Flora Medica

MALVACE.&.S. populifolia Lam. Beloere L'fferit. Heteromischos Cav. diss.v. t. 128. f. 2. (Rheede.'vl t. 65. Rumf. iv. t. 11.) Commonin most parts of India.Leaves cordate, somewhat lobed, soft, shortly tomentose, unequallytoothed: stipules reflexed. Pedicels erect, longer than the petiole,jointed near the flower. Calyx-segments ovate, acute. Corolla spreading.Capsule truncated, evidently longer than the calyx; carpels1 1-20, acute, not awned, hairy. W, and A. This and other allied species,used generally in India as a substitute for marsh-mallow, as anemollient.SPH.ERALCEA.Involucre 3-leaved, deciduous. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5,obliquely emarginate. Stamen-tube shorter than the petals,polyandrous. Ovary many-celled cells 3-seeded ; ; styles chieflyconsolidated; stigmas capitate. Capsule globose, umbilicated,downy : cells dehiscent at the back, finally separable, 1-2-seeded.Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs. Peduncles axillary.282. S. cisplatina Aug. de St. H. pi. us. t. 52. /. bras. i. 210.Not uncommon in the western part of the Cisplatine provinceof Brazil. (Malvavisco.)Stem shrubby, slender. Leaves ovate, somewhat 3-lobed, dentateor crenate, hoary underneath. Flowers axillary, racemose, secund.Leaves ofinvolucre setaceous, deciduous. A decoction used in Brazilin inflammations of the bowels, and generally for the same purposes asmarsh mallows in Europe.PAVONIA.Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, surrounded by a 5 15-leaved involucel.Ovarium with 5, or rarely 4, 1-ovuled cells. Style 1,8-10-cleft at the apex. Stigmas 8-10. Carpels 5, or rarely 4,capsular, connivent, 2-valved, 1 -seeded. Radicle inferior.W. and A.283. P. diuretica Aug. de St. H. pi. us. t. 53. bras. i.fl. 234.Grassy plains near Mangahy, in the western desert part of theprovince of Minas Geraes in Brazil.Leaves cordate, acuminate, tooth-serrated, velvety on both sideswith transparent dots. Flowers axillary, solitary, sulphur coloured.Involucre 6-7-leaved, shorter than the calyx. Carpels angular, mucronateat the point. A decoction isemployed in Brazil with success incases of dysury.MALVA.Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, surrounded by an involucel of usually3, rarely 1-2 or 5-6, more or less oblong or setaceous bracteoles.Dvarium with many cells, each with 1 ovule. Styles as manyas the cells. Carpels several (rarely only 5), capsular, indehi-142