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MALACHODENDRON ovatum. 
Ovate-leaved Malachodendron. 
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POLYADELPHIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Ternstrom1acex Decand. 
MALACHODENDRON Cay. Calyx 1-bracteatus. Petala 5-6, limbo 
crenulato. Ovariwm 5-sulcatum. Styli 5, & basi liberi. Stigmata capitata. 
Carpella capsularia, 5, connexa, l-sperma. Semina ignota. Decand. prodr. 
1. 528. 
Malachodendron ovatum. 
Spreng. syst. 3. 126. 
Stewartia pentagyna. JL’ Hérit. stirp. nov. 1. 
botany, 101. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 234. 
Folia ovato-oblonga, acuminata, serrata, v. integra, supra glabra, infra 
pallida, reticulato-venosa, costé pilosd. Flores magni, albi, petalis cochleatis, 
margine crisprs, incisis, extis sericeis. Ovarium lanatum. Styli 5, distincti. 
Cavanilles dissert. 5. 302. fig. 2. Decand. I. c. 
p, 155. t. 74. Smath, exot. 
A very noble hardy shrub, seldom met with in gardens, 
although its large white or cream-coloured flowers render 
it extremely desirable. It is a native of the mountains of 
Carolina and Georgia, where it flowers during the months 
of August and September. 
Count Hoffmannsegg asserts that the name of this genus 
should be written Malacodendron, and not Malachoden- 
dron; supposing, it would seem, that it is derived from 
puraxos, soit: it is, however, better to consider paruyy, a 
mallow flower, to be the root of the word, in which case 
the common orthography will be correct. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate, or entire, 
smooth above; pale, with a reticulated venation, and a 
hairy costa, beneath. lowers large, white, with cochleate 
petals, which are crisp and cut at the edge, and silky 
on the outside. Ovarium woolly. Styles 5, distinct. 
