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MALVA fragrans. 
Sweet-scented Mallow. 
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MONADELPHIA’ POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. MAtvace®. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. I. Stam. in tubum 
corolliferum connata, indefinita. .Fructus multicapsularis; capss. verticil- 
late, in orbem disposite aut in unam compacte. 
MALVA. Supra fol. 295. 
Div. foliis angulosis. 
M. fracrans, caule frutescente viscoso atropurpurascente, foliis cordatis 
5-7-lobatis crenatis, floribus solitariis pedunculis capillaribus folio brevi- 
oribus. Cavan. diss. 2. 72. t. 23. f. 3. 
Malva fragrans. Jacq. hort. vindob. 3.20. t. 33. Thunb. prod. 118. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. 4. 213. Willd. sp. pl. 3.'782; (excluso synonymo Plukneti). 
M. scabrosa. Lin. in ameen. acad. 4. 825. : 
M. capensis. y. Lin. sp. pl. 2. 968. 
M. foliis subcordatis laciniatis hirsutis, caule arborescente. Mill. dict. ed. 
7. n. 14 
M. africana frutescens flore rubro. Comm. hort. 2. 171. t. 86. 
Frutex erectus 8-12-pedalis viscido-hirsutus, virens, axillari-ramosus, totus 
odorem gratissimé balsamicum redolens. Fol. alterna, mollia, sesqui-3-uncialia, 
hirta, subrugoso-venosa, transverse longitudinem equantia, acuté crenata, bast 
subcordata, lobis obtusis subsinuatis, medio ovato productiore: petiolus 3-plo 
brevior lamina v. magis. Stipule 2, ovato-acuminat@, breves, patentissine, 
integerrime.. Pedunculi axillares, sepiis binati, \-flori, recti, patentissimi, 
Jiliformes, hirsuti, subbreviores folio, bis terve longiores petiolo, foliolo vel 
bracted ad basin. Flores oy ae uret, diametro infra unciale, rotato- 
campanulati.. Cal. exterior 3(4)-phyllus, bis brevior interiore, foliolis lineari- 
lanceolatis, planis: interior semi-5-fidus hirsutus, segmentis ovato-acuminatis. 
Pet. non multiim profundiora calyce, collaterali-contigua, lamina oblato- 
rotunda, venosa, margine superiore subcrenato-erosd, bast saturatiis rubente, 
ungue brevi albicante villosiusculo ciliato. Columna staminea % circa brevior 
corolla, albicans, nudiuscula v. pilis paucissimis stellatis obsita, bast maculis 5 
puniceis ad petalorum intervalla, superné comoso-antherifera ; anthere renifor- 
mes, atropurpuree, papillis atomoideis scabre, polline @ granulis sphericis 
levibus cinereis grumoso-coherentibus. Styli (12?) rose?, filiformes, exserti, 
papilla stigmatosa glandulosa pariim crassiore pallente terminatt. 
The whole of this shrub diffuses a very grateful balsamic 
odour, perfuming the hand for some time after it has been 
drawn over the plant, and rendering it one of the most 
desirable species of the genus for the conservatory. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Cultivated by Miller, at Chel- 
sea, in 1759. In bloom from April to July, and longer. 
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