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MALACHRA fasciata. 
Rough-piled Malachra. 
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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. MALVACER. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. I, Stamina in tubum 
corolliferum connata, indefinita. Fructus multicapsularis; capsulz verticil- 
Jat, in orbem disposite aut in unam compacte. 
MALACHRA. Involucrum 3-6-phyllum multiflorum. Singulo flori 
calyx 5-fidus, caliculo 8-12-phyllo cinctus. Anthere in apice et superficie 
tubi. Stigmata 10. Capss. 5, in orbem ‘disposite, 1-sperme, Herbe; 
Sores axillares. Suss. loc. cit. 272. 
M. fasciata, capitulis pedunculatis triphyllis subquinquefloris, foliis subro- 
tundis obsoleté lobatis, caule villoso. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 769. 
Malachra fasciata. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 548. Ejusd. collect. 2. 352. 
Planta annua? Caulis unicus, erectus, 6-pedalis, pollice duplo crassior, 
teres, ex alis foliorum fere omnium ramos emittens, inferneé cinereus, pilis 
rigidis et pungentibus densissimé obsitus. Ex dextro latere axille ramorum 
omnium, qui ex caule egrediuntur, in caule fascia adscendit fere ad prozi- 
mum ramum usque viridis glabra erecta et plis minis 2 lineas lata. Folia 
sunt alterna longé petiolata, serrata, venosa, utrinque et ad ora hispidula, 
infima subrotunda et margine 5-loba, superiora 3-loba magisque oblonga et 
acutiora; ad petiolos utrinque stat stipula solitaria, subulato-setacea, erecta, 
hispida et uncialis ( vel 3plo brevior de Florum capitula azillaria, breviter 
pedunculata, 2-3 successive. In bast cujusque folit perianthii communis 
sedet flos: reliqui brevissime pedunculati centrum occupant. Uterque calyx 
longé ciliatus est, exterior insuper utringue hispidus. Perianthii proprii tubus 
viret, lacinie pallent cum striis badiis. Cal. comm. 3-(poly-) phyllus, 5- 
(multi-) florus, persistens: foliola ovato-acuminata, arguté serrata, nervosa, 
inequalia (ad basin bistipulata ut reliqua folia) cum interjectis setis solitariis 
(stipulis): cal. proprius profundé 5-partitus, erectiusculus, persistens; lac. 
lanceolate, acuminate, 3-striate, corollé duplo breviores. Cor. foris rosea 
cum striis purpureis, intis pallet, extis villosula, 1-petala, infundibulifor- 
mis, subsemuncialis, limbo patente 5-partito, laciniis obovatis, obtusis, 
planis. Fil. plurima, monadelpha, inferné villosa, corolla breviora, erecta: 
anth. subrotunde, ochroleuce. Germ. subrotundum, 5-sulcatum. Stylus 
Jfiliformis, longitudine staminum; 10-fidus, superné recurvus, apiculis ro- 
tundato-obtusis villosis terminatus. Pericarpium: arilli 5 glabra cineret, in 
capitulum subrotundum collecti, introrsum dehiscentes, decidui: sem. soli- 
taria. Jacq. coll. 2. 352. 
Matacura is distinguished from its nearest coordinates 
(Malvaceae) principally by short-stalked subsessile flowers — 
collected within a common involucre composed of the dimi-— 
nished upper leaves with their stipules. The leaves disap- 
pearing from about the central flowers, while the stipules re- 
main, afford the appearance of an additional calyx. 
