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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A subtribe of malvaceous plants belonging to the tribe Malveæ, and characterized by an indefinite number of carpels, irregularly grouped in a head, with solitary ascending ovules. It embraces 3 genera, of which Malope is the type, and 7 species.

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