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MELIPHLEA [1], Zucc. Pl. Nov. fasc. ii. 51, t. 9, is a good genus, upon the characters assigned by its founder, except that the coalition of the bracts of the involucel is inconstant and of no account. The large and thin mellifluous disk, wholly adnate to the calyx-tube, is well marked, and the clavate-introrse stigmas help out the character. M. vitifolia, Zucc. is the same as Malva umbellata, Cav. Ic. 95.

[1] Meliphlea is now considered as a synonym of Phymosia.

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