 1-sesquiuncialia, laxius hirsuta, 
ovata, subtriloba, depresso-nervosa, inequalitér dentata acutula: pet. brevior 
lamind: stipule gemine, parvule, ovate, ciliate, acute, patentes. Flores 
roseo-rubentes, intus disco et venis sanguinco-purpurascentes, inodori, dia- 
metro unciam parim excedente. Pedunculi awillares, solitarii, subuniflori, 
pilosi, plurimum longiores petiolo. Cal. inter. viridis, extas pilosus, semi5fi- 
dus segmentis ovato-cuspidatis: exter. 3-phyllus remotiuseulus, 4% brevior, 
foliolis distantibus, rotatis, lanceolatis, segmentis interioris bis terve angustio- 
ribus, piloso-ciliatis. Cor. 6-partita rotata: lac. oblato-obcordate, contique 
(nequaquam imbricantes ) unguiculo brevi; disco et margine inferno villose. 
Columna staminea { cired brevior corolla, pro % circa pedicellato-antherifera, 
deindé ad basin usque tota pilis stellatis hirsuta, bast maculis 5 sanguineis 
transverse linearibus divisuris corolle oppositis notata : anth. numerose, nigri- 
cantes, laxits patentes, polline ochroleuco, pedicellis purpureis. Germ. de- 
resso-orbiculatum, subl2radiatum, disco villosum: stylus 12-fidus? lobis 
fit ormi-elongatis, recurvatis, sanguineis, capitulo stigmatoso concolori api- 
culatis. 
- Our plant is the undoubted grossularifolia, and, if we 
were to judge from the figure in Jacquin’s “ Icones,” we 
should say, likewise balsamica: of which last species there 
is no sample in the Banksian Herbarium, although it is 
enumerated in the Hortus Kewensis. The description given 
of balsamica by Jaequin in his “ Miscellanea,” attributes 
